Discover reviews

4.0

68% would recommend to a friend

(5,180 total reviews)
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Michael Shepherd

65% approve of CEO

46% positive business outlook

Discover has an employee rating of 4.0 out of 5 stars, based on 5,180 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The Discover 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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1.0
Jun 12, 2013
Recommend
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Pros

Benefits have historically been above average.

Cons

Once you've passed 10 to 12 years with Discover you may find yourself either overpaid in your managers opinion, under valued or both. From a lack managerial experience Management members fail to demonstrate common sense and fair judgement. They leverage subjective application of the company code of conduct policies, you're guilty and unable to prove innocence, and convey a sense that you somehow manged to benefit by cheating. I've seen this happen to others and could not correlate a true or implied benefit with the event. As I've seen in other reviews I would not bother seeking help from HR. For unknown reasons they appear to defend poor or weak statements given rather than collecting unbiased input from all parties.

1.0
Apr 28, 2013
Recommend
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Pros

Good benefits, 20 days off to start, medical and dental is priced well.

Cons

Team leaders play favorites / nepotism, people with management experience and great stats and or skills to move up are passed over for brown nosers who suck up to the managers who are unqualified. Team Leaders often seem unaware of the department procedures and don't seem to know how to handle the calls in the department.. HR and the team leaders are all friends so if you have a issue and go to HR don't expect any help from them, in fact its strongly recommended that you don't speak with HR at all, trust me it will do more harm than good. If you suspect any issues in the department you are in, request a transfer to another department right away, overall a terrible atmosphere and non stop calls that are inbound and outbound at the same time. If you are a hard worker and expect to be recognized for that, move on to another company. If you are good at bringing the managers a apple and smiling and saying hi to them everyday, and enjoy being treated as a number and disrespected by incompetent Team Leaders this could be the job for you. If you are sick you will be written up unless you can predict your illness, Discover wants you to call in the day before you are sick, I'm never sick, so this didn't happen to me personally, but yet another inane policy Discover implements here and seen plenty of coworkers who were written up for not being able to predict their illness in time.

2.0
Feb 10, 2013
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Discover is a good company. The staff overall seems to be very professional and qualified. However what matters is what group you're in and whom you'll be interacting with most of the time. Nice campus. Diverse staff.

Cons

Poor group culture. Inexperienced micromanager. Inefficient process with resistance to change. Lack of work/ life balance. Very hierarchical culture. Poor compensation - Definitely negotiate any offer from the start or you'll be stuck. Be sure you understand the group culture before accepting an offer because it may be drastically different from whats advertised by HR and the company website

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