Experience varying massively between teams and management. - Software Engineer - Java Developer Barclays Employee Review

4.0
Mar 4, 2022
Recommend
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Pros

Great work flexibility. Room for personal development. Can drive improvement yourself in some circumstances (very management dependent). Reasonable benefits.

Cons

Use of Blueoptimina. Significant silo-isation between teams. The same politics you find in any large company. Alot of consultants, few perm staff. Poor compensation, you have to move teams or leave the bank to get a reasonable salary increase. Tech staff are second class citizens. Treatment from exec level is very condescending, you're a cost centre not a profit centre.

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5.0
Jul 6, 2026
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Pros

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Cons

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4.0
Jul 9, 2026
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Pros

Good work-life balance and learning

Cons

few of the teams are slow paced and it is really difficult to get on track with the outside world once got used to it.

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