Does HSBC pay their employees well?

According to anonymously submitted Glassdoor reviews, HSBC employees rate their compensation and benefits as 3.7 out of 5. Find out more about salaries and benefits at HSBC. This rating has been stable over the past 12 months.

How satisfied are employees working at HSBC?

72% of HSBC employees would recommend working there to a friend based on Glassdoor reviews . Employees also rated HSBC 3.8 out of 5 for work life balance, 3.8 for culture and values and 3.6 for career opportunities.

What are the top reviewed jobs at HSBC?

Analyst (970) , Manager (866) , Assistant Manager (740) , Software Engineer (723) , Business Analyst (560) , Customer Service Representative (500) , Project Manager (446) , Relationship Manager (445) , Vice President (442) , Intern (439) , Senior Software Engineer (388) , Associate (378) , Personal Banker (352) , Senior Manager (277) , Director (246)

What are the pros of working at HSBC according to real employee reviews?

"Good for work life balance and a stable job with more than average growth when compared to peer organisation" ((in 2706 reviews)); "good benefits and they encourage you to explore and try things that you are interested at" ((in 1855 reviews)); "HSBC tries hard to create a good culture but this varies widely across the organisation." ((in 1671 reviews)); "People were great to work with and are very knowledgeable since they have been in the industry and the company for a very long time" ((in 1464 reviews)); "Friendly colleagues to help you and show you around especially when you are newly joined." ((in 865 reviews))

What are the cons of working at HSBC according to real employee reviews?

"Low salary and bonuses with high sales expectation regardless of which demographic you live in." ((in 1076 reviews)); "Poor management and lack of empathy" ((in 946 reviews)); "Pay is low and not competitive with market with little bonus despite sg market doing well." ((in 749 reviews)); "Bad manager and sortable due to" ((in 441 reviews)); "working late hours is common" ((in 386 reviews))

What are employees saying about HSBC layoffs in 2026?

Explore Glassdoor’s employee reviews to understand what current and former employees are saying about HSBC layoffs and their outlook for job security at HSBC in 2026.

HSBC reviews

3.8

72% would recommend to a friend

(28,267 total reviews)

Georges Elhedery

68% 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 3.8 out of 5 stars, based on 28,267 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 Finanzen industry (3.7 stars).

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Reviews by job title

28K reviews

1.0

Oct 12, 2021

good remuneration, system and environment can be improved

Business manager

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

- they are quite generous with the remuneration to attract talents - good team lead who has very good sense of the overall business

Cons

- bank system is super old and IT has no priority and intention to upgrade or change the system, everything is so backwards and manual for a MNC bank - colleagues are not very patient with new joiners, expecting you to know after telling you the steps once, they like to push you to read procedure manual, when you reach out to clarify - procedure manual is not very user/new comer friendly which is very outdated (some of the process kept changing but was not updated) and kept very brief, only people who has been doing it understand what is going on - constant reshuffling/reorganisation of the team

2.0

Sep 17, 2021

Talented employees but low moral and terrible place to work

Manager business systems development

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Very talented and dedicated group of employees that are committed to accomplishing the impossible. Investing in Digital Transformation. Great benefits.

Cons

Absolutely zero work life balance or room for growth in US. Teams are understaffed for demand and expected to work long hours, nights and weekends with little time to avoid burnout. Leadership expected to spend a large amount of time on non value added tasks. HSBC announced they plan to exit its US domestic mass market retail banking business but will drain everything they can out of their employees until they lay them off.

1.0

Sep 16, 2021

Worst Company Ever

Customer service associate

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Work from home HSBC Perks Good friends Literally nothing else good

Cons

Management are bullies Do not care about their customers Mental distress caused Do not care about their employees Everyone has their favourites THEY WILL RUIN YOUR LIFE

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