Does Barclays pay their employees well?

According to anonymously submitted Glassdoor reviews, Barclays employees rate their compensation and benefits as 3.8 out of 5. Find out more about salaries and benefits at Barclays. This rating has been stable over the past 12 months.

How satisfied are employees working at Barclays?

78% of Barclays employees would recommend working there to a friend based on Glassdoor reviews . Employees also rated Barclays 3.9 out of 5 for work life balance, 3.9 for culture and values and 3.7 for career opportunities.

What are the top reviewed jobs at Barclays?

Analyst (970) , Vice President (822) , Assistant Vice President (755) , Business Analyst (537) , Software Engineer (384) , Director (329) , Software Developer (305) , AVP-IT (295) , Personal Banker (262) , Project Manager (243) , Graduate Analyst (235) , Assistant Manager (216) , Senior Analyst (203) , Investment Banking Analyst (202) , Process Advisor (179)

What are the pros of working at Barclays according to real employee reviews?

"Good work life balance if you meet the correct criteria and have an agreeable direct report." ((in 2278 reviews)); "Culture is good and don’t have the cut throat nature you see in American firms." ((in 1576 reviews)); "People were great to work with…my bosses understood the human element while still striving for success" ((in 1419 reviews)); "Good benefits (health insurance seems to be the best amongst all banks in Singapore)" ((in 1123 reviews)); "Good pay (which can be a con as it makes it hard to leave)" ((in 899 reviews))

What are the cons of working at Barclays according to real employee reviews?

"Poor management and quick to push you in the way if anything bad happens" ((in 800 reviews)); "poor life balance with long hours and unpredictability (but part of the job in M&A)" ((in 433 reviews)); "Managers are bad and never happy" ((in 345 reviews)); "Low hikes and bonuses." ((in 246 reviews)); "No career progression in Singapore office and major developments are all in London and New York." ((in 200 reviews))

What are employees saying about Barclays layoffs in 2026?

Explore Glassdoor’s employee reviews to understand what current and former employees are saying about Barclays layoffs and their outlook for job security at Barclays in 2026.

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Barclays reviews

4.0

78% would recommend to a friend

(22,099 total reviews)

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 22,099 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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Reviews by job title

22K reviews

2.0

May 30, 2023

Good place to work if you are female

Quantitative analyst

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Technically advanced. Mostly good people. Good maternity leave package.

Cons

Women get promoted after just 3 years on the post (even with 1 or 2 maternity leaves in between and so-so performance, although it helps if she is the wifey of some director in other department). For promoting men they really need to work hard and lucky if you are promoted after 5 years (that's if you are not Chinese, in that case you will get promoted... NEVER). Working with very intelligent quants can have some negative side effects like a good share of them are mental one way or another.

1.0

Feb 12, 2020

Very cheap company

Software engineer

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Salary is avg. for Prague.

Cons

No bonus, very old tech stack, very slow in all terms.

3.0

Feb 3, 2020

No improvement

Software developer

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Pays over average, no benefits bullshitting. Safe position. Great flexibility if you have family: flexible hours, occasional home office possibility, option for part time. Diversity in every sense.

Cons

As for feedback and improvement ideas: full force against such from management. First nobody wants to improve things. Then, if somebody wants so, nobody listens. Then if somebody listens, nothing happens. What finally may happen is that they tell you to shut up and work; unless there is scandal. When scandal comes, managers start to push responsibility downwards. Technology: there are new technologies but since nobody has the view on those, they work worse than old ones. Bureaucracy: impossible to achieve any goal in the time frame it would make sense. Not complaining about 3 days instead of 2... but more than a year instead of less than a month?! Internal tooling unusable. Talent retention: it's considered something that HR must solve alone, quickly and possibly without expense. What we get is an insult from employee perspective. Environment: the office is _dirty._

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