HSBC reviews

3.8

72% would recommend to a friend

(28,282 total reviews)
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Georges Elhedery

68% approve of CEO

66% positive business outlook

HSBC has an employee rating of 3.8 out of 5 stars, based on 28,282 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
2.0
Oct 28, 2010
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

- Comparable benefits, excluding bonus structure - Conservative environment and management saved HSBC USA from economic free-fall (no TARP bailout) - Credit Card division performing well

Cons

- Career growth and development are unsatisfactory - Marketing Support teams are underpaid - Marketing Support pay structure well below Market Data Point

2.0
Oct 26, 2010

HSBC Canada IT

Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Stable, and not much pressures in most cases

Cons

Career development is very limited for technical staff

2.0
Oct 22, 2010
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Good work environment. Free time mostly Good for those who want to pass their time.

Cons

No learning Damn Politics No Growth Saturated completely. higher mgmt says, we are not Service Oriented company so have limited (almost nill) opportunities to grow. Once in and spent some time then cannot go out and look for another opportunity because one forgets everything (skills).

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