Don’t work here if you have other options - Investment Banking Analyst HSBC Employee Review

1.0
Mar 28, 2019
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Global organization leads to cross border collaboration with diverse teams. Experience working on cross-border M&A transactions. The company enforces a mandatory 2 week vacation period each year where you aren’t allowed to login to your computer.

Cons

Very weak investment banking practice and minimal deal flow (especially in M&A), yet analysts and associates are still working 80-100 hours every week. Inexperienced, incompetent mid-level bankers. Terrible technology. Terrible company culture (especially in M&A group). Extremely office politics. No concept of work/life balance.

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Pros

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Cons

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4.0
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Pros

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Cons

Came to work one day and they just had the keys changed and the doors padlocked.

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