Great Benefits, Good Work/Life Balance, High Senior Management Turnover, Constant Firedrills, Senior Management Clueless - AML Manager HSBC Employee Review

4.0
Feb 20, 2014
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Pros

- Outstanding benefits: Very competitive salaries, significant 401k matching, BlueCross/BlueSheild insurance plans, MetLife Dental, ability to work from home (so you never have to burn a sick day), terrific amount of vacation days a year. - CORE Leave: You MUST take 10 consecutive business days off a year. Some firms won't even allow you to do this, but here it is a requirement! - Relatively easy to make lateral moves. You can apply for new positions internally after a year at your current post, or earlier if you have managerial approval.

Cons

- Senior management must not be getting very competitive bonuses, because they are always in and out within a year. - Poor communication between senior management and Group executives in the UK, which result in sudden, "important" projects with EXTREMELY tight deadlines. Constantly. - Who still uses Lotus Notes instead of Outlook? This bank does. - Poor, poor "training." Usually required a few times a year. Wastes of time. - The bank is undergoing some big changes due to the recent AML fines, so there is a lot of cloak and dagger talks with senior management constantly filing in and out of various meetings.

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Cons

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