Barclays Global Investors Reviews

Pros

Its good to work for a market leader, especially in a falling market

Cons

Technology management is appalling and quality is quite low. A lot of dead wood in management positions. No investment is made in process improvement and technology direction changes every year based on the latest buzz-words.

Advice to Senior Management

Focus on quality and standards. People want to work on things they can be proud of.

Pros

Good benefits, solid work environment. Some good groups to work in. Realatively stable work environment with only the occasional - 'house-cleaning' re-org.

Cons

Some of the most back biting, incompetant techical managers around. Has turned into one of those firms where 10% of the people make 80% of the total compensation. If you're at middle management or below, whilst they pay well and the benefits are good - don't look for any wall street numbers (unless, possibily, if you're in a research group)

Advice to Senior Management

Stop promoting people to their highest level of incompetence. Just because they have the ability to not smirk whilst they tell the people that work for them that they are not getting a base raise (again) doesn't make them management material.