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 work life balance and hybrid working arrangement where you are expected to work from office only for 2 days min" ((in 2703 reviews)); "good benefits and they encourage you to explore and try things that you are interested at" ((in 1964 reviews)); "HSBC tries hard to create a good culture but this varies widely across the organisation." ((in 1690 reviews)); "People there are nice and easy" ((in 1429 reviews)); "Friendly colleagues to help you and show you around especially when you are newly joined." ((in 869 reviews))

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

"When I worked at GLT the salary was low and I never understood the hierarchical chain." ((in 1118 reviews)); "Poor management and lack of empathy" ((in 942 reviews)); "Pay is low and not competitive with market with little bonus despite sg market doing well." ((in 737 reviews)); "Bad manager and sortable due to" ((in 423 reviews)); "working late hours is common" ((in 389 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

(28,269 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 28,269 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

2.0

Aug 30, 2019

Apart from work life balance dont expect any good things

Sme

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Work life balance Learning and training.

Cons

Too much politics Slow career growth if you are not yes man to management Poor remuneration No promotion for efficient employee.

1.0

Jul 28, 2019

Sickness prevails in UK with bullying from the very top

Commercial banking

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

If you’re a long-term employee of HSBC, there are great opportunities outside of the UK commercial bank.

Cons

A toxic culture of bullying and utter disregard for customers data, circumstances, account closures and underinvestment in systems and tools. Short-term projects to bolster senior management egos with strategic fixes ignored to the detriment of customer protection. The externally published customer satisfaction rankings evidence how unimportant customers are. As is the employee satisfaction surveys.

5.0

Jul 23, 2019

Transaction monitoring analyst

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

learnt to be planned in professional and personnel

Cons

lay off towards jobs is disturbing career

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