Barclays reviews

3.9

78% would recommend to a friend

(22,150 total reviews)
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C.S. Venkatakrishnan

84% approve of CEO

71% positive business outlook

Barclays has an employee rating of 3.9 out of 5 stars, based on 22,150 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The Barclays employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Financial Services industry (3.7 stars).

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22K reviews
1.0
Jan 6, 2024

Worst place to work at

Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

There is no pros working at Barclays.

Cons

You're going to be no one if you're working as non revenue generating role, like you're a ghost here. Manager used me for their comfort such as they work from home while they tell their team members to work in office. Micromanaging is so peak at this place that you will be mentally stressed. I had to announce when I start work, go to restroom, get lunch, get off from work, literally every time I was away from keyboard. Conservative policy on trading floors such as wearing collared shirts, no phone usage, etc. On-boarding process is so mess that you will need to figure out everything and process of getting access to something will take forever because it has to go through so many different people. My manager gave me false information about HR policy so that I had to double check with HR.

1.0
Dec 11, 2023
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Remote work half of the week Pay was good to start

Cons

No workplace diversity literally almost all outsourced personnel brought in from overseas. Promotions going almost all to them. Political wrangling and micromanagement. Infrastructure support was bad now worse actually hindering productive work. CEO inept & uncaring literally laid off 5% of workforce just before Christmas to increase future profits.

4.0
Oct 28, 2023
Recommend
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Pros

Pays well, good benefits, perks such as happy hours and launch parties at the office, newly renovated floors

Cons

Bull pen layout - hard to focus, technology has too many glitches - hard to get work done, managers either dont address or don’t have the power to address chronic issues with technology and personnel, clicks - feels like high school with manager favorites

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