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      Barclays reviews

      3.9

      78% would recommend to a friend

      (22,164 total reviews)
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      C.S. Venkatakrishnan

      84% approve of CEO

      71% positive business outlook

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      Barclays has an employee rating of 3.9 out of 5 stars, based on 22,164 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The Barclays employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Finanza industry (3.7 stars).

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      22K reviews
      1.0
      Sep 3, 2008

      Appalling place to work.

      Customer advisor
      Recommend
      CEO approval
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      Pros

      Barclays Bank in general does seem to have a good infrastructure for progressing and career development, and I think it's a good place to form a career... if you're lucky enough to be in a position in which you feel happy, supported and comfortable.

      Cons

      The pay is horrendously bad.. pretty much minimum wage. The benefits are almost non-existant and seem to mostly revolve around things which will make the bank more money (Credit cards anyone?). The support for employees in times of personal issues is appalling.

      5.0
      Aug 24, 2008

      Barclays looking growing footprint in North America

      Sales
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      Barclays is trying to grow its footprint in North America. They have leading electronic platforms and have not put much effort into selling it globally or regionally until summer of 2007. In terms of cross selling platforms of Fixed Income, FX, Commodities, FX Options, Money Markets, and Futures the BARX has a very strong offering compared to other banks. I have reviewed and worked with the top 5 in the last 5 years. Barx is now pushing from the TOP Mgmt down to drive Emerging Markets Electronically. Resources and support from all different asset groups are very well coordinated and driven for success....more so than I have witnessed at DB or UBS. I view it more like a GS.

      Cons

      Old regime fighting change. The old school traders that are not embracing electronic trading are slowly losing out because their clients are going electronic with or without them. Second, BARX Upper Management is forcing them to support electronic trading. They expect the traditional sales guys to be working on cross products and structured products that are more profitable for 80% of their day. The day to day trades that can be done electronically they want moved over to the BARX platform as it is cheaper for the bank to process those trades electronically and frees up the time of the traditional voice sales coverage to work on structured trades.

      1.0
      Jun 12, 2008

      Decent money if in good group. Lots of talk and no action

      Senior software engineer
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      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)

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