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      Barclays

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      Barclays reviews

      3.9

      78% would recommend to a friend

      (22,164 total reviews)
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      C.S. Venkatakrishnan

      84% approve of CEO

      71% positive business outlook

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      Barclays has an employee rating of 3.9 out of 5 stars, based on 22,164 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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      22K reviews
      3.0
      Apr 22, 2009

      Sink or Swim

      Principal
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      People are generally nice, smart, and have fire in the belly. Egos are checked at the door (and if not, are shown the door). Employees are given opportunities to grow their careers (caveat: it's pretty much sink or swim).

      Cons

      There is a leadership vacuum at BGI that has been sucking the life out of the firm (and its people) for years. This is not a female-friendly firm (check the public superior court records for San Francisco County to see how many lawsuits have been filed against BGI by women for unlawful termination). These are just the stories on record. Highly political business environment, driven by Barclays. Looking for a fire drill? You found it!

      4.0
      Jan 31, 2009

      BGI is a great place to work where you will be surrounded by the echelon of intellectual capacity and drive.

      Qa engineer
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      In other other company will you find the caliber of performance and intellectual capacity than at BGI. Here you will be surrounded with the most brilliant people in the industry working on pioneering projects. Each person at BGI is valued for their insight and contribution to the specific projects that they are working on. BGI encourages innovation and passion in each endeavor and truly allows their employees full ownership and leeway in how and what they execute. You never get the sense that people at BGI are out for themselves. It is truly a team atmosphere and you will not only gain colleagues that you can learn from, but foster many relationships and friends.

      Cons

      Some of the disadvantages at working at BGI is the level of expectation given team members. People in this company are expected to deliver results and perform well above the average. In many ways this can be arduous as a level of competition can sometimes occur and many people work long hours in order to achieve goals.

      4.0
      Jan 6, 2009

      Overall a good company to work for.

      Design and development engineer
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      Lots of experienced professionals to learn from. I have a good manager who works very hard and understanding. I hardly go to many long meetings. Many employees have been around BGI for a long time, so they stuck around for a good reason.

      Cons

      Since I have only been with BGI for a few months, I have not experienced much downside except for the fact that management have told everyone that bonus will be cut significantly. This is 4 months after BGI's internal recruiter told me how great the bonus program was. Can't really complain though considering what is going on with our economy. There are a lot of forms that needs to be filled (mostly online) just to do something. I have to fill up timesheets, project time trackers, change management, development plans, KTOs, etc etc. Not used to it comming from a startup. Too many different development groups that some projects are done more than once

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