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    HSBC Holdings Reviews

    Updated 21 August 2018
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    HSBC Holdings Group Chief Executive John Flint
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    1. "client services"

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      Former Employee - Anonymous Employee in London, England
      Former Employee - Anonymous Employee in London, England
      Recommends
      Positive Outlook
      Approves of CEO

      I worked at HSBC Holdings (More than a year)

      Pros

      the best place to work for development and growth,

      Cons

      there is ni improvement needed

      Advice to Management

      no advice

    2. "Solid values and in transition"

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      Former Employee - Anonymous Employee in London, England
      Former Employee - Anonymous Employee in London, England
      Recommends
      Positive Outlook
      No opinion of CEO

      I worked at HSBC Holdings full-time (More than 10 years)

      Pros

      Values, Opportunties, Global footprint and midset, Clear strategic plan

      Cons

      As with any transition, the change of Executives and Senior Management, makes for turmoil around delivery. There are alot of Chefs and not enough Cooks.

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    3. "Relationship Manager"

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      Current Employee - Anonymous Employee in London, England
      Current Employee - Anonymous Employee in London, England
      Recommends
      Positive Outlook
      Approves of CEO

      I have been working at HSBC Holdings full-time (More than a year)

      Pros

      HSBC is a great company to work for, great atmosphere , diversified culture and multi national peers and perfect learning curve for new immigrants.

      Cons

      Prosecution agreement on HSBC made business development more complex , sanction for some specific countries.

    4. "personal banker"

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      Current Employee - Anonymous Employee in London, England
      Current Employee - Anonymous Employee in London, England

      I have been working at HSBC Holdings part-time (Less than a year)

      Pros

      flexible hours , great benefits

      Cons

      shortage of staff create workload

      Advice to Management

      n/a

    5. "Good company"

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      Current Employee - Anonymous Employee
      Current Employee - Anonymous Employee
      Recommends

      I have been working at HSBC Holdings full-time

      Pros

      great environment and talented people

      Cons

      somewhat bureaucratic and slow for making things change

    6. "Becoming a people focused organisation"

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      Current Employee - Senior Business Manager in London, England
      Current Employee - Senior Business Manager in London, England
      Recommends
      Positive Outlook
      Approves of CEO

      I have been working at HSBC Holdings full-time (More than 10 years)

      Pros

      Good corporate culture, less cut throat than the American Banks - perhaps a little 'softer' when it comes to managing low performing staff which may not be positive. Self-sustaining and relatively risk adverse. I like the new CEO - seems like a genuine and intelligent guy.

      Cons

      Very complex and bureaucratic. Reluctance to be truly transformational. Hopefully some of the investment over the next few years will send this change.

    7. "HSBC"

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      Former Employee - Anonymous Employee in London, England
      Former Employee - Anonymous Employee in London, England
      Recommends
      Positive Outlook
      Approves of CEO

      I worked at HSBC Holdings (More than 8 years)

      Pros

      Great company great values great atmosphere brilliant work life balance happy teamwork environment

      Cons

      Can be a bit tacky with some of the Policies for Policy sake...

      Advice to Management

      Keep doing what you are good at

    8. "Large Corporate Muddle"

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      Former Employee - Relationship Support Officer in London, England
      Former Employee - Relationship Support Officer in London, England
      Doesn't Recommend

      I worked at HSBC Holdings full-time (More than 8 years)

      Pros

      Good company to work for if you're young, smart & driven. There are great opportunities for career progression through its Graduate Scheme.

      Cons

      Leadership shouts about being open but it's very hard to get opinions and new ideas heard due to bureaucracy. Departments are disjointed and don't communicate well with each other. When something goes wrong, you often have to investigate what went wrong and fix everything yourself as there's little accountability. And when it's fed back up the leadership line, no one does anything about it.

    9. "Great place to work as an external hire"

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      Former Employee - Anonymous Employee
      Former Employee - Anonymous Employee
      Recommends
      Positive Outlook
      No opinion of CEO

      I worked at HSBC Holdings (More than a year)

      Pros

      employee Benefits, opportunities, salary for external hires

      Cons

      None unless you have a horrible manager

      Advice to Management

      none

    10. Helpful (1)

      "Decent company, bad politics"

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      Former Employee - Customer Service Representative in Norwich, England
      Former Employee - Customer Service Representative in Norwich, England
      Recommends
      Positive Outlook
      No opinion of CEO

      I worked at HSBC Holdings full-time (More than a year)

      Pros

      good work-life balance, chance for progression.

      Cons

      Poor salary, who you know and not what. Too focused on sales

      Advice to Management

      Focus on individuals

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