There are better places to work for. - Associate Barclays Employee Review

Practically non-existing growth opportunities; non-inspiring, weak managers; dishonest leadership team. Employees get stuck performing similar tasks for years with opportunity to be challenged other than being forced to take numerous financial certifications. Associate to Principal, and Principal to MD promotion often takes several years of kissing a**. Pay is not competitive, and the management tends to use the "carrot on the stick" as in "if you suck up early years, you will get paid a lot later".