HSBC reviews

3.9

72% would recommend to a friend

(28,231 total reviews)
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Georges Elhedery

69% approve of CEO

66% positive business outlook

HSBC has an employee rating of 3.9 out of 5 stars, based on 28,231 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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28K reviews
2.0
May 24, 2015
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Able to work from home remotely. 401K is mactched up to four percent. Vanguard is the best 401K vendor there is and HSBC deserves credit for utilizing them for this service.

Cons

Below market pay. Management has allowed downsizing by a kind of organic attrition. Due to the bank's scandals HSBC does not want their fingerprints on any actual downsizing in AML compliance. They also do not want to pay any unemployment and severance packages. However, HSBC is more than content to keep salaries low as employees leave on their own. Another negative is there is a global standards assessment all employees must now take and pass with an 80% grade to impress regulators and integrity monitor. This assessment is to be taken on an annual basis. Unfortunately, the wording of the test is flawed. It's a multiple choice/true false subjective test that his resulted in massive failures. These "global standards" often contradict the procedures employees are given by their line managers resulting in massive chaos. In many respects this bank does not know what its doing. HSBC claims they have a "culture of transformation" to correct the mistakes of the past. That was true under CEO Irene Donner. Under current CEO Stuart Gulliver HSBC is now a culture of toxic restoration.

1.0
May 30, 2014
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Nice people (staff grade), lax attitude towards development unless you want it, rarely overworked, easygoing approach to flexibility, overtime available constantly (voluntary), good number of holidays.

Cons

Poor pay and reward even of you achieve, or over achieve; poor quality management; belligerent senior management; culture of fear and persecution encouraged; management by spreadsheet; too much bell curve and Six Sigma; no job security.

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