Barclays reviews

Bullying and harassment are daily fare. Salaries are at the low end of the market. long hours are expected and extra efforts are quickly forgotten. Raising the point that the workload is unreasonable and leads to long hours meets a 'work smarter not harder'. I experienced first hand bullying and harassment and know of two other former colleagues having been treated the same way without HR or upper management moving a finger. I raised a case with HR before resigning and it was only met by denial. Not a collaborative environment, a lot of back stabbing and politics. Brown nosing gets you farther than talent.

1) A lot of emphasis on productivity. Your job is to look at applications and determine if a person is credit worthy and how much they should be lent. You also take phone calls from customers needing a credit limit increase or a reconsideration on their denied application. You have to process a certain number of apps/calls each hour and it can be a real grind keeping up with the standards. 2) The hours suck. You'll most likely have to work 4 days a week for 10 hours. The extra day off is cool but the 10 hour shifts suck. 3) There's little room for growth. If you stick around for a while you may get job as a quality review person whose job is to make sure analysts make good lending decisions. You may also get a manager title but there are few of those jobs available. 4) Short lunches/breaks. You get two 15 minute breaks and a 30 minute lunch. I'd rather have an hour lunch and no breaks but maybe that's just me. 5) It's a real grind. The number of apps/calls you have to work is no joke. It's a little better if you work night shift as there's less calls which usually take longer to work than apps. You most likely won't hit productivity standards your first few months there. Luckily you have a 3 month grace period to get things together.