Dumb and dumber - Senior Vice-President HSBC Employee Review

1.0
Dec 30, 2008
Recommend
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Pros

HSBC's risk adverse conservative approach has put it ahead of all of the other banks. This was more luck than skill though. Here are a few pluses: - diverse and international, opportunities to move around - best balance sheet on the street - wide diversified client base - they like project managers, so if you are one, this is the place for you

Cons

- Hard to get anything done. - Meetings, committees, politics - General lack of work ethic - Generally Lower-tier people as compared to investment banks - Chaos reins, constant change with little follow-through - Primitive models and technology

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Cons

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2.0
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Pros

Good, smart colleagues in other offices.

Cons

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