Incredibly toxic work culture - Senior Engineering Manager Barclays Employee Review

1.0
26 Sept 2023
Recommend
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Pros

Flexibility Hybrid working- although you are forced into the office on set days and attendance is monitored

Cons

Toxic work culture driven by MD level leadership “Yes person” culture. If you challenge the status quo you will be sidelined Very cliquey at senior levels so the most toxic people hold the most sway A lot of red tape which makes it very slow to deliver Locked down laptops that limit what you can find online to support A lot of micromanagement

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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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