American Express reviews

4.1

81% would recommend to a friend

(18,595 total reviews)
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Stephen J Squeri

89% approve of CEO

79% positive business outlook

American Express has an employee rating of 4.1 out of 5 stars, based on 18,595 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
2.0
May 31, 2017

Senior Engineer

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Pros

Technology is just 1-2 years behind the current trend. Folks at engineer levels are good techie resources but most of the coding is done by junior level folks.

Cons

Too much flamboyance - engineers talks more than code. Culture is top - down - very heavy at the top(unnecessary hierarchy which is good for nobody). If your manager doesn't like you - you should be looking for a new job. Too much favoritism and relationships - it's more important whom you know rather what you know.

3.0
Nov 28, 2016
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Pros

Great pay if you sell!

Cons

Long days. Always busy. Panic situation since losing costco so pushing sales and cutting back on being able to make adjustments

2.0
Oct 4, 2016
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Pros

Good Medical from day one.

Cons

Not honest about the work setting/environment. I turned down another job I should of taken. When I was interviewed I was walked through the office to cubicles which are two person shared. I said ok. But when I actually started that was a whole different story. Noisy unprofessional environment. The collection floor looks like a long skinny bench with 70 people calling from a headset sitting barely a foot apart. Like an old television whacked out phone telethon on T.V from the 1980s. People yelling between tables raising green & red flags. Much disrespect in the training room by team coach. When doing role play in training the coach kept acting like a stupid customer calling in first in a Southern accent and then in a British accent. A big mess. VERY sad. Not all people with an accent are dumb. I don't think the American Express customers should be portrayed as stupid. SAD SAD SAD. Lets just say I got out of there quick. I am a professional collector who was laid off after 20 years of employment. I shed a few tears on this mess I got myself into. No wonder there is a big turnover I heard. My training class peers were dreading being called on to role play to understand the different accents. More diversity training needed there with team coach leads. Nobody makes it to high $ collector as there is too much seniority in high dollar. Even when sitting with high dollar collectors to observe they tell you that and say you just stay in low balance even though you are on the bench tables. Totally blindsided. They definitely deliberately hid the whole thing about the position.

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