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 2681 reviews)); "good benefits and they encourage you to explore and try things that you are interested at" ((in 1879 reviews)); "HSBC tries hard to create a good culture but this varies widely across the organisation." ((in 1663 reviews)); "Most people are nice and professional" ((in 1448 reviews)); "My colleagues that I worked with are nice and easy to work with" ((in 865 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 1111 reviews)); "Poor management and lack of empathy" ((in 936 reviews)); "Politics and low pay will be staying an hour or so and take short to no lunches" ((in 755 reviews)); "Bad manager and sortable due to" ((in 416 reviews)); "working late hours is common" ((in 400 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.

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3.8

72% would recommend to a friend

(28,290 total reviews)

Georges Elhedery

69% approve of CEO

65% positive business outlook

Ratings by category

4.0

Diversity & inclusion

3.8

Culture & values

3.8

Work/Life balance

3.7

Compensation and benefits

3.6

Career opportunities

3.4

Senior management

HSBC has an employee rating of 3.8 out of 5 stars, based on 28,290 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

2.0

Oct 16, 2018

Bad Company.Doesn't recommend at all.

S s e(senior software engineer)

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Pros

Some what ok in terms of payscale.

Cons

Very bad management.Lots of politics and no promotion and onsite.

3.0

Sep 26, 2018

Great people and team values bogged down by never-ending Organization Restructuring

Consultant specialist

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

- Great team camaraderie --- multicultured work environment, different festivities are celebrated. - Inclusive policy from the top --- LGBT friendly (at least at the policy level). - Managers do review monthly reviews to check in on team members performance and give advice and guidance where necessary. - Performance based bonus and salary increment --- you perform well, you get the reward. - Most teams allow flexi work hours arrangement when required.

Cons

- Still using outdated bell curve performance appraisal --- no matter how hardworking everyone is, someone WILL BE GETTING a bad appraisal. - Because of this, managers forced to defend your team when necessary. - Never-ending cost cutting exercise disguised as organizational restructure resulting in increasing offshoring works makes everyone demoralized. - Used to give decent bonus and increment - Most people expected to work extra hours regardless of role.

1.0

Sep 1, 2018

How to get fired in a few months

Anonymous employee

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Relatively high salary More holidays than anyone else Good mortgage

Cons

I would not recommend my worst enemy to join HSBC: they offer you pretty nice benefits when you join, but they fire very easily.

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