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 (447) , 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 2708 reviews)); "good benefits and they encourage you to explore and try things that you are interested at" ((in 1909 reviews)); "HSBC tries hard to create a good culture but this varies widely across the organisation." ((in 1672 reviews)); "People there are nice and easy" ((in 1476 reviews)); "My colleagues that I worked with are nice and easy to work with" ((in 843 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 1113 reviews)); "Poor management and lack of empathy" ((in 941 reviews)); "Pay is low and not competitive with market with little bonus despite sg market doing well." ((in 758 reviews)); "Bad manager and sortable due to" ((in 428 reviews)); "working late hours is common" ((in 383 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

(28,289 total reviews)

Georges Elhedery

68% 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 28,289 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

5.0

Nov 23, 2011

Fantastic experience since the day I have joined... 10 years has just passed by....

Project manager

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Work ethics and values are one of the important aspect for everything we do in the orhanisation. Totaly performance driven culture and respects diversity in workplace with great emphasis on work life balance

Cons

Result driven and too many changes

5.0

Nov 23, 2011

Great but times are tough now

Associate

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

GBM process are great to work - but the general processing is pathetic higher management treat the staff as slaves.

Cons

sacking - recently higher management is sacked , and are cutting cost from last month and it is instant , like announcement of no annual get together is the extent of cost cutting -

4.0

Nov 21, 2011

Good company to work for

Anonymous employee

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Strategic focus. Advanced technology. Global organization. HSBC is a good place to learn and grow and provides high potential employees with global job opportunities.

Cons

Shrinking in the US. High level of layoffs. Environment changing into highly politicized with employees indulging in mud slinging. Biggest intriguers come out on top.

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