Barclays reviews

4.0

78% would recommend to a friend

(22,178 total reviews)
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C.S. Venkatakrishnan

85% approve of CEO

71% positive business outlook

Barclays has an employee rating of 4.0 out of 5 stars, based on 22,178 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
Apr 13, 2017
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

International bank, decent reputation on the street

Cons

Poor senior mentor ship, extremely political, people of color absolutely treated differently

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Barclays Response
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I am very concerned to read your comments that you have experienced different treatment. I can see that you worked in our Investment Bank and I will pass this on to them and I know they will treat this very seriously and respectfully Diversity and inclusion are extremely important to us.
3.0
Apr 8, 2017
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

-good work life balance -lots of training -casual dress code -opportunities to work on projects with companies in the Rise Accelerators -volunteer work was encouraged

Cons

-Asking questions was not encouraged -too many strategic initiatives that never finish -constant reorgs, fines, and scandals -unclear path to advance within the company -lots of operational jobs being outsourced

3.0
Mar 1, 2017

Traditional IT shop

Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Good benefits, a lot of freedom, including work hours. Feel good kind of place.

Cons

Hard to move forward, everything takes a long time. Traditional IT shop with many, many project managers. Starving for technical talent while employing hundreds of contractors

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