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
2.0
Aug 20, 2016

A sinking ship

Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

easier to differentiate yourself in a one legged man race.... Easy for someone with a brain, strong work ethic and ambition to establish themselves

Cons

Huge talent drain in the past 3-5 years. most top talent (usually from the Lehman business) have left the firm

4.0
May 25, 2016
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

I joined right after graduation. There are some tech savvy teams where you can learn a lot and have a big impact, but there are also teams where nobody knows what is going on. I was lucky to land in the good ones - make your research before joining.

Cons

Like most big companies, it is hard to have a big impact.

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Barclays Response
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Thanks for taking the time to post a review. Its great to hear that we could offer you the right development opportunity following your graduation. We are still hiring externally however we are making extra sure that we offer our colleagues the opportunity to change roles and develop their skills and capability before we look to the external market. It is really important to us that we can offer varied career paths to colleagues who are considering a change in direction.
2.0
Apr 4, 2016

Vice President

Recommend
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Business Outlook

Pros

Good peer group to work with. Staff and mid level Managers pull together well.

Cons

Senior management turnover is out of control, no strategic direction. Long winded PowerPoint decks which "Spin" data and reality is the rule.

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