R&D sweatshop atmosphere, with no hope of career advancement or credit unless you are with the "in" group - Anonymous employee Barclays Employee Review

1.0
Sep 26, 2011
Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Good pay, good benefits, communication to employees good outside of communication within technical groups; extensive CBT training and overall willingness to provide training to employees

Cons

Technology group run by tyrannical mangement, lacking management and leadership skills. Not enough focus on meeting business requirements and goals, more like building technology for technology sake along the lines of "build it and they will come"...sounds good in theory and baseball perhaps, but not in real life. The conditions in the workplace that are created by the above, make it very difficult for innovation and true alignment with business goals.

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5.0
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Pros

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Cons

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4.0
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Pros

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Cons

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