HSBC reviews

3.8

72% would recommend to a friend

(28,250 total reviews)
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Georges Elhedery

69% approve of CEO

66% positive business outlook

HSBC has an employee rating of 3.8 out of 5 stars, based on 28,250 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 Finance industry (3.7 stars).

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28K reviews
3.0
Jun 16, 2014
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Knowledge developed for numerous sectors, relations with several departments of the bank. Nice working environment and satisfactory balance between personal / professional life. Quite challenging environment with a lot to learn. Satisfactory management.

Cons

Some lack of team spirit, difficulty to gain responsibilities, old fashioned IT and systems. Salary and intern promotion a little bit below par.

5.0
May 5, 2014
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Global house, multi assets tier rankings, Worlwide presence. Multi hub. Good atmosphere to work in, many professionals in every department.

Cons

A very conservative house, where new products are sometimes not developped quickly as its much more important to satisfy global standards and entire regulmatory purposes.

1.0
Nov 24, 2013

Negative experience

Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

global reach is a good reason to work here

Cons

working environment is not good

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