Barclays Capital is a great environment for those who want to work hard and progress their careers - Associate Director Barclays Employee Review

5.0
Jun 11, 2008
Recommend
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Pros

Barclays Capital offers a professional and friendly working environment, good opportunities for career progression and internal mobility. I have worked for them 4 times longer than at any other employer in my career and this is entirely due to the variety of roles I have performed during this time and the opportunities offered to me.

Cons

As with most investment banks, the hours can be hard. However, that's pretty much a matter of personal choice. Also, they can be pretty ruthless when it comes to "poor" performance. It's a fairly regular occurrence for the bottom 10 per cent to be cleared out

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Barclays Response
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Thanks for taking the time to write a review and really great to hear that you have been able to build a strong career with us and take advantage of internal opportunities. I would like to comment that we do have a strong performance culture to ensure we are supporting our colleagues to manage their jobs and careers. We do not have a "clear out" culture however, like all organisations, the colleague and the culture need to be suited to each other and sometimes they need and want different things.

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