HSBC Software Developer reviews

4.0

75% would recommend to a friend

(755 total reviews)
avatar

Georges Elhedery

74% approve of CEO

72% positive business outlook

Software Developer employees have rated HSBC with 4.0 out of 5 stars, based on 755 company reviews on Glassdoor. This indicates that most Software Developer professionals have a good working experience there. HSBC is rated in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) by Software Developer professionals compared to other employers within the Finanzen industry (3.7 stars).

Reviews by job title

755 reviews
3.0
Aug 8, 2011
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

1. Open culture 2. Can learn how to work with the global clients 3. Onsite opportunity but limited to 6 months most of the time and on rotaltional basis 4. Fun at work - you can strike work life balance as there is not much presuree from the client side (Internal client) 5. Good for laterals as projects come without much fuss and project monitoring is not required that much; good company to settle down 6. Good brand name

Cons

1. Most of the points posted in the other reviews 2. No good salary hike - basically appraisal system is not good; perception, good relation based appraisal 3. No good learnings -technical and others - which can help you switch 4. Not good for freshers as you wont learn much

3.0
Jul 13, 2011
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

compensation is market level, vacation is above mkt level, pension is available for employees on top of 401k 6% gradual match.

Cons

Convultued reporting structure. Line manager in US has no power except for HR, etc. Decisions for US direction are decided in UK/HK. No power for US.

4.0
May 4, 2011
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Good place to work. Work and life balance is maintained. Trainings on career growth. Good respect for employer

Cons

Few Onsite oppurtunites. No cutting edge technology's used in applications.

Viewing 742 - 744 of 755 Reviews

Glassdoor has 36,633 HSBC reviews submitted anonymously by HSBC employees. Read employee reviews and ratings on Glassdoor to decide if HSBC is right for you.