Pros
- Stability You hardly ever see people getting fired. Even if you're actively seeking to be fired. - International Exchange You'll be in touch with people from all around the world, every day, and it's going to broad your perspective over time. Chances of getting sent overseas are decent, but not the norm. - Weekly Massage A reason to be glad you're going to the office, at least one day a week. - Young blood The employees are usually young (mid twenties-early thirties), so the environment is as energetic as you might expect.
Cons
- Cheap And it shows. Everywhere. And it's the one characteristic that defines GLT as being GLT. The salaries are the worst in town, and finding budget for anything is a nightmare, which in turn leads to... - HR is the worst. Some of the worst recruiters I've ever seen, but the administrative side of HR is terrible of it's own accord. Doing Resourcing the right way is expensive and require well-trained professionals, and since GLTb is cheap, don't expect to see those working on any overhead department, starting with the head of HR. And bad HR in turn lead to... - The wrong people, at the wrong place, at the wrong time HSBC (and IBM for that matter) have long lost track of the difference between instrumental values and terminal values, with the first overtaking the importance of the later, and in turn what you see is people making into management by their capacity to display good metrics instead of the track record of their work. - Nobody competent stays for long It's true. If you stay more than 3 years at GLTb, it's because you're looking for a place to lean back and settle down. There's no reason to stay longer, as your salary is unlikely to raise at a competitive rate, and as soon as you join HSBC, your skillset starts deteriorating, as all the technology they use over there is lagging some five years behind the rest of the world. - It's dangerous to go alone ...because the company is headquartered right by the side of the most violent favela in the city. I'm not kidding, Google "Vila Torres 190" and see what shows up. Scary stuff.