Discover reviews

4.0

68% would recommend to a friend

(5,174 total reviews)
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Michael Shepherd

65% approve of CEO

46% positive business outlook

Discover has an employee rating of 4.0 out of 5 stars, based on 5,174 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The Discover 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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1.0
Apr 20, 2021
Recommend
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Pros

Nice PTO, 401k match, tuition reimbursement and overall benefits are good. Year end bonus is also good but at risk as a portion of it is tired to company performance. However they have paid at target bonus level in the last few years.

Cons

There is very little opportunity for growth especially in IT. Upper management comes up with new initiatives every few years and creates lot of hype and confusion in the process rather than solving real problems. There are too many VPs and Directors that come from project management background. They don’t seem to understand how to run an engineering organization. Some of them probably spent their entire careers at discover and don’t have any other exposure. There are some really good leaders too, it just depends on which team you are working. Only promotions over the last year have been at the upper management level. Lot of people are leaving for better opportunities and it’s really sad to see talented people leave.

2.0
Dec 17, 2020
Recommend
Business Outlook

Pros

-Flexible work from home, handled COVID outstandingly -Generous PTO -Great benefits package -Impressive office campus -Diverse culture

Cons

-ZERO onboarding for new employees There is no guidance on how to setup payroll, benefits, anything. Nor is there a comprehensive list of all perks. I was handed a laptop and shown to a desk, and had to resort to tribal knowledge from co-workers. When this point was brought up to CIO Amir Arooni during a town hall his response was "you should ask to be onboarded". No, you should have these things in place for employees who have zero knowledge of your environment or systems. It shouldn't fall on the neophyte to navigate blindly. -Convoluted work processes Even simple work takes months. Teams are heavily siloed, and internal efforts are always prioritized to external. Cooperation is not the norm. -High pressure to deliver constantly You have to substantiate your worth every single sprint. And given the time it takes to get significant work done this is stressful. Clear goals and planning from the top does not filter down properly to the people turning the cranks, and often time is wasted on threads that are ultimately abandoned.

2.0
Jul 14, 2019

Tenure over talent

Recommend
Business Outlook

Pros

Great pto (if you can use it) Strong benefits

Cons

If you have been around a while you will be promoted, some as that. This leads to people with gaping knowledge gaps overseeing employees. Many bosses would rather see you fail to make themselves look better. Goals are I'll defined and agenda driven. If you can find something else, please do yourself a favor and start looking.

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