Barclays reviews

4.0

78% would recommend to a friend

(22,147 total reviews)
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C.S. Venkatakrishnan

85% approve of CEO

72% positive business outlook

Barclays has an employee rating of 4.0 out of 5 stars, based on 22,147 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The Barclays employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Finanzen industry (3.7 stars).

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1.0
Oct 27, 2020
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Pros

If you read the story below you will not be surprised I do not have anything positive to report

Cons

The worst professional experience in my life!!! A toxic environment and a CFO not capable of holding his word. Disrespectful and unethical behavior.  After eight interviews I decided to join Barclaycard to lead a team of four finance analysts. This is what I was promised and what I agreed to. The first day I joined and without any previous notice I was informed that my role changed and I had to co-lead the team with a colleague that was already in the team in the same role the last 15 years. It was the first time in my life I heard the term "Dual-leadership". When I asked why this change happened and what was the plan moving forward, I got from the CFO a high level response that growth opportunities might exist in the future. On top, the colleague who was officially the leader of the team, was refusing to handover to me any element of the work, downplaying me constantly by taking advantage of his powerful position in the organization and pushing me to the limits. After two months I decided to quit. I paid a huge personal and professional cost to join them because I simply believed that they would have offered me the role we agreed to. However, the CFO was not capable of holding on his word. An unbelievable behavior. Of course, I did not even hear an apology from him for the inconvenience his decision caused to me.

2.0
Jan 19, 2022

Poor Legal Team. Biased Non Technical Leadership

Anonymous employee
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Pros

Good Salary. Relaxed / Slow work loads. Non Tech Population. Can easily survive, if social.

Cons

Need strong networking among teams to get work done. Similar language speaking people group together and favor themselves, esp. in leadership levels. Non-professionals. Non-technical folks.

4.0
Jun 21, 2020
Recommend
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Pros

Flexible working hour, home-office, co-works treat each other nicely.

Cons

IT system have designed with narrow mind, fragile and lack of expertise.

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