Does Discover pay their employees well?

According to anonymously submitted Glassdoor reviews, Discover employees rate their compensation and benefits as 3.8 out of 5. Find out more about salaries and benefits at Discover. This rating has improved by 1% over the last 12 months.

How satisfied are employees working at Discover?

68% of Discover employees would recommend working there to a friend based on Glassdoor reviews . Employees also rated Discover 4.1 out of 5 for work life balance, 4.1 for culture and values and 3.6 for career opportunities.

What are the top reviewed jobs at Discover?

Account Manager (298) , Customer Service Representative (205) , Project Manager (149) , Senior Manager (119) , Manager (97) , Collections Specialist (95) , Senior Account Manager (94) , Team Leader (78) , Senior Associate (71) , Account Specialist (59) , Director (50) , Fraud Specialist (50) , Software Engineer (47) , Lead Data Science Analyst (41) , Applications Engineer (39)

What are the pros of working at Discover according to real employee reviews?

"Great benefits and 401k." ((in 727 reviews)); "Culture was great and very friendly" ((in 438 reviews)); "Good work/life balance depending on team" ((in 418 reviews)); "The people I work with are great; I have never had a problem with a co" ((in 343 reviews)); "The pay is good for those who are willing to work hard and earn it." ((in 276 reviews))

What are the cons of working at Discover according to real employee reviews?

"Poor management and fast paced" ((in 204 reviews)); "Low salary and difficult to get promotion" ((in 96 reviews)); "Senior leadership lacks vision; dirty political environment;" ((in 62 reviews)); "Blatant favoritism and a total disregard for workplace civility are traits that are often on display by management." ((in 46 reviews)); "Unfortunately, the reorganization caused a lot of unhappiness from poor upper management placement and decisions" ((in 44 reviews))

What are employees saying about Discover layoffs in 2026?

Explore Glassdoor’s employee reviews to understand what current and former employees are saying about Discover layoffs and their outlook for job security at Discover in 2026.

What are the top reviewed Discover locations?

São Paulo , São João do Pau d'Alho , Brasilândia

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4.0

68% would recommend to a friend

(5,179 total reviews)

Michael Shepherd

65% approve of CEO

46% positive business outlook

Ratings by category

4.3

Diversity & inclusion

4.1

Culture & values

4.1

Work/Life balance

3.8

Compensation and benefits

3.6

Career opportunities

3.5

Senior management

Discover has an employee rating of 4.0 out of 5 stars, based on 5,179 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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Reviews by job title

5K reviews

2.0

Feb 10, 2022

Does Not Pay Appropriately

Lead acquisitions analyst

Recommend

Business Outlook

Pros

Education assistance PTO benefits 40 hours a week Work from home (but everyone is now)

Cons

You will work weekends. I do not get paid nearly enough for the amount of work I do. I will say that taking advantage of the GUILD program they have for education is great, but this company is subpar when it comes to paying appropriately. When you have consistent and excellent stats from month to month all year they will simply tell you that you're only worth a 3% increase in pay. Meanwhile that is what everyone gets regardless of whether they're an asset or a burden. This company does not care about it's employees career. Month ends are all stats. This removes the human aspect of our job completely. You are just another number. There are BETTER companies to work for than this one.

1.0

Oct 7, 2021

Good, Bad and Ugly

Software engineer

Recommend

Business Outlook

Pros

* Work life balance is good in certain teams/groups * Good PTO and Training opportunities * Executive leadership (CEO, CIO, CDO etc.) is very good, they are trying to change the work culture. * Female and LGBTQ friendly * Good brand name

Cons

* Middle management (Directors, Sr.Managers) are the worse - they play office politics, and use the company/org to promote themselves. * Unethical and Unresponsive HR team. * Out-dated technology - trying to move to the cloud extremely slowly. * Caste system (white people, and to some extent Indians get promoted ) - even though they are mediocre. * Rampant favoritism and cronyism. * Too many re-orgs in the Analytics division * Talented Black people and Hispanic people are used for tokenism (to show off how progressive the company is, it's all show and mirrors. There is no real serious effort to increase Black and Hispanic employees) * Typical mid-west mentality (Executive leadership is trying to pull the company to the 21st century)

3.0

May 9, 2021

Good benefits, but suffers from lack of consistency

Lead cyber security analyst

Recommend

Business Outlook

Pros

Decent benefits Good work/life balance depending on team Leadership is enthusiastic At least attempts to embrace change

Cons

Average salary Changes fail to take root and flourish due to constant competing ideas Chases after latest trends Leadership is a series of buzzwords

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