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- - Johor
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- Mexico - All Cities
- - Aguascalientes
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Pros
"Has very good working environment" (in 796 reviews)
"The firm offers very good benefits" (in 450 reviews)
Cons
"long working hours as team is expected to be nimble and agile" (in 348 reviews)
"Senior management need to take some initiatives" (in 288 reviews)
Pros & Cons are excerpts from user reviews. They are not authored by Glassdoor.
"Good place to learn"
- Work/Life Balance★★★★★
- Culture & Values★★★★★
- Career Opportunities★★★★★
- Compensation and Benefits★★★★★
- Senior Management★★★★★
RecommendsNeutral OutlookI have been working at HSBC Holdings full-time for more than a year
Pros
work with a lot of talented people and rich global data
Cons
big company issues may exist
"Best Place to work"
- Work/Life Balance★★★★★
- Culture & Values★★★★★
- Diversity & Inclusion★★★★★
- Career Opportunities★★★★★
- Compensation and Benefits★★★★★
- Senior Management★★★★★
RecommendsPositive OutlookApproves of CEOI have been working at HSBC Holdings full-time for more than a year
Pros
With HSBC you get to learn lots of things and if you are proactive your managers push you forward to achieve your goals
Cons
I feel not only HSBC all banks should give decent salary to frontliners .. eg cashier UBs
- COVID-19
Pros
Good benefits, working from home, worldwide bank
Cons
Undervalued, since corona less defelopment opurtunites
"Good place to work"
- Work/Life Balance★★★★★
- Culture & Values★★★★★
- Diversity & Inclusion★★★★★
- Career Opportunities★★★★★
- Compensation and Benefits★★★★★
- Senior Management★★★★★
RecommendsPositive OutlookApproves of CEOI have been working at HSBC Holdings full-time for more than a year
Pros
Great inclusion and diversity policies; Good benefits, including great pension scheme.
Cons
Salaries within Digital not aligned with the rest of the industry.
"Executive assistant"
- Work/Life Balance★★★★★
- Culture & Values★★★★★
- Diversity & Inclusion★★★★★
- Career Opportunities★★★★★
- Compensation and Benefits★★★★★
- Senior Management★★★★★
Positive OutlookApproves of CEOI worked at HSBC Holdings full-time for more than 8 years
Pros
Global bank and flexible working
Cons
Working at senior level management move around
Continue reading"good graduate program"
- Work/Life Balance★★★★★
- Culture & Values★★★★★
- Diversity & Inclusion★★★★★
- Career Opportunities★★★★★
- Compensation and Benefits★★★★★
- Senior Management★★★★★
I worked at HSBC Holdings full-time
Pros
Good rotation opportunities for graduates
Cons
can be long hours but normal for investment bank
"Great company"
- Work/Life Balance★★★★★
- Culture & Values★★★★★
- Diversity & Inclusion★★★★★
- Career Opportunities★★★★★
- Compensation and Benefits★★★★★
- Senior Management★★★★★
RecommendsPositive OutlookDisapproves of CEOI have been working at HSBC Holdings full-time for more than 10 years
Pros
Great company to work for
Cons
Streamlining due to transformation. Lots of cutbacks
"Na"
- Work/Life Balance★★★★★
- Culture & Values★★★★★
- Diversity & Inclusion★★★★★
- Career Opportunities★★★★★
- Compensation and Benefits★★★★★
- Senior Management★★★★★
I have been working at HSBC Holdings full-time
Pros
None that I can think of
Cons
You can be left alone for training
"Good company to work for"
- Work/Life Balance★★★★★
- Culture & Values★★★★★
- Diversity & Inclusion★★★★★
- Career Opportunities★★★★★
- Compensation and Benefits★★★★★
- Senior Management★★★★★
I have been working at HSBC Holdings full-time
Pros
Good place to work at
Cons
I do not have any
"Good company to work for"
- Work/Life Balance★★★★★
- Culture & Values★★★★★
- Diversity & Inclusion★★★★★
- Career Opportunities★★★★★
- Compensation and Benefits★★★★★
- Senior Management★★★★★
RecommendsPositive OutlookApproves of CEOI worked at HSBC Holdings full-time
Pros
Worked with good people at a good office location
Cons
I was never allowed to fulfil my dream of swimming in a pool of money like Scrooge McDuck. Very dissapointed.
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