Barclays Software Developer reviews

4.0

80% would recommend to a friend

(645 total reviews)
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C.S. Venkatakrishnan

76% approve of CEO

75% positive business outlook

Software Engineer/Developer employees have rated Barclays with 4.0 out of 5 stars, based on 645 company reviews on Glassdoor. This indicates that most Software Engineer/Developer professionals have a good working experience there. Barclays is rated in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) by Software Engineer/Developer professionals compared to other employers within the Finanza industry (3.7 stars).

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645 reviews
5.0
Nov 16, 2018
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Quick adoption of latest technology compared to other financial companies Great work life balance Positive environment

Cons

Less salary comparatively Large organization so slow development to production cycle

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Barclays Response
7y
Thank you for taking time out to post your comments. We are committed to ensure our pay practices provide fair and effective rewards for performance to attract, develop and retain the best talent from the market, keeping in mind our affordability parameters. We are also an equal opportunities employer and will hire the best candidate for each role. Our leadership teams are committed towards maintaining a strong focus on customer obsession and creating opportunities to rise. However, we regret any disappointing experiences you may have had and this feedback does help us in our efforts to be better in future.
3.0
Sep 25, 2018

Management is Cruel

Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Great it terms of salary and bonus

Cons

Management will force you to work all weekend and there will be no work life balance. people are leaving because of that.

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Barclays Response
7y
Thank you for taking the time out to post your comments. Our leadership teams are committed towards maintaining a strong focus on customer obsession and creating opportunities to rise. At Barclays, we aim to enable our colleagues to bring their best selves to work by promoting dynamic working, job sharing and other work-life integration policies. We regret any disappointing experiences you may have had, and this feedback does help us work towards being better in future.
5.0
Sep 24, 2018
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Interesting work, exponential learning curve, great teams, networking events, great work life balance

Cons

Limited cross team information exchange

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Barclays Response
7y
Thank you for taking time out to post your comments. Barclays stands committed towards creating an environment that thrives on meritocracy and enables colleagues to Be More – thus bringing our new Employee Value Proposition to life . Driving inclusive engagement and becoming an employer of choice are some of our top people priorities for this year, and currently our employee engagement scores stands at 89%, which is well above industry average. We are reorganizing our learning offerings with a focus on mentoring and sponsorship programs. Our learning avenues include curated learning paths and multiple online resources such as from Pluralsight, Safari and Gartner. We regret any disappointing experiences you may have had, and this feedback does help us work towards being better in future.
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