The business banking managers have been not much help over the years (we banked with Barclays as a business for 12 years now). The latest is that they push you to talk via app chat, which is an absolutely dreadful experience - speaking with people in India, after explaining the matter in details, I get asked questions that I already answered, responses not useful - scripted, no intelligence being applied - clear lack of training, halfway through conversation the person left, another one joined. After 50 minutes - got nowhere. Call centre experience slightly better - a lady in the UK was trying to be helpful, but again, just going through scripted motions (again 52 minutes later got nowhere). In the end, it turned out to be Barclays system issues, that my partner (who is software engineer) pointed out to them (not sure if they will fix it in their end). But as a busy business person, I had to spend 2 hours getting nowhere (getting frustrated), and if it was not for my partner pointing the issue, who knows how much longer it would have taken.
On the side of business support, the business managers are personable, but again I never got any value out of them. From not highlighting services that might be useful to us, to not being much help on any credit applications (we get our credit from Funding Circle - they have great customer service, better processes and better rates).
Maybe once the business reaches a certain size, the service level increases at Barclays, but as a micro 10-20 employee company owner, I am not impressed. We need to find a better bank, just need to get around to moving - but I think this latest "chat" experience is the last straw.
Reviewed on: 28th March 2021
