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      HSBC

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      HSBC reviews

      3.9

      72% would recommend to a friend

      (28,233 total reviews)
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      Georges Elhedery

      69% approve of CEO

      66% positive business outlook

      Ratings by category

      4.1

      Diversity & inclusion

      3.8

      Culture & values

      3.8

      Work/Life balance

      3.7

      Compensation and benefits

      3.6

      Career opportunities

      3.4

      Senior management

      HSBC has an employee rating of 3.9 out of 5 stars, based on 28,233 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
      Nov 3, 2008

      Strong Company - but Very Corporate

      Assistant vice president
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      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.

      3.0
      Oct 25, 2008

      This place is alright..a good place to start your career

      Senior credit risk analyst
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      The number one reason for me is the opportunity to work with a diverse group of people. As you work with your colleague you'll get to know more about them and in turns get to embrace their backgroup. Also, depends on the job role you might get the opporutunity to work in many cross-functional projects, which allows you learn about what others are doing and it might even give you an opportunity to trasfer down the road and learn new skills set. The company is also big on gender inequality and they have a pretty good (3 months) maternity leave policy.

      Cons

      While HSBC is a strong international bank, its reputation in North America is pretty weak, especially on the West Coast . A lot of people still remember that HSBC was once the troubled Household bank and they want no part of it. Career advancement is pretty standard but it probably will help if you know your senior management pretty well. Once you become a manager though it's pretty hard to move up unless you are willing to pull extra 15-20 hours a week. Sometimes the perception is that those who worked (or forced to work) are the ones deem to be the better workers (which is not always true!)

      2.0
      Oct 21, 2008

      Glad I left

      Senior credit risk analyst
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      Typical advantages of a big company -- decent salary and IT infrastructure, good benefits, lots of networking opportunities.

      Cons

      Huge company that's very slow in reacting to market shifts. Very inflexible with regard to consumer demands. Mobility within the organization is limited. Historically, corporate strategies are detrimental to the performance of individual business units.

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