Toxic, Bullying Environment in Hong Kong - Senior Program Manager, GCB4 HSBC Employee Review

1.0
Feb 14, 2018
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

It's a job. Food in canteen is cheap. Some nice people work there for awhile....

Cons

Company has a tradition of promoting and encouraging bullies who don't know what they're doing / want. Very many qualified and experienced professionals find it an impossible workplace. Terrible hours. Offices are old and dirty, or ridiculously tight (at / possibly breaking fire code for capacity?) and distracting open concept. Low pay with career progression mostly for "chosen/protected" ones. You can live without them on your CV. Go somewhere else!

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