Toxic work environment - Fraud Expert Barclays Employee Review

2.0
12 Sept 2023
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

I honestly can’t think of any, other than the fact that there are some incredibly talented people who still work here but unfortunately are not valued or recognised. So you can have a great group of people on your team and they’ll get you through a shift but it’s not sustainable.

Cons

Toxic management culture Just enough pay to make you dependant on the wage but 0 chance of a decent bonus or pay rise. No progression unless you’re a ‘favourite’. Gatekeeping as soon as managers get to a certain position and will often disappear into meetings for hours at a time with no discernible reason or outcome. Timed toilet breaks. Poor quality and shared equipment, chairs with giant chunks of foam missing for e.g High pressure to maintain a number of calls but no real incentive to do so, other than for a peaceful life. Car park is too small. Rotating shifts where you would be penalised if you weren’t at your desk, logged on 20 minutes early because the PC can’t handle the software you’re required to run. So if you were 1 minute late logging on because your PC had given up, get ready for a nonsense meeting with your manager about productivity and time docked from your break. However you had to prepared for the reality that you would also stay (also unpaid) for at least 20 minutes after your shift because you stayed until the call you were handling was complete. And if you tried to wrap up the call around your finishing time, you were treated as though you were cheating at something- having a healthy work/life balance maybe?

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Cons

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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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