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

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 Finanzen industry (3.7 stars).

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28K reviews
1.0
Feb 17, 2025
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

- Everyone was young and just trying to get through the day together. - Everyone on the team mutually hates their manager so you feel like you are all in it together.

Cons

- Micro management to the point they watch your screens to see if you message your friends on the messaging app. - My nan passed away so I took some time off. I came back to work to be asked "How are you?" in a way in which clearly the manager didn't care. I was replied to with "aw, okay, anway.." then was given a written warning for my absent straight away. - Managers can be really patronising. If they are not patronising your manager (in my case a manager called Amy), only talks about themselves in your 1-1 meeting. - Unfair chances. Watched people progress simply because they brown nosed management, rather than them actually being good at their job. - They are heavy on promoting mental health care, but when it really comes down to it, they couldn't care less about your mental health. - You are treated like a robot. - You really are not praised for your hard work, so honestly, give what you are paid for (baring in mind this contact centre offers wages lower than average) Literally everyone in the contact centre hates it and were looking for new jobs weeks after they started. They are always hiring because people are constantly leaving. This place really effects your mental health and I can say this is the worst work environment I have ever been in.

2.0
Jan 15, 2023
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

-A big global brand, looks good on your CV -Relative international exposure in some work streams (depend on your projects) -Humane company culture, you won't hear alot about direct negative stories from people working here -benefits are quite decent with generous medical coverage and alot of annual leave -Most people are decent and nice including management on a personal and surface working level

Cons

-Although it's a big brand in the finance industry, vs competitors it's still very backward and weak in terms of tech, proposition and product offerings -This largely depends on your team and direct management, but my experience is that it's a very complex and silo working environment (you'll find lot's of undercurrents and poor mentality of many workers with passive aggressive behaviour which is cultivated by poor inactive management) -Quite a few management are poor in terms of leadership ability and do nothing about it -The ranking and pay banding has poor consistency, if you're lucky, you go in with lesser experience but a high banding

5.0
Nov 4, 2021

Great company to work for

Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Great company, flexible working arrangements & employee benefits

Cons

No negatives in this company

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