Barclaycard Reviews

Former Employee – worked at Barclaycard as a contractor

Pros – Very quiet, easy commute, great benefits.

Cons – No options for upward mobility. A lot of lateral movement. Extremely sexually biased against men.

Advice to Senior Management – Develop a career track or plan for all employees who want it. Talented people are being held in their positions and not being allowed the chance to grow.

No, I would not recommend this company to a friend

Former Employee – worked at Barclaycard

Pros – Compensation and benefits are satisfactory

Cons – High degree of opportunity for advancement being based on who you know, or who likes you rather than sutibility for position.

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend

Former Employee – worked at Barclaycard

Pros – The work environment is average; it's comparable to other large banks. They have great holiday parties. There are opportunities for advancement but you may be required to relocate.

Cons – They will make you many promises in the hiring process but don't follow through. Get everything in writing in case the recruiter "doesn't recall" saying it.

No, I would not recommend this company to a friend

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

Pros – Opportunity to work in Europe

Cons – Limited growth potential in New York office. Senior management is very low skilled in terms of people development

Advice to Senior Management – Focus more on employees' career and be less selfish

No, I would not recommend this company to a friend

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

Pros – There were alot of talented people at the time, but the efforts were not being managed correctly. There was no strategic position or vision. Barclay's was beginning to take over the management and resources to refocus the business.

Cons – At the time, many of the people were scrambling to CYA and the environment was dog eat dog.

No, I would not recommend this company to a friend

Current Employee – been working at Barclaycard as a contractor for more than a year

Pros – Flexibility in timings
Nice culture
Friendly atmosphere

Cons – No value addition
Scope of growth is limited

Current Employee – been working at Barclaycard full-time for more than 8 years

Pros – Comfortable work environment with helpful people

Cons – Management doesn't look out for those that come up within the company

Advice to Senior Management – Take care of your home grown talent

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend

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

Pros – work life balance is fine...

Cons – lot of politics..
inexperienced managers...
doesn't care about employee satisfaction...
lie about bonuses at the time of joining...

Advice to Senior Management – employees run the company...and it is important to keep them satisfied and happy...also, please make sure....those who are managing analysts...have decent people management and project management/planning skills...

No, I would not recommend this company to a friend

Current Employee – been working at Barclaycard

Pros – - Conveniently located near New York city
- Opportunities for international travel (if you are lucky)
- Good work life balance
- Some teams/managers are good to work with

Cons – - No clear path for career advancement and growth
- Management doesn't care for employee development and training
- Some managers are good number crunchers, but extremely immature when it comes to people management
- Out of the box thinking is extremely limited
- Back-office feel, bit disconnected from day-to-day business action overseas
- Performance evaluation process is not very transparent, and big time faviouratism exists. Brown nosing is your biggest asset, team players are not recognized.
- Extremely vertical management structure, where senior management is not very approachable

Advice to Senior Management – - Please seek out training on how to manage and lead your team
- Team will respond better to better transparency and trust
- Just saying "thank you" and "good job" can go a long way in building employee morale
- Stop taking people for granted

No, I would not recommend this company to a friend

Former Employee – worked at Barclaycard part-time for more than a year

Pros – For a part time agent, very good work/life balance, although 12 hours shift were maddening. Many oppportunities to switch full time and move to other departments.

Cons – Worst ethics ever seen, colleagues and mentors lying in reports to be able to steal bonus % from other more honest agents.

No, I would not recommend this company to a friend