Is American Express a good company to work for as a Software Developer?

Software Developer professionals working at American Express have rated their employer with 3.9 out of 5 stars in 468 Glassdoor reviews. This is a lower than average score with the overall rating of American Express employees being 4.1 out of 5 stars. Search open Software Developer Jobs at American Express now and start preparing for your job interview by browsing frequently asked Software Developer interview questions at American Express .

Does American Express pay Software Developer employees well?

Software Developer professionals rate their compensation and benefits at American Express with 3.5 out of 5 stars based on 468 anonymously submitted employee reviews. This is 10.8% worse than the company average rating for salary and benefits. Find out more about Software Developer salaries at American Express.

What are the top reviewed jobs at American Express?

Analyst (565) , Manager (540) , Software Engineer (504) , Director (491) , Business Analyst (438) , Customer Care Professional (437) , Customer Service Representative (415) , Senior Manager (390) , Senior Analyst (291) , Travel Consultant (288) , Assistant Manager (221) , Project Manager (219) , Team Leader (189) , Product Manager (180) , Financial Analyst (155)

What are the pros of working at American Express according to real employee reviews?

"There are always people and teams you can get along with and have a good work/life balance." ((in 2659 reviews)); "The benefits are great and the array of what you are eligible for is impressive." ((in 1577 reviews)); "Most of the people are great; I built great friendships with a lot of the people there." ((in 1018 reviews)); "Pay was good and laid back work" ((in 755 reviews)); "Privileged for being part of Amex which 'had' good work culture once upon a time." ((in 640 reviews))

What are the cons of working at American Express according to real employee reviews?

"Low salaries and not a lot of promotion options" ((in 477 reviews)); "Poor management team leads will overlook blatant collection law violations to achieve their teams numbers even to the point of lying to their card members" ((in 435 reviews)); "So if your team manager is good then you are good and if you get a bad manager then life is hell." ((in 208 reviews)); "Limited growth opportunities and learning" ((in 121 reviews)); "too much office politics leads to too many incompetent employees that bypass company policies." ((in 89 reviews))

American Express Software Developer reviews

3.9

79% would recommend to a friend

(468 total reviews)

Stephen J Squeri

89% approve of CEO

84% positive business outlook

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Software Developer employees have rated American Express with 3.9 out of 5 stars, based on 468 company reviews on Glassdoor. This indicates that most Software Developer professionals have a good working experience there. American Express is rated in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) by Software Developer professionals compared to other employers within the Finanzen industry (3.7 stars).

Reviews by job title

468 reviews

1.0

May 20, 2020

Unfair to U.S. candidates

Software engineer

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Facilities are nice. Arizona locations are relatively clean. Cafeteria is nice.

Cons

They have an interview process that is designed to eliminate U.S. candidates from being hired. They use lower criteria for the H1B visa candidates. About 80% of technical workforce in Arizona are foreign visa. But if you do get hired, managers are NOT software developers yet they manage software developers. Supervisors are called Directors from some reason, they micro-manage the direct employees while NOT holding visa workers accountable. Management in general dominate meetings and suck the oxygen out of the room. It is all about the management team and their politics.

5.0

May 12, 2020

very good

Software engineer

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

learning the cost of greatness very well

Cons

no I don't have any cons

4.0

May 4, 2020

Awesome place to work

Software engineer

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Great place to work. Really flexible with PTO and WFH with tons of really awesome and talented engineers. With the Covid crisis there was a lot of focus on employees and making sure everyone was okay - company is covering full cost of testing and medical treatment related to Covid.

Cons

Salary could be higher, there are no holiday parties or company funded happy hours or team activities (at least none in my department in the year I've been here). But we also are not having Covid layoffs in 2020 so maybe the lack of spending is a good thing.

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