Is Barclays a good company to work for?

Barclays has an overall rating of 4.0 out of 5, based on over 24,883 reviews left anonymously by employees. This rating has been stable over the past 12 months. 78% of employees would recommend working at Barclays to a friend and 72% have a positive outlook for the business. The best reviews about Barclays have been left by employees working as Investment Banking Summer Analyst , Equity Research Associate and Summer Analyst .

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 (975) , Vice President (823) , Assistant Vice President (757) , Business Analyst (538) , Software Engineer (389) , Director (329) , Software Developer (308) , AVP-IT (296) , Personal Banker (262) , Project Manager (243) , Graduate Analyst (237) , Assistant Manager (217) , Investment Banking Analyst (203) , Senior Analyst (203) , 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 2273 reviews)); "Culture is good and don’t have the cut throat nature you see in American firms." ((in 1602 reviews)); "People were great to work with…my bosses understood the human element while still striving for success" ((in 1406 reviews)); "Good benefits (health insurance seems to be the best amongst all banks in Singapore)" ((in 1114 reviews)); "Good pay (which can be a con as it makes it hard to leave)" ((in 887 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 814 reviews)); "poor life balance with long hours and unpredictability (but part of the job in M&A)" ((in 437 reviews)); "Managers are bad and never happy" ((in 343 reviews)); "Low bonus and increment." ((in 264 reviews)); "late working hours" ((in 206 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.

What are the top reviewed Barclays locations?

New York , Whippany , Wilmington , Henderson , San Francisco , Jersey City , Las Vegas , Cincinnati , Hamilton , Newark , Houston , Los Angeles , Brooklyn , Chicago , Philadelphia , Newark , Menlo Park , Wilton , Dallas , Long Island City , McKinney , Miami , Atlanta , Plano , Seattle , Boston , Delaware City , Edison , Tempe , Austin

Barclays reviews

4.0

78% would recommend to a friend

(22,196 total reviews)

C.S. Venkatakrishnan

85% approve of CEO

72% positive business outlook

Ratings by category

4.1

Diversity & inclusion

3.9

Culture & values

3.9

Work/Life balance

3.8

Compensation and benefits

3.7

Career opportunities

3.5

Senior management

Barclays has an employee rating of 4.0 out of 5 stars, based on 22,196 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 4, 2011

No growth opportunities

Anonymous employee

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

- Conveniently located near New York city - Opportunities for international travel (if you are lucky) - Good work life balance - Some teams/managers are good to work with

Cons

- No clear path for career advancement and growth - Management doesn't care for employee development and training - Some managers are good number crunchers, but extremely immature when it comes to people management - Out of the box thinking is extremely limited - Back-office feel, bit disconnected from day-to-day business action overseas - Performance evaluation process is not very transparent, and big time faviouratism exists. Brown nosing is your biggest asset, team players are not recognized. - Extremely vertical management structure, where senior management is not very approachable

2.0

Mar 2, 2011

throught the motions

Assistant vice president, it

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

- Strong brand name - Lots of diversity event and believable diversity programms - friendly colleagues - lots of "learn from leadership" events - good office location

Cons

- no empowerment to staff in Asia, London centric and really not a global mindset - low morale, high attrition - very bureaucratic - brand name is going down in Singapore - tiny bonus, tiny increments - crazy outsourcing programms - too fast, not controlled educated decisions

2.0

Mar 2, 2011

Massive hiring, Massive Firing.

Vice president

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

The work is generally challenging, and management tends to be very hands off- no one will be breathing down your neck. There is an energy in the air that the firm wants to be aggressive and push to be the #1 IB, and while I have heard that stuff spouted at other large firms, they are really trying. The benefits and offices are nice, and if you are on the ex-Lehman side it used to be really easy to get promoted, though I can bet that will change as the Barclays side has complained tremendously about this. This may sound trivial, but at 745, but good nearby food options were abundant, and even the cafeteria was great. The size of the organization is still manageable, there is significantly less BS in the way to get things done than at other large banks I have been at.

Cons

Lower level and mid level management needs training. Very political environment which can be toxic- network and get in good (kiss ass) with your manager or you WILL be kicked to the curb. The turnover over the last year has been insane. Hire a bunch of people, fire a bunch of people, start all over again. I have seen entire groups gutted, then filled with new hires who now have no idea how anything works. The layoffs seem to be way more politically motivated than performance motivated, but at this point its hard to say they are even political anymore- it seems arbitrary. Comp this year was laughable- bonuses hardly exist anymore. Some people got nice raises to compensate, but many did not. Times Square is just plain annoying to get to or get around in.

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