Where time stops... - Software Engineer Barclays Employee Review

2.0
Jun 24, 2018
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Relaxed atmosphere Flexible working (working from home/working hours) Nice people Nice canteen

Cons

As a junior software engineer I've found it to be quite a bad place for anyone starting out in development. There's not enough training or mentoring from senior developers. Most days there's nothing to do and I feel like I'm regressing. Development machines are awful (windows 7!!). There's also too much discussion from project managers about who has to this and that when there should just be more DOing.

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5.0
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Pros

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Cons

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3.0
May 11, 2026
Recommend
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Pros

Workload is manageable they don’t put too much on you. Hybrid you come into office once a week.

Cons

Some managers are nice some are not and if you have a manager who doesn’t like you it will make the job stressful. If you get a zero for QA part of your bonus will be gone and if you get 3 within a 7 month period you will have to come into office 3 days a week and be on a final and will not get a bonus, bonuses could be higher in my opinion, if your not a good collector they could be as low as $500-$700 every 3 months if your a decent collector they could be $1500 every 3 months if your a good collector they could be $2250-$3375 every 3 months but the base pay isn’t high enough either it’s 50k to 56k all around just not enough money

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