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 (501) , Project Manager (446) , Relationship Manager (446) , 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 2729 reviews)); "good benefits and they encourage you to explore and try things that you are interested at" ((in 1868 reviews)); "HSBC tries hard to create a good culture but this varies widely across the organisation." ((in 1679 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 1425 reviews)); "My colleagues that I worked with are nice and easy to work with" ((in 871 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 1115 reviews)); "Poor management and lack of empathy" ((in 934 reviews)); "Pay is low and not competitive with market with little bonus despite sg market doing well." ((in 742 reviews)); "Bad manager and sortable due to" ((in 430 reviews)); "working late hours is common" ((in 392 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

(28,273 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 28,273 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

3.0

Mar 29, 2018

HOST joke

Anonymous employee

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Work from home, not much to do, working with largely poly educated simple folk.

Cons

Job as advertised never happened,

3.0

Mar 7, 2018

A sinking ship in the U.S.

Anonymous employee

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Competitive Salary International Exposure Great co-workers Ability to work from home

Cons

Awful Review Process Constantly watching your back for the next downsizing Unclear career path for Individual Contributors The IT area has been gutted in the U.S. Managers are often performing the work of 2 or 3 people due to downsizing

1.0

Feb 21, 2018

HSBC Australia IT Department One of the worst out there

Software developer

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

No option to give 0 or negative stars otherwise would have given negative stars.If you are in IT department of HSBC Australia no pros whatsoever, please do not join this department in HSBC Australia unless you don't have any other option

Cons

IT management of HSBC Australia treat software engineers or developers as slaves . Too much micromanagement When recruiting they will say work from home and flexibility stuff but after you join will send emails stating everyone needs to be in ofc by 9 and can leave only after 5 , then will say you cant work from home. Full of helicopter managers who will hover over your head all the time to see when you are taking break , what you are doing etc but not the actual deliverables. Technology used will be that used in the ages of Mughal emperors but Management will expect to devs to deliver stuff that beat competition . Too many managers who don't have any work other than monitoring people ie checking who is going to toilet, who is taking a coffee break etc. Opinion of people who don't even understand basics of software development is valued and heard Partiality and nepotism to the core.

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