HSBC reviews

3.9

72% would recommend to a friend

(28,223 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 28,223 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
May 21, 2015
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

- No work - If you are not interested in technology and just want to survive in a industry as a manager/ Technical manager. - Good technical architects who drives everything from onsite locations. - Salary will be credited to your account on 28th each month. - If you want to develop your political skills then you will become politician after 5 yrs in hsbc. - Bus service. - Great pantry service (A guy with food trolly will walk through the floor twice a day ) .

Cons

- 0% technical growth - 0 % development in JAVA only support and maintenance projects. - some technical forums are banned here. They might ban google in future. - frameworks and technologies are too old. You are suppose to work on legacy things. - horrible politics. If you are good in politics then they will award you with promotion. - They have installed sapience tool on every machine .which records your online & offline time.if you complete a task in 8 hours, then you are marked productive and if you complete the very same task in 2 hours , then you are not productive. ( HR and managers will tell you this tool is installed to improve the effeciency of employees ..lol) - No internet in notice period. - If you ask for better work they will give you some IBM tool / production support. - Hikes and promotions are depend on your relations and your sapience timings. - No promotions and onsites for senior positions. - Food quality is horrible. - No cubicles . Call center type sitting arrangement. ( please dont join this company if you are fresher it will ruin your carrier)

1.0
Apr 27, 2013
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

The name is recognized every where

Cons

It is still a precolonial culture where only Brits get the good perks, promotion and pay. They will hire anyone British with any sort of non-relevant degree yet ignore the non-British with the relevant degrees. 99% of top management is british despite the big hype about diversity. The recent bonus season?? 80% of the big money went to the band 3 and above who are predominantly British and the rest of us barely gotten peanuts. Passive racism is very apparent.

2.0
Sep 8, 2012
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Nice timings available esp for married persons. Nice teams to work with. Market research department is really very good. Good place to work for if you are not concerned about salary or career.

Cons

No much learning. Experience and not performance matters. No proper planning for career growth.

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