HSBC reviews

3.8

72% would recommend to a friend

(28,260 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 28,260 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
3.0
Oct 2, 2008
Recommend
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Pros

San Diego location was ideal. Call center employed many local residents. Home office in Illinois was more advanced when it came to training facilities and programs to advance the skills of the leadership teams.

Cons

Management support for training not really there. Promotions within the San Diego office were questionable. The human resources team must have been a "green" team without much experience. I witnessed interactions and conversations that should have been held as confidential that were discussed openly. This did not create an environment that compelled associates to reach out to the human resources group when a problem really did occur. The HR Director at the time was very stringent and I did not see her becoming a business partner with other leaders at the site.

4.0
Sep 23, 2008
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

HSBC has a tremendously diverse culture and allows employees the opportunity to travel around the world. There is much security in such a global and diverse company. HSBC promotes upward mobility and recommends new jobs every few years. This allows for a great overall understanding of such a large company.

Cons

HSBC has an extremely conservative culture when compared to other large U.S. financial institutions. But hey, maybe thats why they haven't tanked yet. Right now the processes are inefficient and are in major need of automation. I would say that overall, processes are 75% manual and 25% automated. From speaking with employees who have worked at other large banks, HSBC is behind.

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