American Express - corporate America to its fullest. You want to climb the ladder? You have to sign up for life. - Senior Manager American Express Employee Review

4.0
Jan 15, 2009
Recommend
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Pros

Work life balance is the number one reason to work at Amex. Secondly its a great place to start your career, its a great training ground full of free resources and information for learning critical business skills.

Cons

You have to play the game. Everybody talks fluff and you have to play along. People do not like constructive confrontation or debate of any sort. Things take forever to get completed - so much red tape. Getting promoted can be hard. You must have a solid network of people that will vouch for you. Its all about who you know.

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5.0
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Pros

Great work-life balance and leadership

Cons

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3.0
Jun 8, 2026
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Pros

- Complimentary lunch and starbucks everyday - On-site clinic for basic check ups - Hybrid

Cons

you will be taking phone calls every minute of the day. There will come a time where you feel like at the bottom of the world. You will ask yourself "is my role in life to help people reset their password online and assist them in logging in?" You cannot use the bathroom whenever you want, they have time coding that if you "abuse" them you will be flagged and subject to discipline. You have to give world class service but at the same time rush them off the phone or else you are not getting paid a good bonus. You will quickly find yourself gasping for air and time to relax when you take 50+ calls a day , you will feel drained. When is finally time to move up there is a high chance you will be paid less than you're current role as there are no bonuses in higher roles.

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