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 (741) , Software Engineer (724) , Business Analyst (564) , Customer Service Representative (502) , Relationship Manager (448) , Project Manager (446) , Vice President (443) , Intern (439) , Senior Software Engineer (389) , Associate (380) , 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 2703 reviews)); "good benefits and they encourage you to explore and try things that you are interested at" ((in 1923 reviews)); "HSBC tries hard to create a good culture but this varies widely across the organisation." ((in 1669 reviews)); "People there are nice and easy" ((in 1457 reviews)); "My colleagues that I worked with are nice and easy to work with" ((in 843 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 1113 reviews)); "Poor management and lack of empathy" ((in 931 reviews)); "Politics and low pay will be staying an hour or so and take short to no lunches" ((in 757 reviews)); "Bad manager and sortable due to" ((in 438 reviews)); "working late hours is common" ((in 377 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

(28,335 total reviews)

Georges Elhedery

69% approve of CEO

65% positive business outlook

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HSBC has an employee rating of 3.8 out of 5 stars, based on 28,335 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

Sep 28, 2011

If you slowly explore out the company, you will start to hate yourself why you choose to join GLT.

Software engineer

Recommend

CEO approval

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Pros

- Consider good work-life balance - Best place to work especially for senior SE level above position. - MSC Status company - On job training provides - Most of the senior SE willing to teach you a lot.

Cons

- Salary is the lowest if compare to same batch of Software Engineer in Malaysia. - HR not so efficient and responsive. - Yes, MSC status company(says only), employees wont get any benefit from there. - You wont get approve of the training if there is not related to your current project, just because of the cutting cost reason, but your boss always ask you to enhance yourself.

3.0

May 20, 2011

Average

Lead risk analyst

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Stability, Possibility of International Assignments & Career Opportunities

Cons

Lack of growth, professional growth

2.0

May 2, 2011

It is a good place for people who have no great career aspirations, dont want to achieve much in life but just pass time

Anonymous employee

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

It is very good for working mothers...great work life balance....there is good flexibility with time.

Cons

It is not good for career progression, since the people here just want to pass time and take home a monthly pay. The culture overall is also not good. Everything is controlled by the senior management.

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It is a good place for people who have no great career aspirations, dont want to achieve much in life but just pass time

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