First fault - don't make it a double fault - Associate Vice President HSBC Employee Review

2.0
Jul 14, 2009
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

No real workpressure - so one can maintain Work-life Balance. Until and Unless you want to take it on yourself to change things - they continue the way they are.

Cons

Laidback attitude of people towards work. No real process improvements in the last so many years. Because of the geographic spread the bank sustains otherwise it would have been the pioneer to initiate the reccession. Salary is meagre - at least in APAC. The attitude of the European counterparts stinks when talking to the workforce in the APAC region (esp Brits) - maybe becoz of their insecurity of losing jobs. The culture of the organisation is not instilled and communicated across the organisation effectively.

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Pros

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Cons

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2.0
Jun 15, 2026
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Pros

Good, smart colleagues in other offices.

Cons

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