Barclays reviews

3.9

78% would recommend to a friend

(22,164 total reviews)
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C.S. Venkatakrishnan

84% approve of CEO

71% positive business outlook

Barclays has an employee rating of 3.9 out of 5 stars, based on 22,164 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 Finance industry (3.7 stars).

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22K reviews
1.0
Mar 24, 2010
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Good base pay, reasonable franchise, great team of traders and sales staff who generate the revenue, excellent teamwork, great communication and understanding between desks, sales and trading.

Cons

too much middle management who produce nothing, dip into the bonus pool, engage in politics, back stabbing, and generally interfere with otherwise successfully run businesses. Rate of growth slowing, middle management clutching at straws to justify their existence, at detriment to morale. I'd expect a mass exodus soon!They have no strategic insight to grow the business, do nothing but hire graduates and interns, and fire experienced money making staff, to give the appearance they're improving the bottom line.

1.0
Mar 19, 2024

Working for Barclays

Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Very good medical insurance. Flexible work jours

Cons

Not a good company to work for. Lots of politics

3.0
Jan 19, 2015
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Good people who work hard and deliver for colleagues and customers alike. Plus they're a social bunch who know how to enjoy themselves.

Cons

Feels like the values are talked about a lot but not often demonstrated by snr mgmt. When they want something values and work life balance go out the window and the work is expected to be done regardless.

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