HSBC reviews

3.8

72% would recommend to a friend

(28,239 total reviews)
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Georges Elhedery

69% approve of CEO

66% positive business outlook

HSBC has an employee rating of 3.8 out of 5 stars, based on 28,239 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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5.0
Jan 26, 2009
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Endless Opportunities, and a worldwide network which you can use to build a great career. If yuor willing to travel, and are persistence enough HSBC can take you around the world literally Training is excellent with both local and international training programs,, when if the best Banks to invest in traingin that I have seen. Management generally have an open door policy, and it easy to talk to just about anyone. Stable and strong company.

Cons

Can get lost in the large company, hard to stick out, but as with all things you get out of it what you put into it.

3.0
Jan 10, 2009
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Here are some reasons: 1) Work life balance 2) International footprint 3) Holding up well in current financial crisis 4) Large institution which provides opportunities for latitude of career progression

Cons

downsides are related to the best reasons: 1) Good work life balance traded off for lousy compensation 2) Size of institution means things loss of agility in processes and decisions 3) Not hold enough to take the lead to retain talent whilst it has done well for shareholders through current crisis

4.0
Jan 10, 2009
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

At the time I worked their HSBC paid people well for a job well done. I also thought that the recent focus on employee engagement was the approach, and focused efforts not only production but also on the welfare of employees, which are the most important asset. There was also a great group of people to work with.

Cons

The new performance management system focuses on attaining a normative distribution and the focus is more on meeting the numbers of the distribution curve than the actual performance of the employee. It also seems that the real focus on on taking away the great bonuses and merit increases. It is called pay for performance but it seems to be don't pay for good performance.

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