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      Barclays

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      Barclays reviews

      4.0

      78% would recommend to a friend

      (22,147 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 4.0 out of 5 stars, based on 22,147 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
      Sep 26, 2011

      R&D sweatshop atmosphere, with no hope of career advancement or credit unless you are with the "in" group

      Anonymous employee
      Recommend
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      Pros

      Good pay, good benefits, communication to employees good outside of communication within technical groups; extensive CBT training and overall willingness to provide training to employees

      Cons

      Technology group run by tyrannical mangement, lacking management and leadership skills. Not enough focus on meeting business requirements and goals, more like building technology for technology sake along the lines of "build it and they will come"...sounds good in theory and baseball perhaps, but not in real life. The conditions in the workplace that are created by the above, make it very difficult for innovation and true alignment with business goals.

      3.0
      Sep 25, 2011

      Learned a lot while on trading desks, but did not receive adequate feedback for personal development.

      Summer analyst
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      Great people, who are by and large motivated and seeking excellence. Also, Bob Diamond's "no jerk policy" seems to be taken very seriously with Barclays legacy employees as well as former Lehman ones.

      Cons

      Constructive criticism was not really present. Over an extensive review period, I learned very little about what areas I needed to improve on.

      3.0
      Sep 24, 2011

      It is satisfying as i worked hard to get what i wanted for myself.

      Pmo
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      - Great flexibility - easy options available to move internally within the organization. People do change often. - Awesome leave policies. One of the best in the industry - Got into some good policies for the employees they had to lay off giving them a good monetory support - decent paymasters

      Cons

      - very much dependent on an individuals relations with their managers. Opportunities likely to come if you share a good professional bond. - not a good performance appraisal system

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