Barclays reviews

4.0

78% would recommend to a friend

(22,144 total reviews)
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C.S. Venkatakrishnan

85% approve of CEO

72% positive business outlook

Barclays has an employee rating of 4.0 out of 5 stars, based on 22,144 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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2.0
Dec 6, 2010

Barclay Bank in Delaware

Anonymous employee
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Pros

Barclays Bank of Delaware does in fact pay very well in comparision to many other industries.

Cons

When you actually figure out the time required to be spent at work as well as the difficult environment the hourly wage comes out much less than expected. You are always having to do 200% with no down time and fire fighting instead of planning. Often encouragement to do more overtime and work is done with whips and bats instead of understanding that they have asked the same people to do 200% for the past 8 continious months..

3.0
Nov 24, 2010

Barclays

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Pros

The best reasons were being able to work as part of a team and getting involved in various assignments with high level of resonsibility

Cons

they did not provide me with enough feedback on my performance I feel how they assessed my perfomance was not very efficient

1.0
Nov 23, 2010
Recommend
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Pros

Lots of travel if you like. It can be an rewarding job with the right leadership.

Cons

Careful, most management is ruthless, which trickles down. When you are hired, be VERY clear as to you position. Many new hires leave Barclays within 3-6 months because the job to which they arrive is very different (junior) to the job they were promised. It is a strategic move on the part of management. As soon as you have a manager you respect, he/she will replaced with a lackey. I had four managers in three years - each rightfully more paranoid than the last. The individuals receiving promotion will be the ones you respect the least...

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