HSBC reviews

3.8

72% would recommend to a friend

(28,277 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 28,277 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 Finanzas industry (3.7 stars).

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28K reviews
2.0
Feb 18, 2015

Quite laid back

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Pros

Generally the people are quite nice and laid back. It is beneficial especially if you need to complete a qualification such as ACA, CFA or part-time masters.

Cons

Things are run pretty inefficiently there and the pay is almost always below the industry's average... They keep pushing for this flat and transparent hierachy, which ultimately means no promotion until you are almost retired. If you have the luck of working in the headquarter, unless a) you work in one of the 3 trading floors and b) you come to work during those god forbidden hours (very early in the morning, very late at night or weekends), fighting for the lift can be quite a nausea experience. In some departments, you will find these obscenely well-paid contractors who don't add much value.

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