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      Barclays

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      Barclays reviews

      4.0

      78% would recommend to a friend

      (22,146 total reviews)
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      C.S. Venkatakrishnan

      85% approve of CEO

      72% positive business outlook

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      Barclays has an employee rating of 4.0 out of 5 stars, based on 22,146 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
      Jun 10, 2024

      The best of times, the worst of times

      Assistant vice-president
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      Flexibility is decent with 2 days in office compared to 3+ for others, Whippany campus is modern. You can be exposed to a wide variety of technology. Good opportunities to migrate to other countries as well as Barclays has a global footprint.

      Cons

      Sudden layoffs are common. Senior people laid off while cheaper employees remain. Pay is below expectation and bonuses are spartan. I made more going somewhere else and my new employer isn’t even a bank. Whippany campus is nice but it is overcrowded. If you’re not in the right clique you’ll get thrown under the bus and possibly selected for layoffs. Lots of scandals and just plain screw ups including a past CEO who had ties to Jeffrey Epstein.

      2.0
      Oct 23, 2023

      External hires, enter at your own risk!

      Fraud strategy
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      The salary/benefits are pretty good given that it's a mid-level job (5-7 years of experience). They offer some folks a remote work option which is nice to see as other banks have quit doing that.

      Cons

      The HR process there is a disaster. After receiving an offer, I had to call the recruiter multiple times over a 4 week period asking where the offer documents were. Onboarding is another disaster. I spent the first two weeks without an email address...which is bizarre to me. I spent the first one month without Microsoft Teams. I then spent 3 months begging almost 10-15 diff IT admins for access to datasets and software. There were a few people on the team I directly worked with that gave off the attitude of "stop asking questions, just go do what I tell you to do" which is pretty demoralizing for new hires.

      1.0
      Dec 7, 2019

      Peculiar case of Jekyll and Hyde

      Development
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      Good People Opportunity to Learn In Transition

      Cons

      All people and no process Bunch of tools and technologies, hardly utilized Short term savings can be understood, however if the company is trying to copy UK entities then we are bound to fail. Looks like UK is a mediocre example to emulate when we should be looking at the best. No offense towards colleagues abroad.

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