Experience varying massively between teams and management. - Software Engineer - Java Developer Barclays Employee Review

4.0
Mar 4, 2022
Recommend
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Pros

Great work flexibility. Room for personal development. Can drive improvement yourself in some circumstances (very management dependent). Reasonable benefits.

Cons

Use of Blueoptimina. Significant silo-isation between teams. The same politics you find in any large company. Alot of consultants, few perm staff. Poor compensation, you have to move teams or leave the bank to get a reasonable salary increase. Tech staff are second class citizens. Treatment from exec level is very condescending, you're a cost centre not a profit centre.

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5.0
May 22, 2026
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Pros

Chill and work life balance

Cons

no money, no increment, check

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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