Heavily Bureaucratic / Limited Opportunities - Global Marketing HSBC Employee Review

1.0
16 Jun 2021
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

- Global exposure and scope of projects - HSBC University

Cons

- Heavily bureaucratic, constant restructuring. - Siloed and very negative working culture. - Maternity / paternity leave will impact career negatively. - Wastes resources, line management lacking direction. - Vast majority of employees have only worked for HSBC (can be +/-). - Cumbersome and slow moving, size of organisation gets in its way. - Behind the times in terms of marketing aptitude / experimentation. - Extensively reliant on external agencies to do bulk of work which limits employee scope to project management. - Incredibly poor line management. - Poor progression opportunities.

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Pros

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Cons

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2.0
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Recommend
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Pros

Good, smart colleagues in other offices.

Cons

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