Modern Management

How to Fight for Your Job In a 'Hunger Games' Scenario Like at HSBC

It’s time to polish dusty resumes and shore up internal support networks.

An HSBC bank branch in London.

Photographer: Jason Alden/Bloomberg
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Landing a new job is always tough, but imagine having to reapply and compete to keep your existing one.

That’s the predicament faced by hundreds of managers at HSBC Holdings Plc, which has begun a high-finance version of The Hunger Games by pitting senior bankers against colleagues as it weaves two huge divisions together.