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      4.0

      78% would recommend to a friend

      (22,074 total reviews)
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      C.S. Venkatakrishnan

      85% approve of CEO

      72% positive business outlook

      Ratings by category

      4.1

      Diversity & inclusion

      3.9

      Culture & values

      3.9

      Work/Life balance

      3.8

      Compensation and benefits

      3.7

      Career opportunities

      3.5

      Senior management

      Barclays has an employee rating of 4.0 out of 5 stars, based on 22,074 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 Finanzas industry (3.7 stars).

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      22K reviews
      4.0
      Nov 30, 2018

      Investment Banking Associate

      Investment banking associate
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      Relatively colleagial culture for investment banking, though some groups better than others.

      Cons

      Compensation is well behind peers, and employees are nicked and dimed wherever possible, for example: The firm defines your “salary” at a figure well below your annual fixed compensation so that the firm can pay your retirement and health benefits off a lower number. The firm is the only bank on the street that doesn’t make annual salary bumps effective January 1st, instead waiting until late March, meaning you lose a meaningful catchup bonus (~5-10k) every year. The firm requires you buy your own laptop and does not reimburse you for very normal expenses like holiday parties, recruiting lunches and dinners. Barclays is also the only firm on the street that fires a meaningful portion of its staff right before bonuses every year, which is really an awful thing. I saw many colleagues, including fathers and mothers, completely shocked and devastated as they were escorted out of the building with half the comp they had been expecting to live on.

      1.0
      Mar 25, 2018

      Government job (in a bad way)

      Senior software developer
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      Policies are quite good. Cultural activities and values are given respect. Great for open minded people who believe in equal opportunity. You are encouraged to grow but only on paper.

      Cons

      I was hired as a developer but I'm doing development work for only about 5% of my time. Rest is all taked up by management and bureaucracy. This feels like a government job. 1 day's work takes 1 month here. I mean 1 month to fix a bad sql query!! There is no knowledge transfer at all, so if you are unfamiliar with their business logic and kind of systems they use then you are left on your own. You have to fight and beg for little information. Secondly there is no clear HR policies and helpline. I'm here for more than 8 months yet to meet any hr personnel (haven't even met my recruiter, only phone), somethings can't be dealt with via a online form. No proper way to submit tax claims or get more information about policies. Everything is slow. They use outdated technologies. But are trying to improve though. There are no onsite opportunities. I wont recommend to anyone who is hungry to work and learn new things. Also their code quality is not up to snuff so wont recommend it to a fresher as they will learn bad practices.

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      Barclays Response
      7y
      Thank you for taking time out to visit our page and post your views. We are quite disappointed by the negative experiences you may have had. As one of the oldest and most respectable names in the banking industry we do our best to ensure just and fair treatment of all our employees. We regret any disappointing experiences you may have had, and this feedback does help us work towards being better in future.
      3.0
      Jul 24, 2016

      Everything good is bad again

      Anonymous employee
      Recommend
      CEO approval
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      Pros

      Decent salary, fun colleagues, casual dress, satisfactory benefits (tho not as such as two years ago as now my contribution is twice what it was).

      Cons

      No advancement opportunities, the "Agile" environment is a pressure cooker of chaos and finger pointing, work / life balance WAS superior - but now becoming another hoop to jump through so that you understand that if you want time off or need to work from home for a day, you should feel properly guilty about it.

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      Barclays Response
      9y
      Thanks for taking the time to post a comment. Your use of capitals really implies that you are not feeling valued in your current role and hampered by the layer of management above you. I would really encourage you to raise your concerns with your senior management team as this is not the culture and environment that we need for our colleagues to flourish and be successful. Good luck
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