Barclays Reviews

Current Employee – been working at Barclays full-time for more than a year

Pros – Flexible work environment - no restriction on time to spend in office as long as the work is done
Above average pay

Cons – Not a career company - Absolutely no job security even for permanent employees
High work load, working model of hiring minimum staff, overloading them and then disposing them as needed
No growth oppurtunities

Advice to Senior Management – Be considerate to the employee's career

No, I would not recommend this company to a friend – I'm not optimistic about the outlook for this company

Current Employee – been working at Barclays part-time for less than a year

Pros – good work team and good people

Cons – bad communication and low pay

Advice to Senior Management – be more open to employees

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend – I'm optimistic about the outlook for this company

Former Employee – worked at Barclays full-time for more than 3 years

Pros – Good brand name , very strong presence in Uk and in sub Saharan Africa. Barclays issue has been that its strategy keeps on changing in different regions

Cons – Unreliable strategy thinking. There is no reliable strategy in various regions that Barclays operates in. The thinking is personality driven instead of being fact driven

Advice to Senior Management – The geographic and business strategy needs to be thought through and not personality driven.Barclays entry in emerging markets in general needs to be thought through and then followed upon for some time.

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend

Current Employee – been working at Barclays for more than a year

Pros – 1) Flexible work timings
2) Good leave structure
3) Work from home (Looks like pros but in reality it is con :)
4) Competitive pay scale

Cons – 1) Totally manager driven company. Your appraisal or bonus depends on yr relation with manager not on efforts you are putting. So if you don't work doesn't matter if you are good in .....( no need to specify :)
2) HR are worst--- You meet them only at induction and while leaving the company, I believe most of HR's are doing their interns as they themselves are not aware of Barclays policy.
3) Join company at B5 - PM level, not at B4(Tech lead) or B3 else your personal life is going to be miserable.
4) No Onsite - Racial discrimination.
5) Appraisal process is not well defined, it all depends on your relation with line manager.

Advice to Senior Management – I think most of B5 Managers are getting recruited by using Jack without any interviews with their relation with former or existing employee at higher level. Please provide some PMP training to managers as most are from non-technical and non -it background. OR Change the way of recruiting B5 Managers by scrutinizing their management and leader ship skills.

No, I would not recommend this company to a friend – I'm not optimistic about the outlook for this company

Former Employee – worked at Barclays full-time for more than a year

Pros – Great pension and flexible benefits (sickness, holiday especially at 30 days). Buildings are light and modern. Well defined lines of responsibility.

Cons – Too much red tape. Too many people who think their role is to preserve the status quo. Too much focus on immediate results to the detriment of any future planning.

Advice to Senior Management – Create a strategy for how technology fits within the business and deliver it.

No, I would not recommend this company to a friend

Former Employee – worked at Barclays full-time for more than 8 years

Pros – Career options whilst the bank was in a growth phase (until 2007)

Cons – politics,mediocricity, fear, dont do anything remotely proactive

Advice to Senior Management – stay on at whatever cost. It would be hard for you to find any other place for yourselves

No, I would not recommend this company to a friend – I'm not optimistic about the outlook for this company

Current Employee – been working at Barclays full-time for more than 3 years

Pros – Good work life balance if you want it

Cons – Poor upper management; Have no idea how compensation decisions are made

Advice to Senior Management – Compensate top performers; grow junior staff (very little respect for junior staff, top-heavy institution).

No, I would not recommend this company to a friend

Current Employee – been working at Barclays full-time

Pros – Nice offices, building is designed so that employers never want to leave, open plan so easy to liaise with other employees, excellent benefits

Cons – Salary is pretty bad as is bonus for B4 and below

Advice to Senior Management – Pay more attention

No, I would not recommend this company to a friend – I'm not optimistic about the outlook for this company

Current Employee – been working at Barclays full-time for less than a year

Pros – Good base pay, interesting opportunities and projects.

Cons – Poor management structure and lacking in ability to manage expectations well.

No, I would not recommend this company to a friend

Current Employee – been working at Barclays full-time for more than 3 years

Pros – Depending on your team, you may get opportunities

Cons – Work flow has become very beauraucratic

No, I would not recommend this company to a friend