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      Barclays

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      Barclays reviews

      3.9

      78% would recommend to a friend

      (22,126 total reviews)
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      C.S. Venkatakrishnan

      85% approve of CEO

      72% positive business outlook

      Ratings by demographic groups

      Barclays has an employee rating of 3.9 out of 5 stars, based on 22,126 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
      1.0
      May 9, 2011

      Disappointing. I would not recommend this company to anyone.

      Vice president
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      Fairly well respected brand. Nice offices and facilities. Some ability to move internally (within the Group even), including the possibility of relocating internationally.

      Cons

      Intensely political. The Private Bank appears to have an identity problem - thinks its an investment bank in private bank clothing. Almost impossible to get promotions or raises. Very high turnover in staff. They don't seem to care about this at all.

      2.0
      Feb 10, 2011

      before the Lehman acquisition, it was great. Now it sucks

      Vice president, it
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      Resume building. One of few companies to offer a pension

      Cons

      The want to be bulge bracket but pay the minimum they can. They offer salary + "addition fixed pay" + tiny bonus. The effect of this is that they avoid UK taxes on bonuses, but do not need to commit to raising actual base pay and benefits based on it. Salaries have not be raised in IT for 3 years. Also by giving everyone "addition fixed pay" it reduces the abillity to differentiate between A and C employees. Raises in total comp to top employees was less than 2% for some departments -- not much different than C employees; Why work hard if there is no possibility of reward?

      1.0
      Oct 7, 2010

      politics at the coal face

      Developer
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      Good technology, fast moving and challenging. Well paid.

      Cons

      Stressful, competitive. Lack of management support. No training, little interest in career development. Long hours. Every man for himself. Not collaborative.

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