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      Barclays

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      Barclays reviews

      3.9

      78% would recommend to a friend

      (22,150 total reviews)
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      C.S. Venkatakrishnan

      84% approve of CEO

      71% positive business outlook

      Ratings by category

      4.1

      Diversity & inclusion

      3.9

      Culture & values

      3.9

      Work/Life balance

      3.8

      Compensation and benefits

      3.7

      Career opportunities

      3.5

      Senior management

      Barclays has an employee rating of 3.9 out of 5 stars, based on 22,150 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 Finanzen industry (3.7 stars).

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      22K reviews
      4.0
      Dec 11, 2009

      Great culture, but not quite a top-tier bank yet

      Investment banking summer analyst
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      Barcap is a great place to work. While I was there, I met a lot of senior people who became very invested in my professional development and reached out to me throughout my time at the firm, even though I was only a summer analyst. Also, some of the groups are top on the street in their industry, including Natural Resources, Power, Communications & Media, and Retail.

      Cons

      Depending on which group you're in, you may get limited deal experience compared to some of the better banks, including MS/GS.

      4.0
      Dec 9, 2009

      All we have to fear is fear itself

      Anonymous employee
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      BGI has always been a good place to work, employing smart, friendly people who are motivated to be all that they can be. A lot of that is due to it being a "west coast" firm, head quartered in San Francisco. Now we've become BlackRock we're an "east coast" firm, head quartered in New York. How will our culture change? My experience on integration so far is that on a person level, we're all much the same, and a lot of the fear we've all had about losing our culture - our "niceness" - is groundless. That said, it does appear decisions are taken at a much higher level at BlackRock than BGI, and it'll be interesting to see if at a corporate level we become more JFDI than consensual....

      Cons

      We work long hours, but hey, we're in the city so that's par for the course..... We're not great at keeping our employees informed on whats going on. And we've reached a size now where often the left hand doesn't know what the right hand is doing (there are lots of bits of BGI heavily siloed, doing essentially similar things without looking for synergies)

      3.0
      Dec 8, 2009

      Ok to work for

      Anonymous employee
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      There are loads of company perks, plenty of cross department moving opportunity and is also extremely equalitarian company to work for.

      Cons

      Loads of bureaucracy however and not necessarily the brightest people in. Sometimes it will be hard to drive your career how you would want it

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