opportunity for improvement - Assistant Vice-President Barclays Employee Review

2.0
Jun 7, 2009
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

The company is growing, so there is potentially opportunities for employees

Cons

There was organis growth, until recently where all the management gets brought in from outside leaving little opportunity for promotion for existing employees. Some even got demoted in comparison. For example in the old days, VP is a relatively rare and most would be team leaders. However due to the difference between the rank in Barcap and US banks, people being brought in from other banks are being hired at VP level when they should be AVP judging by thier experience.

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Pros

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Cons

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2.0
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Pros

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Cons

Pay is the lowest compared to similar company with the same role. Upper management speaks to staff with a patronizing tone; cutting them off, and talking down to them. At times it felt like they purposefully were attempting to find things wrong instead of working together as a team to meet objectives. Understaffed. Fully expected to do the work of a team of 6 despite being a team of 2 for example.

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