Snatching defeat from the jaws of victory - Vice President Barclays Employee Review

2.0
5 Mar 2009
Recommend
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Pros

It used to be a relatively flat organization with strong meritocratic culture. There was more work, more opportunities, than there were bodies. This motivated people to step up to the plate, grow, learn and deliver. Work was rewarded with below-street comp, but it was rewarded thoughtfully, and fairly. These traits have left the organization.

Cons

Lehman mid-level management is strongly, unconsciously biased towards legacy lehman staff. This impacts how legacy barcap employees are viewed, paid, given opportunities and retained (or not).

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5.0
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Pros

Chill and work life balance

Cons

no money, no increment, check

3.0
11 May 2026
Recommend
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Pros

Workload is manageable they don’t put too much on you. Hybrid you come into office once a week.

Cons

Some managers are nice some are not and if you have a manager who doesn’t like you it will make the job stressful. If you get a zero for QA part of your bonus will be gone and if you get 3 within a 7 month period you will have to come into office 3 days a week and be on a final and will not get a bonus, bonuses could be higher in my opinion, if your not a good collector they could be as low as $500-$700 every 3 months if your a decent collector they could be $1500 every 3 months if your a good collector they could be $2250-$3375 every 3 months but the base pay isn’t high enough either it’s 50k to 56k all around just not enough money

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