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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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      Reviews by job title

      22K reviews
      3.0
      Oct 28, 2009

      OK Going Job

      Assistant vice-president
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      -Talented people employed by the bank -Competitive salaries are offered -You get a bit of freedom to implement your ideas and experiment

      Cons

      -This is a heavy organisation, to get anything done it takes a lot of time, effort and chasing everyone around - The working hours are really long

      2.0
      Oct 23, 2009

      Very political culture

      Anonymous employee
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      Employees can be well compensated (depending on your manager). It is a collegiate place to work with nice people. It's an intellectual environment with focus on scientific investing and not much focus on leadership skills such as ability to effectively communicate, ability to challenge the norm to resolve issues and ability to manage people. The company has good medical, dental, family leave and vacation benefits compared to other US companies.

      Cons

      The company has become very hierarchical and senior managers are improperly incented to protect their expense lines rather than to focus on overall company profitability. The company culture is also very non-confrontational so managers are afraid to give direct feedback and employees are afraid to speak up or question authority. There is a great deal of inconsistency in how employees are incented, compensated and treated which leads to different cultures depending on which group you are in. Senior management is very weak and unable to make tough decisions. They make layoff decisions, budget cuts and budget targets at a high level and then spread them evenly across all groups rather than taking into account true growth or non-growth areas. This leads to a tactical approach and disparate infrastructure.

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