Hiring Freeze - Product Control Barclays Employee Review

3.0
Aug 20, 2016
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Hiring freeze creating internal opportunities, that were otherwise closed to internal mobility. Health Center, Gym, On-Site Bright Horizons Daycare at 745 7th Ave a big +.

Cons

Hiring freeze negatively impacting morale. Cant fire, cant hire. Increasingly more people are talking about leaving, not staying. Very limited advancement beyond VP, queue for Director is "Pie in the Sky". Will never happen, unless you're one of the "Chosen ones". No differentiation between top performers and bottom of the barrel. Year-end comp is comparable.

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