HSBC reviews

3.8

72% would recommend to a friend

(28,341 total reviews)
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Georges Elhedery

69% approve of CEO

65% positive business outlook

HSBC has an employee rating of 3.8 out of 5 stars, based on 28,341 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The HSBC employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Financial Services industry (3.7 stars).

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28K reviews
3.0
Jan 17, 2010

my review on hsbc

Anonymous employee
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Pros

i have been working in hsbc for 7 year. i like the stable environment, share option reward, diverified staff recreation activities, friendly colleagues.........optimum pace

Cons

the management style is too old and less flexible.. pace is not comparable with other investment bank some constraint from shareholder on new strategies

1.0
Jan 4, 2010
Recommend
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Pros

Global name, will look good on the CV, hard to get fired, alot of employees and the bank is doing generally well in the world.

Cons

very long hours, not much prestige in japan and managers were expatriates who didnt really understand the local market. Local hire pay was poor.

3.0
Jan 1, 2010
Recommend
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Pros

Employees will have exposure to international opportunities, either through secondment or working with staff from other countries. IT department is well established that employees will be able to learn about standards, best practices as well as how a bank run. Usually IT professionals such as developers, BAs and PMs will be working on projects from all sizes ranging from under a million to over 20 millions.

Cons

As the organization is large, the opportunities for promotion within one country bank or Software Department is limited as staff then to stay in a position for a long time. Also, due to the complex working environment, there are a lot of procedures to follow for making even a small change.

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