Barclays Reviews

Current Employee – been working at Barclays full-time for more than 3 years

Pros – Chance to work in a truly diversified working environment, good support provided by the managers. Learning is encouraged. Opportunities to interact with some of the brightest people in the industry.

Cons – Lack of direction at the moment, lack of transparency to junior staff. Long working hours are expected and a norm, depending on the team you are in.

Current Employee – been working at Barclays full-time for more than a year

Pros – The folks here in the firm are committed to delivering quality business to our clients (internally or externally).
Everyone is pretty much focused on getting the results and achieving the projects that were set up.

Cons – Quality of certain employees are lacklustre. The lack of quality in certain departments are a stumbling block for the firm as some departments who wishes to drive the firm forward are tugged behind by these departments.

Advice to Senior Management – Hire and retain quality people (especially those with knowledge, drive and grew up with the company) instead of hiring mass but low quality employees.

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

Former Employee – worked at Barclays

Pros – Competitive compensation and benefits
Great company culture

Cons – Company reputation
Unsatisfactory ranking in league tables

Current Employee – been working at Barclays full-time for less than a year

Pros – Great company to work for, fitted in. Friendly, helpful colleagues that do everything they can to help you progress.

Cons – Travelling to London is costly and very time consuming, however the job itself is good.

Advice to Senior Management – To carry on with positive feedback and constructive criticism

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

Current Employee – been working at Barclays

Pros – A good company to work in, very encouraging atmosphere , fair compensation and many performance based bonuses. Would definitively vouch for the company.

Cons – Work load is overwhelming at times but again you can't expect everything to be rosy.

Current Employee – been working at Barclays full-time for more than 3 years

Pros – Great variety of work, lots of good projects and initiatives to get involved with, some very smart people. You can create your own job where you find something valuable that needs doing. Technology is getting more investment than it used to and Barclays IT wants to function more like a Technology company, this is starting to come to fruition. Lots of opportunity to progress.

Cons – Everyone is very uncertain about the future, management seem to have no long term plan (that they have shared at least) so often good talent leaves for something more secure. No top-down leadership in IT, very tribal and bottom-up organization, often leading to overlap on work, lots of duplication and no clear picture of where you fit. Broken processes that have been lost in multiple, incomplete restructures make getting most things done a real challenge. If you work outside of the UK, be prepared to adjust to their time zone, and any other region you need to speak with as part of your role.

Advice to Senior Management – Lead from the top, create a clear organization structure, provide better definition of teams roles and responsibilities to give employees a better sense of where they are going and that the work they do fits into the organization. Have a longer term plan and be more open about it.

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

Current Employee – been working at Barclays full-time

Pros – Brand Name
Bulge Bracket
Reasonable Pay
Fancy Offices

Cons – Crap
Sucky Culture
Senior Management is going into bull pucky mode

Advice to Senior Management – You are on the right path to collapsing . . . .good work!

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

Current Employee – been working at Barclays full-time for more than a year

Pros – Friendly staff, Canteen, Pension & other benefits

Cons – Pay not comparable to the hours and work put in.

Advice to Senior Management – To increase salaries in line with other top Global banks

Current Employee – been working at Barclays full-time

Pros – Nice offices, building is designed so that employers never want to leave, open plan so easy to liaise with other employees, excellent benefits

Cons – Salary is pretty bad as is bonus for B4 and below

Advice to Senior Management – Pay more attention

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

Current Employee – been working at Barclays full-time for less than a year

Pros – Good base pay, interesting opportunities and projects.

Cons – Poor management structure and lacking in ability to manage expectations well.

No, I would not recommend this company to a friend