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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. "Great place to work, great colleagues."

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      Current Employee - Trading Associate in Toronto, ON
      Current Employee - Trading Associate in Toronto, ON

      Pros

      Career development prospects and helpful management

      Cons

      Slow onboarding and checks take time.

    2. "Premium Banker"

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      Former Employee - Premium Banker in Toronto, ON
      Former Employee - Premium Banker in Toronto, ON
      Recommends
      Positive Outlook
      Approves of CEO

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

      Pros

      Great environment with talented teams. Engaging work and a high potential from promotion if you work hard enough

      Cons

      Long working hours. Demanding Clients. Tough compliance team that might hamper business opportunities if they are not justified properly

      Advice to Management

      Invest in your people

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    3. "work enviroment"

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      Current Employee - Anonymous Employee
      Current Employee - Anonymous Employee

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

      Pros

      good salary, good management

      Cons

      stressful on sales targets, much more than other bank

    4. "Sr Manager"

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      Current Employee - Anonymous Employee in Toronto, ON
      Current Employee - Anonymous Employee in Toronto, ON
      Recommends
      Positive Outlook
      Approves of CEO

      I have been working at HSBC Holdings full-time

      Pros

      If you want to be able to work in different countries, this is the place.

      Cons

      Salaries are lower than average.

    5. "Assistant Manager"

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

      I worked at HSBC Holdings full-time

      Pros

      Good career prospect, good benefit

      Cons

      low pay, pay range is too large between colleagues with same seniority

    6. "contact center"

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      Current Employee - Contact Center Representative in Moncton, NB
      Current Employee - Contact Center Representative in Moncton, NB
      Recommends
      Positive Outlook
      Approves of CEO

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

      Pros

      great place to work, lots of good training

      Cons

      far from my house but still great place

      Advice to Management

      management is great

    7. "Good Place for a Career"

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      Former Employee - Anonymous Employee
      Former Employee - Anonymous Employee
      Recommends
      Positive Outlook

      I worked at HSBC Holdings full-time

      Pros

      Customer focussed, constantly innovating and streamlining processes for the better, good work-life balance, decent compensation

      Cons

      too many levels of hierarchy can inhibit quicker decision making; overlaps in job descriptions between teams can cause weaker accountability

    8. "Wealth manager"

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      Former Employee - Anonymous Employee
      Former Employee - Anonymous Employee

      I worked at HSBC Holdings full-time

      Pros

      A good place to work

      Cons

      needs more open policy to talk to higher management

    9. "Large scale corp"

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

      I have been working at HSBC Holdings full-time

      Pros

      Opportunities of exposing to large scale projects

      Cons

      Complexities in processes and procedures

    10. "Manager"

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

      I worked at HSBC Holdings full-time

      Pros

      global company with opportunities for career progression

      Cons

      skillset and mindset of mid-level management

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