HSBC reviews

3.8

72% would recommend to a friend

(28,255 total reviews)
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Georges Elhedery

68% approve of CEO

66% positive business outlook

HSBC has an employee rating of 3.8 out of 5 stars, based on 28,255 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 21, 2008
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Typical advantages of a big company -- decent salary and IT infrastructure, good benefits, lots of networking opportunities.

Cons

Huge company that's very slow in reacting to market shifts. Very inflexible with regard to consumer demands. Mobility within the organization is limited. Historically, corporate strategies are detrimental to the performance of individual business units.

3.0
Oct 19, 2008
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

international opportunities; however, don't expect HSBC to provide them unless you happen to be coming from the lowest cost nation for labor. opportunities abound for those coming out of 3rd world countries to work as a secondee in a "center of excellence" country like the US. however, US workers have few (if any) opportunities to work abroad.

Cons

none. it has lost it's direction and focus. it is being micro managed by a bunch of old school, british bankers who will conduct a search for the guilty once their failed strategies implode. a complete lack of ownership and accountability by the very people created the current malaise

4.0
Oct 5, 2008
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Its big enough to offer security but retains a human dimension.

Cons

Salaries could be better. Also the Bank seems to be headed towards adopting a harder nosed policy towards personnel.

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