HSBC reviews

For a seasonal senior software engineer it's frustrating to see how relatively simple projects take forever to implement. New technologies are not welcomed and outsourcing has been a big issue affecting quality of the products, time to market and knowledge base inside of the company. Usage of homegrown frameworks instead of industry widely adopted ones makes it very difficult to use local work force because of the long learning curve locking the company even further into using outsourcing services. Another serious issue is that managers are switched around every year and it discourages some of them from trying to solve difficult issues.

It's recent restructuring at the end of 2008 has had a negative effect on it's Premier Client Consultants. Although the hourly rate has increased modestly for these employees they are asked to take on many more tasks that in the past were handled by specialized departments. As a result these Consultants may not be as proficient at these specialized tasks. "Premier Customers" (those having over $100,000.00 in the bank) will notice a difference. The "One Stop Shop" may sound good as a concept but in execution it lacks effectiveness. Trying to save money by eliminating specialized departments and overloading it's Premier Consultants will only result a diminishing of good customer service.