Pay and benefits

We offer a comprehensive, market-competitive pay and benefits package to support employees’ professional and personal needs. This may vary according to your role and location.

Our approach to remuneration consists of four main elements:

• Fixed pay

• Annual leave

• A range of benefits, which may cover areas such as work-life balance, insurance and savings, health and personal development

• Employee share plans and discretionary pay awards based on performance

As part of our commitment to rewarding employees responsibly, we have been certified as a global living wage employer by the Fair Wage Network.

Our approach to remuneration, including any discretionary incentive or performance-related awards, is designed to reward success appropriately and to ensure that what we pay employees is aligned with our business strategy. To achieve this, we assess individual performance against our annual and long-term financial and non-financial objectives.

We believe that the way people achieve their goals is essential to the long-term sustainability of our business. As a result, annual performance reviews also take into account how employees’ demonstrate HSBC’s values and adherence to Code of Conduct.

The wellbeing of our colleagues is a top priority. We believe it is a key enabler in reaching our purpose of opening up a world of opportunity. This is why we offer a huge range of resources to support the physical, mental, social and financial wellbeing of you and your family. Whether it's feeling like you can take the time out to exercise, having an open and supportive conversations with your manager, or getting professional support when you need it – no matter who you are, no matter where you're at, we're here for you.

Our commitment to the wellbeing of our people is one of the reasons why we were ranked the #1 global employer, in the CCLA’s Corporate Mental Health Benchmark.

Flexible working

As part of our commitment to an open, supportive and inclusive working environment, we recognise that our employees have different personal circumstances and want a suitable work-life balance. We support our staff to adopt flexible and alternative ways of working where possible, including working from home and different hours.