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 (722) , Business Analyst (561) , Customer Service Representative (501) , Relationship Manager (448) , Project Manager (446) , Vice President (442) , Intern (439) , Senior Software Engineer (389) , Associate (378) , Personal Banker (352) , Senior Manager (277) , Director (246)

What are the pros of working at HSBC according to real employee reviews?

"Good work life balance and hybrid working arrangement where you are expected to work from office only for 2 days min" ((in 2715 reviews)); "good benefits and they encourage you to explore and try things that you are interested at" ((in 1908 reviews)); "HSBC tries hard to create a good culture but this varies widely across the organisation." ((in 1672 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 1483 reviews)); "My colleagues that I worked with are nice and easy to work with" ((in 875 reviews))

What are the cons of working at HSBC according to real employee reviews?

"When I worked at GLT the salary was low and I never understood the hierarchical chain." ((in 1122 reviews)); "Poor management and lack of empathy" ((in 937 reviews)); "Politics and low pay will be staying an hour or so and take short to no lunches" ((in 753 reviews)); "Bad manager and sortable due to" ((in 429 reviews)); "working late hours is common" ((in 380 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.

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3.8

72% would recommend to a friend

(28,297 total reviews)

Georges Elhedery

69% approve of CEO

65% positive business outlook

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HSBC has an employee rating of 3.8 out of 5 stars, based on 28,297 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

3.0

May 3, 2012

Many red tapes and slow in execution of new ideas.

Anonymous employee

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Good healthcare benefits and annual leave. Good place for retirement.

Cons

Room for improvement on systems & technology. Slow in execution and launch of new processes due to lack of understanding of execution and back-end processes.

5.0

Apr 29, 2012

Truly the Best place to work

Anonymous employee

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Work life balance and transparency.

Cons

This thought process did not come across..

3.0

Apr 29, 2012

Satisfactory

Anonymous employee

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Good over all development for future, but the promotion policy was incossitant with other companies. Salary was at par with competetors

Cons

The promotion policy does not value add and makes many of the good resources leaving the organisations in search of good opputunities

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