Barclays reviews

3.9

78% would recommend to a friend

(22,115 total reviews)
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C.S. Venkatakrishnan

85% approve of CEO

72% positive business outlook

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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22K reviews
5.0
Dec 10, 2014
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

-the Latin American M&A team is a highly regarded team within the firm -lots of deal flow and significant fees, given headcount -strong culture with great leadership -strong platform across regions (specifically within Brazil and Mexico)

Cons

-sometime can be worked too much -expectation to work at least 100 hour weeks, regardless of deal flow

5.0
Dec 6, 2014
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Very smart people with great knowledge that they keep up-to-date International teams allowing to mix ideas + other benefits coming from this Enjoyable work that requires both good knowledge of business as well as good communication skills People around are friendly and willing to share know how. Even though this holds at least for most of Prague offices, there are exceptions to this Reasonable work-life balance Good salary and no useless employee benefits

Cons

High level of bureaucracy in hiring and in day-to-day life A bunch of legacy stuff that could be easily and cheaply replaced Some people are extremely arrogant and selfish. If you cannot avoid them, they can make your life hell

3.0
Oct 14, 2014

Graduate Program

Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

The people were really friendly; my managers really helped me in navigating the early stages of my career

Cons

The nature of the graduate scheme has significantly changed, no longer includes international rotation and natural transition into a private banking role. Probably going to be doing a back office role on this program

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