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      3.8

      72% would recommend to a friend

      (28,234 total reviews)
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      Georges Elhedery

      69% 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 28,234 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
      Jan 11, 2018

      Courageous Integrity - what a joke

      Manager
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      Paycheck - thatbis the absolute only pro! The place is a dinosaur and we all know what happened to the dinosaurs - they became extinct

      Cons

      They tout courageous integrity but when you act withbit you are peanilized. The UK tries to run the US like a UK business - guess what??? Doesn’t work. A lot of silos, nobody wants to do anything and those that do are dumped on and get written up. If the manager likes you regardless if you are incompetent you keep your job. If management feels threatened rather than face and fix the problem they look to fire you. R U N.... don’t walk away from here

      3.0
      Dec 14, 2017

      Large organisation with a very flat management structure. Hard to get promoted

      Infrastructure architect
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      The people! It is a very diverse, multicultural and multinational environment. You do most of your interaction via video and audio conferences (at least in IT) and you often have no idea which city some of the people on calls are in - could be India, US, Switzerland, China, you name it. You need to grow your network and get your name known for good positive work. This will help you get good feedback and increase your performance review. People listen to anyone with good, strong and sound ideas. Given the size of the organisation, not a lot of emphasis is placed on seniority, and you can quite happily engage with people several bands above and below you. Just learn to treat everyone with dignity and respect, be brilliant at what you do, and you can make a name for yourself!

      Cons

      You are not likely to get promoted unless you are very junior. The career bands are very protected and you have to be exceptional to get moved from GCB5 to 4, and a god to move from a GCB4 - 3! Bonuses and pay remuneration of late have been quite suppressed, especially if you are a 40% tax payer already. I had no pay rise for 3 years running with a "strong" rating. If you are an average employee (70% of the population), you will get a "strong" rating. "Strong" is just average - thats it. No matter how clever you are or how hard you work, it is very hard to get recognised as "top", unless you are well connected and spend more time influencing than working. I have found this quite unfair, as the people recognised are generally the loudest rather than the best. With interest rates already going up a quarter point and set to rise again, the remuneration and bonus situation could change.

      1.0
      Aug 31, 2017

      Worst

      Finance
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      Nothing as such. No prons till date I worked.

      Cons

      Worst ever management..specially Product control team manager's. They need puppets who should must know how to luck their feets not hard working employees. Moreover if someone refuse doing buttering he is forced to resign as well.

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