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 (974) , Vice President (823) , Assistant Vice President (756) , Business Analyst (537) , Software Engineer (386) , Director (329) , Software Developer (305) , AVP-IT (295) , Personal Banker (262) , Project Manager (243) , Graduate Analyst (237) , Assistant Manager (217) , Senior Analyst (203) , Investment Banking Analyst (202) , Process Advisor (179)

What are the pros of working at Barclays according to real employee reviews?

"Good work life balance if you meet the correct criteria and have an agreeable direct report." ((in 2279 reviews)); "Culture is good and don’t have the cut throat nature you see in American firms." ((in 1557 reviews)); "People were great to work with…my bosses understood the human element while still striving for success" ((in 1399 reviews)); "Good benefits (health insurance seems to be the best amongst all banks in Singapore)" ((in 1134 reviews)); "Good pay (which can be a con as it makes it hard to leave)" ((in 894 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 803 reviews)); "poor life balance with long hours and unpredictability (but part of the job in M&A)" ((in 425 reviews)); "Managers are bad and never happy" ((in 341 reviews)); "Low hikes and bonuses." ((in 258 reviews)); "No career progression in Singapore office and major developments are all in London and New York." ((in 201 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.

Barclays reviews

3.9

78% would recommend to a friend

(22,150 total reviews)

C.S. Venkatakrishnan

84% approve of CEO

71% positive business outlook

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Barclays has an employee rating of 3.9 out of 5 stars, based on 22,150 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

Nov 18, 2021

The worst company in the world, bully and offensive culture

Compliance

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Don't want to mention this.

Cons

If you work at this company, you may face following problem if you are unfortunately work with an insane supervisor. 1. Supervisor extremely rude and he not willing to support colleague. 2. Refuse to answer any question. If you ask, will shout at you. 3. He will shout at you with unreasonable reason or with no reason during a one-on-one call or no other colleague near by and pretend take care of you when there are colleague surround . 4. Give you wrong instruction or don't give you sufficient information intentionally and said you are wrong. 5. Find any opportunity to mentally abuse you and verbally offense you. 6. You will not be treated as a team member and put unreasonable expectation to you. Bully & offensive culture. Never met an insane supervisor like this.

5.0

Nov 5, 2021

Good employer

Senior software engineer

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Salary is higher than on the market. Clear possibilities for career growth. Сalm rhythm of work: management doesn't try to squeeze all the juice out of you to achieve its goals

Cons

Classical fintechs problems: - bureaucracy: you need million of requests to start working: to access to the environments or services, to install apps in your laptop - old tech-stack: you need to keep up with the current market by yourself if you don't want to loose the moment that your knolage is outdated - bank uses only well-proven tools - not so many projects to choose if your current project became booring

2.0

Oct 3, 2021

Burnout is worn as a badge of pride

Assistant vice president, chief operating officer employee communications

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

- Broad scope to progress - Opportunities to work with brilliant colleagues - Ability to work autonomously

Cons

- Poor salaries with extreme variations person-to-person - Culture of secrecy and poor values at the top of the house - Gruelling hours at times where the focus is exclusively on delivery, regardless of the human impact - Continuous cost-cutting each year

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The worst company in the world, bully and offensive culture

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Burnout is worn as a badge of pride

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