Overall a good company to work for. - Design and Development Engineer Barclays Employee Review

4.0
Jan 6, 2009
Recommend
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Pros

Lots of experienced professionals to learn from. I have a good manager who works very hard and understanding. I hardly go to many long meetings. Many employees have been around BGI for a long time, so they stuck around for a good reason.

Cons

Since I have only been with BGI for a few months, I have not experienced much downside except for the fact that management have told everyone that bonus will be cut significantly. This is 4 months after BGI's internal recruiter told me how great the bonus program was. Can't really complain though considering what is going on with our economy. There are a lot of forms that needs to be filled (mostly online) just to do something. I have to fill up timesheets, project time trackers, change management, development plans, KTOs, etc etc. Not used to it comming from a startup. Too many different development groups that some projects are done more than once

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Cons

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4.0
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Pros

Work Life balance, 5 weeks vacation, unlimited sick days, friendly atmosphere, Great campus and facilities,

Cons

Pay and Bonus can be higher and on par with competitors. High loyalty tax. Low merit increases and bonus. Competitive but Loyal Long-term employees get demotivated and tend to quite quit.

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