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      3.9

      72% would recommend to a friend

      (28,233 total reviews)
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      Georges Elhedery

      69% 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 3.9 out of 5 stars, based on 28,233 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
      Mar 29, 2019

      Toxic workplace culture, highly political, gossipy, and uninspiring bosses who dislike their jobs

      Anonymous employee
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      Medical benefits, annual leave, worklife balance, global mobility, regional teams is way better than local teams

      Cons

      Low staff morale, lazy people who don’t take ownership of their work, low internal salaries vs external hires, quantity over quality staff, uninspiring bosses, negative vibes, too bureaucratic, promotes employees who know how to play politics to get in boss’s good books over intelligent productive employees

      1.0
      Feb 14, 2018

      Toxic, Bullying Environment in Hong Kong

      Senior program manager, gcb4
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      It's a job. Food in canteen is cheap. Some nice people work there for awhile....

      Cons

      Company has a tradition of promoting and encouraging bullies who don't know what they're doing / want. Very many qualified and experienced professionals find it an impossible workplace. Terrible hours. Offices are old and dirty, or ridiculously tight (at / possibly breaking fire code for capacity?) and distracting open concept. Low pay with career progression mostly for "chosen/protected" ones. You can live without them on your CV. Go somewhere else!

      1.0
      Apr 27, 2013

      Racist precolonial culture! Lack meritocracy. Plenty of talkers who can't deliver

      Audit
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      The name is recognized every where

      Cons

      It is still a precolonial culture where only Brits get the good perks, promotion and pay. They will hire anyone British with any sort of non-relevant degree yet ignore the non-British with the relevant degrees. 99% of top management is british despite the big hype about diversity. The recent bonus season?? 80% of the big money went to the band 3 and above who are predominantly British and the rest of us barely gotten peanuts. Passive racism is very apparent.

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