HSBC reviews

3.8

72% would recommend to a friend

(28,336 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 28,336 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
4.0
Jul 27, 2009

A good place to work.

Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

A global company so opportunities are good if interested in working in other countries. It is a strong institution and has a good reputation.

Cons

Positions that are business or financial related which are core business related get respect. All other support positions do not have the same career opportunities.

2.0
Jul 14, 2009
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

No real workpressure - so one can maintain Work-life Balance. Until and Unless you want to take it on yourself to change things - they continue the way they are.

Cons

Laidback attitude of people towards work. No real process improvements in the last so many years. Because of the geographic spread the bank sustains otherwise it would have been the pioneer to initiate the reccession. Salary is meagre - at least in APAC. The attitude of the European counterparts stinks when talking to the workforce in the APAC region (esp Brits) - maybe becoz of their insecurity of losing jobs. The culture of the organisation is not instilled and communicated across the organisation effectively.

3.0
May 1, 2009
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

big company with big company benefits. Slow to make redundent and lots of lifers

Cons

can be very large and not communicative enough. senior management not the brightest you will meet and a lot of them rose throgh the ranks due to time rather than smarts. bonuses are often small compared to other banks and so are salaries, often 2nd quartile compared to other banks

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