Barclays Reviews

Former Employee – worked at Barclays full-time for more than a year

Pros – Flexible work culture
Pay on par with most IT companies
Constant employee feedback measuring at company level
Encourages employee participation at all levels
Lot of internal openings for movement/promotion
Yearly Leave Allowance

Cons – Specific to business unit I worked with especially about onshore stakeholders:
Racially motivated, treats Indian counterparts as low grade people
Concentrating core development work onshore
Too much interference in local management
Your major time is lost in meetings rather than focusing on actual work

Company level:
No focus on location strategy in Pune
Most processes marred with bureaucracy
Lack of standard processes across business units
Senior staff within company not open to change in work culture
Appraisal process is murky and lacks clarity and direction at site level
No involvement of HR in handling employee grievance/issues after induction
Internal movements not flexible, leads to career stagnation

Advice to Senior Management – High time company establishes a firm identity of it's own while operating as a captive unit, a lot of money is being spent on employee welfare and other stuff however the employee is already missing out of that equation

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend – I'm not optimistic about the outlook for this company

Current Employee – been working at Barclays full-time for more than 3 years

Pros – growing operations in india and merging or businesses

Cons – myopic and arrogant management. No long term view.

Advice to Senior Management – require more MBA's from top schools at senior management level.

No, I would not recommend this company to a friend – I'm optimistic about the outlook for this company

Former Employee – worked at Barclays full-time for more than a year

Pros – 1) good salary. around 20% more than market salary(if you have negotiated during HR discussion)
2)Work from home option sometimes when you need
3) flexible work hour
4) year end bonus of 10% if you have got average and good rating

Cons – 1) Work pressure. similar type of work on daily basis -so no growth
2) Work from home does not mean you will be working less. This is the catch to provide you laptop and blackberry and burden you on work
3) No transparent process in Appraisal. so lobby/oiling works. so tjose who are well politically stay here for long term
4) No promotion . the role on which you have joined you will have to work on same role and no defined process to move to next level
5) Whatever a 2yr guy does in support even a 10 yr B4 will do same work and when rating is provided manager has lot of point to tell what you have done when a 2 yr guy is doing what u also are doing
6) no onsite. if u get a one/2 week onsite then it is a loss for you. as there is no per diem amount. whatever u spent at onsite they will provide the same amount once u provide the bill and same money u will get in 2 months.
7) any monetary claim amount is paid after a month or more(45 days around SLA time)
8) some manager who have joined 2-3 yr back does not want to switch job as they are getting paid very good salary and for them no work. just co-ordinate and bother the technical people

9) You can not escalate anything to HR as it looks like HR process is there just to recruit the people and have 2 days of induction
10) No internal position change as your current manager does not release you
11) firing at singapore center - so no job security
12) Some managers tries to bully you

Advice to Senior Management – 1)Define the exp level and promote the people to next role
2) set the objective and expectation of employee and work with them to grow rather than their carrer becoming stagnant here

No, I would not recommend this company to a friend

Current Employee – been working at Barclays full-time for more than a year

Pros – good amount of leaves
nice people to work with
bus facility
pay on par with industry

Cons – no onsite
no transparency
appraisal process is not clear
lateral inexperienced guys with less exp get more pay than existing
not much learning in work

Advice to Senior Management – be more transparent in appraisal process and maintain consistency in pay packages of exisiting employees and lateral employees

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend

Current Employee – been working at Barclays full-time for more than 3 years

Pros – Good Salary Structure
Good oppurtunity for growth

Cons – Job insecurity, Cut Throat environment

Advice to Senior Management – Provide an employee with clear directions and oppurtunities

No, I would not recommend this company to a friend – I'm optimistic about the outlook for this company

Current Employee – been working at Barclays full-time for more than a year

Pros – rich experience with u handling projects from the 2nd day

Cons – bad transport, a bit of bureaucracy

Advice to Senior Management – create opportunities for people to come up

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend – I'm optimistic about the outlook for this company

Former Employee – worked at Barclays full-time for more than 3 years

Pros – Good for freshers, get to learn lot of things from different people.

Cons – Not a good company for long run, unless you like your comfort zone.
Now no onsite, no salary hike, less promotions, ineffective certification system... list is long.

Advice to Senior Management – Transparency is what they require....

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend – I'm not optimistic about the outlook for this company

Current Employee – been working at Barclays full-time for more than 3 years

Pros – lots of decision making in your hands unlike service industry
work culture is ok, much different that service industry
work from home is available at times, so definitely a plus
salary is good but need to negotiate a lot while joining
bonus depends on your manager :) so be in their good books

Cons – slow growth in career
little bit of bureaucracy
lack of transparency in appraisal process

Advice to Senior Management – need to have more transparency

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend

Current Employee – been working at Barclays full-time for more than 3 years

Pros – 1. Good Work Life Balance
2. People get paid good, but you need to bargain while joining
3. You will be able to learn domain if you get good supportive UK counter part (some luck is required).

Cons – 1. Politics at middle management level
2. No Career progression. Technically you will not be able to grow.
3. No Promotions, so choose your role correctly. 1-3 years B2, 3-6 years B3, 6-9 years B4, 9-13 years B5, 13+ B6.
4. No direction around how they want to invest in India.

Advice to Senior Management – 1. Work on real career framework and not something on paper.
2. Remove some management layer, you don't need so many managers.

No, I would not recommend this company to a friend

Current Employee – been working at Barclays full-time for more than a year

Pros – Good Salary and employee welfare policies

Cons – limited opprtunities. bad senior management

Advice to Senior Management – grow up

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend – I'm optimistic about the outlook for this company