Good benefits and decent pay, but lack of opportunities in US as its operation is outsized by UK franchise - Mitarbeiter (anonym) bei HSBC: Mitarbeiterbewertung

Lack of excitement, lots of office politics and bureaucracies. Very poor office admin support staff. It is a nightmare to book a conf room, get a laptop for traveling, report a system access issue, etc. I guess part of the problem can be attributed to its pure large size. However it is explained, it is just painful. People from UK office are given more opportunities than others, which is demoralizing to US workers.