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Any barclays employees on here?

Need to ask a few questions with regard to working for them.
Grab life by the balls before it grabs you by the neck.

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  • datostar
    datostar Posts: 1,288 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 1,000 Posts Name Dropper Combo Breaker
    I love Barclays.

    R. Diamond (ex-employee)
  • BugsyBrowne
    BugsyBrowne Posts: 5,697 Forumite
    Gonzo33 wrote: »
    Need to ask a few questions with regard to working for them.

    You will earn more money working on a checkout at waitrose or Tesco then you will working on the counter at Barclays if this is the job your after.
  • preable
    preable Posts: 2,114 Forumite
    Debt-free and Proud! Mortgage-free Glee!
    Just dont steal from the safe and you will be ok
  • Gonzo33
    Gonzo33 Posts: 440 Forumite
    Yes very funny. I don't think I will bother responding to those helpful messages.
    Grab life by the balls before it grabs you by the neck.
  • Gentoo365
    Gentoo365 Posts: 579 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 500 Posts Name Dropper Combo Breaker
    Why not just ask your questions?

    They may not be specific to Barclays. Also you will have to name which part, and which department to get a good answer.

    Unless the question is something general.

    EDIT - I don't work there btw, just sticking my nose in.
  • Gonzo33
    Gonzo33 Posts: 440 Forumite
    I just want to know what it is really like to work in a branch as a Personal Banker.
    Grab life by the balls before it grabs you by the neck.
  • opinions4u
    opinions4u Posts: 19,411 Forumite
    edited 12 July 2012 at 11:13AM
    Sales pressure.

    What did you sell them? Did you get a credit card with that? How many <insert current focus product name> have you got today? Can you come in on your day off? If you don't write £30k in loan business by Friday I'll have to put you on an informal action plan.

    Our customer satisfaction results were poor. What are you going to do about it? How many are you going to sell today? Why didn't you get them? What are you going to do differently tomorrow to make up that shortfall?

    Well done on hitting your targets. You won't get a bonus this month quarter because we've failed our risk audit.

    Enjoy your career!
  • MoneySaverLog
    MoneySaverLog Posts: 3,232 Forumite
    One of the Lloyds TSB processing centres used to have something called a "Reasonable Expectancy" on processing items, such as DD's etc.

    What was being asked for was far from reasonable. :-)
  • Gonzo33
    Gonzo33 Posts: 440 Forumite
    Natwest/RBS is the same. Just wanted an idea before I decided to jump into the frying pan, and I think you have made my mind up for me. Thank you.
    Grab life by the balls before it grabs you by the neck.
  • Macca83_2
    Macca83_2 Posts: 1,215 Forumite
    opinions4u wrote: »
    Sales pressure.

    What did you sell them? Did you get a credit card with that? How many <insert current focus product name> have you got today? Can you come in on your day off? If you don't write £30k in loan business by Friday I'll have to put you on an informal action plan.

    Our customer satisfaction results were poor. What are you going to do about it? How many are you going to sell today? Why didn't you get them? What are you going to do differently tomorrow to make up that shortfall?

    Well done on hitting your targets. You won't get a bonus this month quarter because we've failed our risk audit.

    Enjoy your career!

    sounds about right
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