Barclays Reviews

I worked at Barclays as a contractor for less than a year

Pros – Smart and hard working people

Cons – Long hours and high employee turnover rates

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend – I'm optimistic about the outlook for this company

I have been working at Barclays full-time for less than a year

Pros – Good compensation, challenging work, excellent exit opportunities

Cons – Very long hours in the investment bank

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend

I worked at Barclays full-time for more than a year

Pros – Work culture is very good.
Employee care and facilities are good.

Cons – Office politics is bad for Freshers.

Advice to Senior Management – I am very young to advice management.

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend

I have been working at Barclays full-time for less than a year

Pros – Many educational resources and opportunities. Making a concerted effort to turnaround its image and values, and is ousting employees who aren't on board.

Cons – terribly bureaucratic and political still.

I worked at Barclays full-time for more than a year

Pros – Considered a good brand to work for in the banking and finance sector

Cons – Movement to various projects and roles within Barclays is not encouraged a lot.

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend

I have been working at Barclays full-time for more than a year

Pros – Flexible work environment - no restriction on time to spend in office as long as the work is done
Above average pay

Cons – Not a career company - Absolutely no job security even for permanent employees
High work load, working model of hiring minimum staff, overloading them and then disposing them as needed
No growth oppurtunities

Advice to Senior Management – Be considerate to the employee's career

No, I would not recommend this company to a friend – I'm not optimistic about the outlook for this company

I have been working at Barclays

Pros – Good work environment,with few good policies

Cons – Nothing as such which looks like con

I have been working at Barclays as a contractor for more than a year

Pros – Good projects, lots of technological diversity

Cons – Very political in higher management

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend

I have been working at Barclays part-time for less than a year

Pros – good work team and good people

Cons – bad communication and low pay

Advice to Senior Management – be more open to employees

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend – I'm optimistic about the outlook for this company

I worked at Barclays full-time for more than 3 years

Pros – Good brand name , very strong presence in Uk and in sub Saharan Africa. Barclays issue has been that its strategy keeps on changing in different regions

Cons – Unreliable strategy thinking. There is no reliable strategy in various regions that Barclays operates in. The thinking is personality driven instead of being fact driven

Advice to Senior Management – The geographic and business strategy needs to be thought through and not personality driven.Barclays entry in emerging markets in general needs to be thought through and then followed upon for some time.

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend