Barclays Reviews

I worked at Barclays full-time for more than 3 years

Pros – Good brand name , very strong presence in Uk and in sub Saharan Africa. Barclays issue has been that its strategy keeps on changing in different regions

Cons – Unreliable strategy thinking. There is no reliable strategy in various regions that Barclays operates in. The thinking is personality driven instead of being fact driven

Advice to Senior Management – The geographic and business strategy needs to be thought through and not personality driven.Barclays entry in emerging markets in general needs to be thought through and then followed upon for some time.

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend

I have been working at Barclays for more than a year

Pros – 1) Flexible work timings
2) Good leave structure
3) Work from home (Looks like pros but in reality it is con :)
4) Competitive pay scale

Cons – 1) Totally manager driven company. Your appraisal or bonus depends on yr relation with manager not on efforts you are putting. So if you don't work doesn't matter if you are good in .....( no need to specify :)
2) HR are worst--- You meet them only at induction and while leaving the company, I believe most of HR's are doing their interns as they themselves are not aware of Barclays policy.
3) Join company at B5 - PM level, not at B4(Tech lead) or B3 else your personal life is going to be miserable.
4) No Onsite - Racial discrimination.
5) Appraisal process is not well defined, it all depends on your relation with line manager.

Advice to Senior Management – I think most of B5 Managers are getting recruited by using Jack without any interviews with their relation with former or existing employee at higher level. Please provide some PMP training to managers as most are from non-technical and non -it background. OR Change the way of recruiting B5 Managers by scrutinizing their management and leader ship skills.

No, I would not recommend this company to a friend – I'm not optimistic about the outlook for this company

I worked at Barclays full-time for more than a year

Pros – Great pension and flexible benefits (sickness, holiday especially at 30 days). Buildings are light and modern. Well defined lines of responsibility.

Cons – Too much red tape. Too many people who think their role is to preserve the status quo. Too much focus on immediate results to the detriment of any future planning.

Advice to Senior Management – Create a strategy for how technology fits within the business and deliver it.

No, I would not recommend this company to a friend

I worked at Barclays full-time for more than 8 years

Pros – Career options whilst the bank was in a growth phase (until 2007)

Cons – politics,mediocricity, fear, dont do anything remotely proactive

Advice to Senior Management – stay on at whatever cost. It would be hard for you to find any other place for yourselves

No, I would not recommend this company to a friend – I'm not optimistic about the outlook for this company

I have been working at Barclays full-time

Pros – Career opportunities. Steep learning curve

Cons – Too much changes now. Will need to see how the industry will move towards

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend

I have been working at Barclays full-time for more than 3 years

Pros – Result oriented, willing to buy new ideas, appreciates work life balance,

Cons – Complex, slow decision making, ever changing

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend

I have been working at Barclays

Pros – Many career options if capable of expanding internal network. Despite recent issues still seems to have a positive name to have on CV

Cons – Still operates in Silos but on path to overcome this. Positive aspect of offering many career options also means that some people move roles too often and therefore create a lack of continuity

I have been working at Barclays full-time for more than 3 years

Pros – Good work life balance if you want it

Cons – Poor upper management; Have no idea how compensation decisions are made

Advice to Senior Management – Compensate top performers; grow junior staff (very little respect for junior staff, top-heavy institution).

No, I would not recommend this company to a friend

I have been working at Barclays full-time for more than 3 years

Pros – Chance to work in a truly diversified working environment, good support provided by the managers. Learning is encouraged. Opportunities to interact with some of the brightest people in the industry.

Cons – Lack of direction at the moment, lack of transparency to junior staff. Long working hours are expected and a norm, depending on the team you are in.

I have been working at Barclays full-time for more than a year

Pros – The folks here in the firm are committed to delivering quality business to our clients (internally or externally).
Everyone is pretty much focused on getting the results and achieving the projects that were set up.

Cons – Quality of certain employees are lacklustre. The lack of quality in certain departments are a stumbling block for the firm as some departments who wishes to drive the firm forward are tugged behind by these departments.

Advice to Senior Management – Hire and retain quality people (especially those with knowledge, drive and grew up with the company) instead of hiring mass but low quality employees.

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend – I'm optimistic about the outlook for this company