Barclays reviews

3.9

78% would recommend to a friend

(22,164 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 22,164 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
3.0
Dec 26, 2009

Growing Pains

Recommend
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Pros

The company is still small so there are many opportunities to stretch outside of your day to day responsibilities. Because of that I have had the opportunity to engage all levels of upper management with process improvement suggestions.

Cons

I don't remember the last time a week has gone by without something going wrong. Decisions are often made in silos and are not weighed across the business areas. Instead of project managers who understand the competing interests of departments, goals are made by the individual groups, often at the expense of another.

4.0
Dec 13, 2009

Prospects within the company

Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

If you know the right people and if your manager is willing to work with you, you will certainly get to where you want to get. A good culture in which to work.

Cons

People do work crazy hours and are switched on all the time it seems. The appraisal process is not as transparent as could be.

3.0
Dec 12, 2009
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

The reputation is great; the compensation is on part with the rest of the street; the opportunities are varied; the support is great

Cons

There is an insane amount of politics; the bank is becoming scared of taking any sort of risk and moving away from any prop trading

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