Barclays reviews

I was heavily micromanaged a lot of my time here, to the point I was ill constantly, through stress. Towards the end of my time at Barclays I requested my HR notes to have statements left about my mental health and calling me a liar. After a grievance raised I was told the manager in question would receive retraining. I find it appalling that such a large company think that behaviour is acceptable. Many times I was refused reasonable adjustments for health reasons, approved by my GP and occupational health. These were including, extended absence triggers, extra break allowances and phased returns. When I pushed back there was no compassion or empathy. I was hounded to reduce my break usage, in a regular basis and bullied. Twice I was threatened with a final written warning though no first warning in place. Rules don’t seem to apply at Barclays. One of my final interactions, I was asked to take part in a video call to be able to call in sick and show my ailment. Unbelievable. When I brought this up later it was dismissed as a misunderstanding. Further to all of this, they are no care for work life balance or responsibilities out side of work, they are deemed as ‘other people’s problems’. I was told this while caring for a family member. Disgusting Call centre culture is appalling. No wonder they have a high turnover rate of staff.

The company shows itself as supportive for: Gender, mental health, disability and diversity. Nothing of this is true! In fact bullying is on a daily basis, management is prepared to look nice and supportive, but in reality they will keep bullying you in such a passive aggressive way just to see you fail and collapse. No clear objectives in the role, no clear feedback, no training,always threatening employers in a corporate way. Directors do not even realise what it’s happening in their teams and they don’t communicate at all with team members. Managers do not take responsibility of their mistakes and they keep accusing subordinates even when the evidence is present. No empathy for mental issues (caused by them), as soon as you speak up they will start to bully you until you leave. I have never seen such a toxic environment in a company. Life working balance doesn’t exist and you will never been recognised (not even with a simple thank you) for all your efforts.