Good professional opportunities but the firm is falling behind the leading investment banks. - Director Barclays Employee Review

3.0
Aug 27, 2014
Recommend
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Pros

Global investment bank so it provides opportunities to work across the globe. Good and balanced blend of legacy Barclays and legacy Lehman employees plus new hires since 2008. Good work-life/vacation time.

Cons

The lives of the majority of the employees were encumbered by an expensive and time-consuming rebranding and reengineering of the firm's culture that had suffered because of the missteps of a small number of key employees. That lead to lack of focus on producing. Morale is at new lows.

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Pros

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