Used to be better - falling apart. Don’t recommend unless you want a dead end role. - Anonymous employee Barings Employee Review

3.0
27 Dec 2024
Anonymous employee
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Pros

When based in the UK you have general day to day autonomy over your role (most managers are US based). Lots of generally nice individuals around. Nice office / roof terrace. Nice sports and social clubs eg languages, wine club, yoga, football etc.

Cons

HR department - head of HR has somehow gotten tentacles into everything including DEI (which is a joke). Severe lack of personal development - basically nothing on offer and most managers are a woefully inadequate and not up to the task because they have no real training themselves. There is a learning grant if you want to find courses for yourself although it’s small / token. Very toxic culture - one of the worst I’ve experienced. If you’re UK based forget having a meaningful career, everything happens in Charlotte. Very small town feel, people reward their friends. US pay is significantly higher than UK also.

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5.0
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Pros

Good firm, great culture, learned a lot, competitive pay, made a lot of friends

Cons

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3.0
5 Nov 2025
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Pros

Benefit (non monetary) package, and community service culture is great. My direct manager is great, and hers above me would be great if he actually knew what his dept staff did.

Cons

Constant push for change but when change is suggested or implemented, it takes years to complete if it isn’t the type of change C-suite or legacy employees (20+ years there) like. Pushed to implement AI, but requests for a security review take 9-12 months with no updates, by then the request use case has been resolved or worked around. Starting pay is fantastic, but leave after a year because it will never get better, especially on the operational side of the business.

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