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Richard Farrand
I have been working at HSBC GLT as a contractor for more than 3 years
Pros – Good overall environment
Friendly staff
Management always trying to satisfy the workers.
Cons – Outdated tools and technics.
Some bad prepared leaders.
Decisions are made by political, not technical reasons.
Intern competition between the various GLT (Brazil, India, China and Malaysia)
Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend
2013-05-31 16:02 PDT
I have been working at HSBC GLT full-time for more than 3 years
Pros – good culture, work life balance.
Cons – not much career opportunities stagnating presently
Advice to Senior Management – please improve focus on growth
Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend
2013-06-01 01:50 PDT
I have been working at HSBC GLT full-time for more than 7 years
Pros – 1.Good Work Culture.Things are transparent.
2.Work-Life Balance. Flexi time.
3.If You are lucky,might get good quality of work and onsite.
Cons – 1.Monotonous work.You might have to be in same project for year after years.Which is frustrating some times.This is the main reason why people leave GLT.
2.Slow Career development & learning.
3. Salary is market average.
Advice to Senior Management – Be flexible for job rotation. & career growth.
Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend
2013-05-03 07:31 PDT
I have been working at HSBC GLT
Pros – stable job, work life balance for some departments
Cons – less growth, less promotion less onsite
Advice to Senior Management – focus on people
Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend – I'm not optimistic about the outlook for this company
2013-04-25 09:21 PDT
I have been working at HSBC GLT full-time for more than 7 years
Pros – Salary hike is modest. Moderate learning opportunities considering the technology know how.
Cons – lot of politics. Senior people are only concerned about saving their own jobs rather than having any vision for the sake of company's growth.
Advice to Senior Management – Seniors people should be thoroughly assessed on their performance.
Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend
2013-04-24 07:20 PDT
I worked at HSBC GLT full-time for more than 3 years
Pros – The projects are good for a beginner where there is ample scope for learning. The working environment is flexible. The work place and infrastructure is also good.
Cons – Salary was less. Opportunities to expand your career were relatively less.
Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend
2013-04-09 07:34 PDT
I have been working at HSBC GLT full-time for more than 3 years
Pros – Flexible timings
great work life balance
not a lot of work pressure
adequate comp and bonuses
Cons – slow growth
lot of Politics in management
lots of management layer
not much inter project movement options
authorotative onsite management
No for people who want to grow at length in technology
2013-03-22 11:32 PDT
I have been working at HSBC GLT
Pros – Good level of business exposure
Cons – Not much of intra-project movement
2013-03-17 03:44 PDT
I have been working at HSBC GLT
Pros – If you just want to get a steady salary, HSBC is for you
Cons – slow growth, no promotions, no onsite
Advice to Senior Management – Too many mgmt layers, too many processes... high level politics
2013-03-17 21:47 PDT
I have been working at HSBC GLT full-time for more than 7 years
Pros – Friendly work environment. Not intense on deliverable. All in all an average company, if you are not too techie.
Cons – Company weighs good and avg performers equally. No ground breaking work.
Advice to Senior Management – Need to loose FAT. There is too much of redundancy.
No, I would not recommend this company to a friend
2013-03-11 08:18 PDT
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