HSBC reviews

3.9

72% would recommend to a friend

(28,233 total reviews)
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69% approve of CEO

66% positive business outlook

HSBC has an employee rating of 3.9 out of 5 stars, based on 28,233 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 Finanzas industry (3.7 stars).

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28K reviews
4.0
Jun 24, 2008
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

work life balance and career prospects

Cons

salaries slightly lower than market average

2.0
Jun 21, 2008
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

HSBC is a very well-known bank with good oportunities to work in different countries woldwide (UK, USA, Canada, Hong Kong, Singapore, China...), acceptable benefits.

Cons

Poor salaries and recognition in comparison with other similar banks. Benefits are acceptable but tend to degrade over time. Work condition are very poor in some places (ie France) : open space offices crowded with many many people. They probably stack up people to save money... which has a very negative impact on performance. Very inconfortable. IT has to provide services to with very little money, wich leads to a very minimal IT using old low cost technologies.

1.0
Jun 20, 2008
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Not particularly stressful. No one works particularly hard and the hours are not long.

Cons

Lack of transparency and communication from Management. If you are not 'in the loop' (ie. British/male) you have little opportunity for advancement. Left hand doesn't know what the right hand is doing. Complete lockdown of computers and systems...borderline nanny state.

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