Only work here if you can hold your tongue. - Anonymous employee HSBC Employee Review

This is a very hierarchal company. There are so many gatekeepers and senior management expects you to be intimidated. In many cases, managers are in the position they are not due to their skill set, rather because they've been with the company for 20+ years. Poor management is not addressed. Many employees are non-degreed and thus intimidated into believing they can't do better anywhere else, so they all just "drink the Kool-Aid" and don't ask questions or rock the boat.