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 (823) , 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 (236) , 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 (but depending on role) is the only good thing about working there" ((in 2240 reviews)); "Culture is good and don’t have the cut throat nature you see in American firms." ((in 1587 reviews)); "People were great to work with…my bosses understood the human element while still striving for success" ((in 1389 reviews)); "Good benefits (health insurance seems to be the best amongst all banks in Singapore)" ((in 1127 reviews)); "Good pay (which can be a con as it makes it hard to leave)" ((in 891 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 806 reviews)); "poor life balance with long hours and unpredictability (but part of the job in M&A)" ((in 434 reviews)); "Managers are bad and never happy" ((in 341 reviews)); "Low hikes and bonuses." ((in 252 reviews)); "late working hours" ((in 198 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

3.9

78% would recommend to a friend

(22,115 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 3.9 out of 5 stars, based on 22,115 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

1.0

Feb 25, 2018

Nepotism and snide abide

Community banker - essential banking

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Some good staff, buried under nepotism.

Cons

No overtime, a lack of managerial oversight, poor planning, a lack of care, massive laundering but they're only now doing something about it and that's mostly because they want to reduce the number of customers, the wrong people are promoted and few are left to do the bulk, it is snide and horrible and i hate it.

1.0

Jan 6, 2018

If you are early in your career, go somewhere else if possible

Anonymous employee

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Great work and life balance because there is not much work, reason see below.

Cons

Barclays has a culture that doesn't care about personal growth and employee happiness. The entire management is plagued with such culture. The upper management cares about themselves than anything else. Fun fact, in one of the townhalls CEO came to stage and talked how recent Barclays stock plummet made him lost millions of dollars and vowed to bring the stock back to where it should be. 99.9% of people down there didn't give a **** because they have zero ownership about Barclays. The end result is the bottom level of the company structure is filled with incompetent people content with pay and work (or not work for the matter of fact). Everything moves at glacier pace with layers of bureaucracy. If you are in early of your career, regardless of your job (trader, IBD, developer, operations), and you want to learn and achieve something, Barclays is not the place for you.

1.0

Jun 29, 2017

Poor management and Worst HR Practices of BSS INDIA

Process advisor

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Great environment, salary as per industry standards

Cons

Worst HR & management. No respect for advisors.

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