Awful, bullying, poor coms, incompetent leaders, dead wood - PMO Barclays Employee Review

1.0
Jan 3, 2017
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Great pay! If you are a professional and you would like to work in a place with other like-minded professionals to progress your career do not work here.

Cons

Being led my dear old ladies that have been there years that are just interested in the 50k bonus they will be awarded if they employ the right contractors to do the work for them. "Leadership team", subtext for privately run cartel ensuring objectives are met to meet bonus requirements. Institutional bulling from leadership teams by dictation, they don't really care how the work is completed just whether it is going to be on time for them. Two of the "leadership team" were having an affair and kept leaving work early together for a quick sh%g - both married with children. The company seems to be obsessed with ramming LGBT values down your throat but then openly bully individuals on there personal appearance - "if the face doesn't fit"

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