Good place to work at - Software Engineer - AVP Barclays Employee Review

4.0
Apr 13, 2026
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

- in practice, WFH/office is completely up to you - 60 sick days yearly - solid pay, above average for the local market - people are nice in general - work life balance

Cons

- very slow processes, too much bureaucracy, maybe even by corporate standards - sometimes outdated tech and depending on random legacy projects - new projects tend to be fine - yearly pay rises are low - number of people promoted is artificially limited, coupled with low yearly rises this leads to actual pay rise being hard to achieve - limited access to the internet, restricted local account, if a tool is not present in IT's offer you're out of luck

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5.0
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Pros

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Cons

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2.0
Jun 10, 2026
Recommend
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Pros

Can’t think of 1. Not even 1.

Cons

Pay is the lowest compared to similar company with the same role. Upper management speaks to staff with a patronizing tone; cutting them off, and talking down to them. At times it felt like they purposefully were attempting to find things wrong instead of working together as a team to meet objectives. Understaffed. Fully expected to do the work of a team of 6 despite being a team of 2 for example.

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