HSBC reviews

3.8

72% would recommend to a friend

(28,235 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 28,235 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
2.0
Nov 7, 2008
Recommend
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Pros

Salary is not bad however, the amount of hours you work to earn that salary is excesive. They have a work from home program but you will rarely ever get to take advantage of it. In nine months is was only able to work from home a total of ten times. Even though I was signed up to work from home for two days a week.

Cons

Long hours, lack of communication between senior management and managers. Work life balance is almost non-existent. Their IT support is horrible at its best.

2.0
Nov 5, 2008
Recommend
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Pros

Good work / life balance and benefits. The people are down to earth and generally approachable. People below management level will, for the most part communicate openly and honestly with you. I have found my direct management very accomodating to my personal needs. I rarely have to put any time in on weekends. There are some talented individuals, but management has not found the glue to put it together.

Cons

Lack of senior management communication and leadership qualities. Communication from local senior management is weak and infrequent. The troops are not inspired and have not been since the day I arrived. HR is disorganized and unresponsive

3.0
Nov 3, 2008
Recommend
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Pros

Good benefits and large, secure company - even in hard economic times

Cons

Being led by a Senior Management Group not used to how US employees are driven to succeed, they implement global standards that demotivate employees to do more than the "status quo", as opposed to letting us drive ourselves to succceed.

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