American Express reviews

4.1

82% would recommend to a friend

(18,669 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 18,669 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 Finanzen industry (3.7 stars).

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19K reviews
4.0
Oct 29, 2025

Good work culture

Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Good working culture and team mates

Cons

Less pay compared to competitors

5.0
Oct 29, 2025
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Work life balance Career growth Flexibility in working hours

Cons

biased promotions salary could be more competitive

1.0
Oct 29, 2025

Worst company

Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Education stay only and your leaves gets approved

Cons

1. Back to back calls 2. They want machine and not human beings because human males mistakes 3. Feedback’s are not anonymous 4. They can fire you by putting gun on your head and won’t give you a time to search a new job previous day they make you work like a donkey Snd next day Boom you are fired 5. All upper management do lot of politics and are afraid of employees who speaks truth they find reason to throw them out.

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