American Express reviews

4.1

82% would recommend to a friend

(18,660 total reviews)
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Stephen J Squeri

89% approve of CEO

80% positive business outlook

American Express has an employee rating of 4.1 out of 5 stars, based on 18,660 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have an excellent working experience there. The American Express employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Financeiro industry (3.7 stars).

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19K reviews
2.0
May 22, 2016
Recommend
Business Outlook

Pros

AMEX hires a lot of people without relevant work experience, so this position is a great opportunity for someone to change the trajectory of his or her career. AMEX looks good on your resume.

Cons

If you're in the FIU outside of NY, career opportunities are fairly limited. The organization is setup as follows: Analysts and Senior Analyst (these are the people that do the actual work) Managers and Senior Managers (basically their job is to babysit the analysts) Directors and VPs (they babysit the managers)

4.0
May 3, 2016

Typical for Large Company

Recommend
Business Outlook

Pros

Benefits, PTO, Compensation, Work-Life Balance

Cons

Competition for performance ratings can turn bitter as peers become "enemies" in some areas...backstabbing is everywhere. Leadership (VP and above) opportunities are rare; some VPs are in roles much too long and organizations become stale. Therefore, ability to move vertically becomes hard - and "life long" Directors with good performance ratings seem to hinder "new comers" from ever having a chance to pass them.

2.0
Mar 24, 2016
Recommend
Business Outlook

Pros

They are using latest technologies. Good place to learn new technologies

Cons

Full of office politics. They always fights. Stress full job because of onshore and offshore model. You have to attend meetings at night because of that.

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