Good employer - Senior Software Engineer Barclays Employee Review

5.0
Nov 5, 2021
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

Salary is higher than on the market. Clear possibilities for career growth. Сalm rhythm of work: management doesn't try to squeeze all the juice out of you to achieve its goals

Cons

Classical fintechs problems: - bureaucracy: you need million of requests to start working: to access to the environments or services, to install apps in your laptop - old tech-stack: you need to keep up with the current market by yourself if you don't want to loose the moment that your knolage is outdated - bank uses only well-proven tools - not so many projects to choose if your current project became booring

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Pros

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Cons

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Jun 22, 2026
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Pros

Work Life balance, 5 weeks vacation, unlimited sick days, friendly atmosphere, Great campus and facilities,

Cons

Pay and Bonus can be higher and on par with competitors. High loyalty tax. Low merit increases and bonus. Competitive but Loyal Long-term employees get demotivated and tend to quite quit.

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