Slow processes, Not challenging and rewarding - Software Development Engineer HSBC Employee Review

3.0
Jun 15, 2017
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Work life balance is great. Good for working ladies. Some policies are really good for employees. Infrastructure is good.

Cons

Can change their policies anytime. The moment a new senior manager/officer enters the organization, a whole set of new rules and regulations are introduced. And this is quite frequent. Very slow processes. Frustrating at times. You are supposed to 'code' even if there is no work just to make sure every resource is 'utilized' for 8 hours. Don't expect much liberty to actually develop some amazing code. You are mostly not expected to use your brain.

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