BGI -- Good for some, bad for others - Principal Barclays Employee Review

3.0
Jan 26, 2010
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Smart people, good products, great benefits, good pay if you are among the "in"s

Cons

Performance and reward don't seem to always go hand-in-hand. The jokes around the firm were the like of "Speak the truth as long as it's what they want to hear", or "Brown nosing is the favorite sport"...

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Cons

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