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 (178)

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 2235 reviews)); "Culture is good and don’t have the cut throat nature you see in American firms." ((in 1589 reviews)); "People were great to work with…my bosses understood the human element while still striving for success" ((in 1415 reviews)); "Good benefits (health insurance seems to be the best amongst all banks in Singapore)" ((in 1093 reviews)); "Good pay (which can be a con as it makes it hard to leave)" ((in 910 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 796 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 347 reviews)); "Low hikes and bonuses." ((in 253 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

4.0

78% would recommend to a friend

(22,097 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 22,097 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

3.0

Jan 1, 2010

Commercial bank style, more concerned about cutting cost, less concerned about technology innovation.

Developer

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Stable company, large organization, plenty of learning resources, internal mobility. Top executives seem to know what they are doing. The company has been doing good through the financial crisis compared to other investment banks.

Cons

Internal IT support is very inefficient, everything take a long time and nobody seem to care. A lot of beauracracy, have to open a HPSC ticket to get anything done across teams. Management is not doing a good job interms of vertical communication. A lot of integration pain is still going on even more than one year after the merge with Lehman Brothers. A lot of politics and cultural clash between the two sides, and they have lost quite some talents.

3.0

Dec 28, 2009

Was decent as a startup- red tape building as company expands

Software engineer

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Some really smart folks, decent benefits

Cons

Absolutely no career management. Ass kissers abound. Perf Management is a joke.

3.0

Dec 26, 2009

Growing Pains

Manager

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

The company is still small so there are many opportunities to stretch outside of your day to day responsibilities. Because of that I have had the opportunity to engage all levels of upper management with process improvement suggestions.

Cons

I don't remember the last time a week has gone by without something going wrong. Decisions are often made in silos and are not weighed across the business areas. Instead of project managers who understand the competing interests of departments, goals are made by the individual groups, often at the expense of another.

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Jobs at Barclays

AVP - Technical Program Manager

Change Delivery Manager

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