Barclays Capital Reviews in London, UK Area

Pros

Good salary, interesting projects and a lot of good people.

Cons

Too bureaucratic even simplest tasks takes ages, constant redundancies. Very difficult to get promotion. Bonuses next to nothing.

Pros

Lots of talent, very driven people keen to progress professionally. Good bunch of people on a personal level,

Cons

Work v life balance is difficult

Advice to Senior Management

Just give us more information as to what's going on!

Pros

Great place to work. Talent everywhere. Innovation, ideas, people, the best of talent from the rest of the street mixed under one roof. Friendly and positive environment. Entered the inner circle and now among the titans

Cons

Still a way to go in terms on consolidating the technology infrastructure, and in bonding the groups. Still have some work to do in defining its own corporate identity, values and profile

Advice to Senior Management

Great in general. people talented that brought loads of experience from everywhere else. More talented than others at Goldmans and JPMorgan

Pros

secure, family friendly, good remuneration, good work

Cons

review process is farcial, as there is a fixed quota for promotions

Advice to Senior Management

none

Pros

Good internal promotion opportunities. Competitive salary

Cons

Very institutionalised and lack of communiation

Advice to Senior Management

Listen to employees

Pros

We've woken up and smelt the coffee over these dubious hires.
This means we'll regain the original ethos and values

Cons

Too many new VP hires over the past two years has led to fractionalised activies, low morale, disfunctional team working.

Advice to Senior Management

A complete review of senior management hires against what was promised and what we now have to work with

Pros

BarCap is generally a meritocracy in that consistent effort and diligence will usually be recognised, if not financially. Internal mobility is good. You don't need to in crazy hours.

Cons

Linkage between effort and financial rewards is not always well managed. Senior management can be more focused on cost savings than revenue generation. People tend to leave to get a raise/promotion as internal processes don't keep pace with people's skills and positions.

Pros

Barclays Capital is a great name to work for.

Cons

Since the Lehman's takeover, the Barclays Capital ethos is at risk of disappearing. A number of new hires have been brought into IBD at a senior level in London with the result that there is now a large disconnect between the employees and IBD senior management.

Advice to Senior Management

Senior management do a great job.

Pros

Good people to work with; management is supportive to help you move around

Cons

Poor promotion of learning; little to no employee perks; opportunities to move around are available but it is not advertised and you have to spend a lot of effort to look for it

Advice to Senior Management

start thinking about your employees and retaining talent, rather than just doing everything at low cost.

Pros

There are some good people in one team or another

Cons

horrific system
management playing very nasty tricks when you want to leave