Does HSBC pay their employees well?

According to anonymously submitted Glassdoor reviews, HSBC employees rate their compensation and benefits as 3.7 out of 5. Find out more about salaries and benefits at HSBC. This rating has been stable over the past 12 months.

How satisfied are employees working at HSBC?

72% of HSBC employees would recommend working there to a friend based on Glassdoor reviews . Employees also rated HSBC 3.8 out of 5 for work life balance, 3.8 for culture and values and 3.6 for career opportunities.

What are the top reviewed jobs at HSBC?

Analyst (970) , Manager (866) , Assistant Manager (740) , Software Engineer (722) , Business Analyst (561) , Customer Service Representative (501) , Relationship Manager (447) , Project Manager (446) , Vice President (442) , Intern (439) , Senior Software Engineer (389) , Associate (378) , Personal Banker (352) , Senior Manager (277) , Director (246)

What are the pros of working at HSBC according to real employee reviews?

"Good for work life balance and a stable job with more than average growth when compared to peer organisation" ((in 2696 reviews)); "good benefits and they encourage you to explore and try things that you are interested at" ((in 1906 reviews)); "HSBC tries hard to create a good culture but this varies widely across the organisation." ((in 1683 reviews)); "People were great to work with and are very knowledgeable since they have been in the industry and the company for a very long time" ((in 1444 reviews)); "My colleagues that I worked with are nice and easy to work with" ((in 846 reviews))

What are the cons of working at HSBC according to real employee reviews?

"When I worked at GLT the salary was low and I never understood the hierarchical chain." ((in 1096 reviews)); "Poor management and lack of empathy" ((in 933 reviews)); "Politics and low pay will be staying an hour or so and take short to no lunches" ((in 763 reviews)); "Bad manager and sortable due to" ((in 427 reviews)); "working late hours is common" ((in 392 reviews))

What are employees saying about HSBC layoffs in 2026?

Explore Glassdoor’s employee reviews to understand what current and former employees are saying about HSBC layoffs and their outlook for job security at HSBC in 2026.

HSBC reviews

3.8

72% would recommend to a friend

(28,288 total reviews)

Georges Elhedery

68% approve of CEO

66% positive business outlook

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HSBC has an employee rating of 3.8 out of 5 stars, based on 28,288 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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1.0

Apr 10, 2019

Soul Crushing

Fraud prevention specialist

Recommend

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Pros

* Good benefits (PTO, health insurance)

Cons

*understaffed department *Micro-management *repetitive job - you will do the same thing over and over and over *no Time dedicated to Career development *Keep track of everything you do with a program called Icats that track when you go on break, how long you were gone for, the amount of phone calls you take, the amount of applications you complete and etc. *No raises only account for inflation, everyone gets the same raise *assigned times to take your 15 minute breaks *Will lie and say its not a call center job but it is *extremely high turnover *Low morale *horrible managers that only care about numbers not the well being and happiness of their employees

3.0

Apr 2, 2019

Boring day to day

Ppi complaint handler

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

A four day working week Flexible hours at times Don't take your work stress home with you Pension is good

Cons

Tedious work the same most days Poor management, managers have no idea about their staff or how to forward plan As stated by other reviews, the ICT systems are atrocious, hours a week wasted on computer crashes, frustrations when this isn't taken into consideration with your productivity targets. Out of date by about 10 years, embarrassing. Harsh divide between temporary staff and permanent staff.

1.0

Mar 28, 2019

Don’t work here if you have other options

Investment banking analyst

Recommend

CEO approval

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Pros

Global organization leads to cross border collaboration with diverse teams. Experience working on cross-border M&A transactions. The company enforces a mandatory 2 week vacation period each year where you aren’t allowed to login to your computer.

Cons

Very weak investment banking practice and minimal deal flow (especially in M&A), yet analysts and associates are still working 80-100 hours every week. Inexperienced, incompetent mid-level bankers. Terrible technology. Terrible company culture (especially in M&A group). Extremely office politics. No concept of work/life balance.

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