Solid company with limited senior opportunities for women in technology group. - Director American Express Employee Review

4.0
Jan 6, 2015
Recommend
Business Outlook

Pros

Good work life balance, beautiful office location, reasonable benefits, great people and highly talented workforce. Excellent city wide perks (museums/parks). Brand cache.

Cons

Emphasis is on consistently bringing in untested external talent rather than recognizing internal high performers for promotion. Poor track record of placing women in senior tech positions despite the relatively large population of females in the technology realm at lower levels. Also force ranks performers to meet a curve without considering real team performance.

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5.0
Jun 11, 2026
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Pros

Great work-life balance and leadership

Cons

it'd be nice to be fully remote

3.0
Jun 8, 2026
Recommend
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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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