Barclays reviews

4.0

78% would recommend to a friend

(22,197 total reviews)
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C.S. Venkatakrishnan

85% approve of CEO

72% positive business outlook

Barclays has an employee rating of 4.0 out of 5 stars, based on 22,197 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 Financial Services industry (3.7 stars).

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22K reviews
2.0
Mar 11, 2011

Longest, darkest 18 months of my life thus far.

Anonymous employee
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Pros

Some good people with high skills Decent salary

Cons

Lack of knowledge transfer/sharing - A lot of people play the game well. Lack of on the job training. I'm all for self-starting but had no assistance at all from the get-go. Each unit functions independently, departments are isolated and only focus on themselves. Projects can vary in quaility depending on the skill of the Project Manager involved. Lack of focus on the customer and more on internal SLA/targets

2.0
Mar 7, 2011
Recommend
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Pros

Good Brand Name Shiny Glass Building in Times Square Nice Interior - Blue Carpeting is Soothing

Cons

Incompetent and Top-Heavy Research Management Incompetent and Top-Heavy Recruiting Department Equity Research Department Has Been Declining Since Lehman Takeover Work / Life Balance is Non-Existent Advancements are Given in Lieu of Good Pay Pay is Sub-Par Senior Research Analysts are Power Hungry - You Will Not Advance Here

3.0
Mar 5, 2011
Recommend
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Pros

Infrastructure. Everything is in place. There are proper procedures for everything including a software that you wanna install on your computer.

Cons

In general Investment banks are not where you want to go if you are interested in core technology. I am a pure techie. So I would prefer a technical company to an Investment bank

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