A mess of a company - Anonymous employee Barclays Employee Review

1.0
Jun 6, 2015
Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

- You get a bi-weekly paycheck. - A few of the employees are good to work with.

Cons

- One of the most political environments that I've worked in. Hard work is punished/taken advantage of by other employees trying to get credit for doing nothing. - So much red tape to get anything accomplished. Most times filling out forms or getting approvals takes 2-3 times the amount of time it takes to do the actual work. - Wall Street bonuses are non-existent here. Over my tenure I never received a bonus or raise, ever. I got a lot of excuses why it was a down year for the company though. - Promotions are also non-existent here, even for lower level titles. The process was constantly changing/unclear and nobody seemed to understand how it worked. - Unclear company direction due to the multiple fines/lawsuits. - Multiple rounds of layoffs.

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