HSBC reviews

3.8

72% would recommend to a friend

(28,260 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 28,260 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 Finance industry (3.7 stars).

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28K reviews
3.0
Apr 13, 2009
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

HSBC offers a great benefit package with several choices on medical insurance / drug coverage. Tuition reimbursment is also offered. The work is interesting and keeps me thinking and learning. There is opportunity for posting into different positions in order to keep on learning and growing. There are recognition programs in place which help to stimulate that competive spirit. Training for the entry level positions such as collections, credit and Customer Care have evolved over time to be best in class.

Cons

Income growth is limited by a rather stingy pay for performance policy. There is a curve grading system in place for yearly reviews. This works well for large departments such as Collections, Care. Not so good for smaller groups which are lumped in with larger areas who do not do comparable work. For some no matter how well you perform your rating will not exceed average. Staff reductions when they have happened have not been handled in the best possible way.

2.0
Apr 5, 2009
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

It is a large, international company which has lots of perks such as 8 weeks holiday plus 8 bank holidays. They will help you to get qualified. The staff! The customer service levels at the local branches are high.

Cons

No communication from management, the staff constantly feel that they are under constant presuure to sell to customers that so not want to be sold to. The Salarys are not competitive. The call centres are all in India and you get passed to one peson the the next.

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