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    HSBC Holdings Reviews

    Updated 25 June 2018
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    HSBC Holdings Group Chief Executive John Flint
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    1. Helpful (1)

      "Overall review"

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      • Culture & Values
      • Career Opportunities
      • Comp & Benefits
      • Senior Management
      Former Employee - HR-Executive
      Former Employee - HR-Executive
      Recommends
      Positive Outlook
      Approves of CEO

      I worked at HSBC Holdings full-time (More than 3 years)

      Pros

      Benefits
      People
      Culture
      Opportunity
      Career Progression
      Opportunity
      Development

      Cons

      Move to Birmingham lost some very talented and exceptional employees across the board

    2. "Senior Bank Adviser"

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      • Culture & Values
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      • Senior Management
      Current Employee - Senior Bank Advisor in London, England
      Current Employee - Senior Bank Advisor in London, England
      Recommends
      Positive Outlook
      Approves of CEO

      I have been working at HSBC Holdings full-time (More than 5 years)

      Pros

      Good Pay Package
      Learning and Development opportunities
      Progression

      Cons

      Work life balance
      Too many graduates with little experience.

      Advice to Management

      Provide varied learning and development opportunities.

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    3. "Software developer"

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      Current Employee - Anonymous Employee in Sheffield, England
      Current Employee - Anonymous Employee in Sheffield, England

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

      Pros

      Good benefits and work life balance

      Cons

      Salary ahould be better than current structure

      Advice to Management

      Better compensation

    4. "Lots of opportunity"

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

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

      Pros

      - Opportunity to progress within the company.
      - interesting work if in a good role
      - lefts of effort to make developments

      Cons

      - long hours
      - UK head office is now in Birmingham which is challenging if you want to do those roles and don’t live locally.

      Advice to Management

      - keep going
      - consider the workload of RM’s it’s too much.

    5. "Great place"

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

      I have been working at HSBC Holdings full-time

      Pros

      Great place to work yes

      Cons

      I can’t thknm of much

    6. "HSBC - Corporates"

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      • Comp & Benefits
      • Senior Management
      Current Employee - Risk in London, England
      Current Employee - Risk in London, England
      Recommends
      Positive Outlook
      Approves of CEO

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

      Pros

      Good Benefits - Option to buy more annual leave (standard 29 days)
      Very strong Learning and Developing resources

      Cons

      Sometimes takes too long to effect change - due to size of business areas

      Advice to Management

      Performance Management measurement is not effective

    7. "Former contract engineer"

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      • Senior Management
      Former Employee - Contract Software Engineer
      Former Employee - Contract Software Engineer
      Recommends
      Positive Outlook
      No opinion of CEO

      I worked at HSBC Holdings (More than a year)

      Pros

      Good people within my department, most want to change the company for the better

      Cons

      Lots of "old guard" outside the department holding back change. Mountains of bureaucracy and legacy systems to cut through.

    8. "relationship manager"

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      Former Employee - Anonymous Employee
      Former Employee - Anonymous Employee

      I worked at HSBC Holdings full-time

      Pros

      everything a bank would normally offer

      Cons

      there are very few cons here.

    9. "There is better and there is worse."

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      • Comp & Benefits
      • Senior Management
      Former Employee - Business Analyst in London, England
      Former Employee - Business Analyst in London, England
      Recommends
      Positive Outlook
      No opinion of CEO

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

      Pros

      - work/life balance good (although depending on role).
      - nice people in team/department.
      - holidays and medical cover good.
      - able to work from home.

      Cons

      - pay below market value.
      - too much red tape, and no one ever wants to be accountable/responsible.
      - very lucky if you get a pay rise.
      - bonuses based on favouritism, not appraisal grade.

      Advice to Management

      Management should reward staff on their performance, not because they're your friend or are in your social circle.

    10. "Analyst"

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      • Work/Life Balance
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      • Senior Management
      Current Employee - Anonymous Employee
      Current Employee - Anonymous Employee
      Recommends
      Positive Outlook
      Approves of CEO

      I have been working at HSBC Holdings full-time (More than 3 years)

      Pros

      People
      Culture
      Work life balance
        A lot to learn and do

      Cons

      Heavy focus on compliance and regulation

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