HSBC reviews

3.8

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 3.8 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
Nov 25, 2018

The Management from Top needs to change

Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

HSBC as a brand is excellent. Its written policies, procedures, and the 3 principles, Open, Dependable and Connected are excellent on paper.

Cons

Promotes Bullying as the very top people only prefer their own colour to progress. The culture still reminds you of the dark times where ethnic minorities are discriminated based on their origins. Politically promote issues of gender equal pay and then discriminate against equal pay. White colleagues get away doing less work with good pay but ethnic Minorities are pressured to work long hours with less pay. Line managers authorise expense for an unlimited and unjustified reason for a favourite such as a white colleague but would refer to incorrect procedures to delay or not authorise expense claim for a non white colleague. HR is useless as they do not have the power to respond to any genuine concerns as all line managers and the top heads are colleagues and support each other.

3.0
Jul 28, 2018
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

big name (international bank), diversity (international working environment)

Cons

high turnover, local management lacks management skills ( incentive mismatch, does not care about people), no proper training

3.0
Jul 18, 2018
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

1 Work life balance 2 Payscale 3 Work culture

Cons

Slow technical growth. Almost no onsite opportunities

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