Barclays reviews

4.0

78% would recommend to a friend

(22,195 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 22,195 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
May 12, 2025

Horrible work culture

Recommend
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Pros

Great place if you like managing perception and office politics

Cons

Game of Thrones, very poor management. No accountability of line managers to promote values Barclays supposedly believes/measures its employees against

3.0
May 9, 2025

Slow moving beheamoth

Recommend
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Pros

A lot of smart people

Cons

execution to new ideas is very slow

1.0
Apr 8, 2025
Recommend
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Pros

Global company Large organization, safety net

Cons

Boss doesn’t care. Nepotism is prevalent within IB

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