American Express reviews

4.1

81% would recommend to a friend

(18,601 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 18,601 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
5.0
Apr 23, 2026
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Great work life balance. Funny and thoughtful CEO, Good work and very stable. Excellent benefits. Great people to work with.

Cons

Tech stack could be dated if not in right department. Upward mobility could be limited but that depends on your luck if you're in the right department. Slow paced unless if you enjoy it. Not the highest pay in the industry.

5.0
Apr 22, 2026
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Great work life balance, excellent benefits, good culture, colleagues were easy to work with. Also there is a guaranteed annual raise and bonus the amount of which is performance based.

Cons

It is very difficult to implement Machine Learning solutions within the company because of the requirements placed on models. I have been actively told to avoid certain approaches that would have been the best implementation because it would require so much extra work to document and pass the model through review. I also found the promotion process slow.

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