Does Discover pay their employees well?

According to anonymously submitted Glassdoor reviews, Discover employees rate their compensation and benefits as 3.8 out of 5. Find out more about salaries and benefits at Discover. This rating has improved by 1% over the last 12 months.

How satisfied are employees working at Discover?

69% of Discover employees would recommend working there to a friend based on Glassdoor reviews . Employees also rated Discover 4.1 out of 5 for work life balance, 4.1 for culture and values and 3.6 for career opportunities.

What are the top reviewed jobs at Discover?

Account Manager (299) , Customer Service Representative (204) , Project Manager (149) , Senior Manager (120) , Manager (96) , Collections Specialist (95) , Senior Account Manager (94) , Team Leader (78) , Senior Associate (71) , Account Specialist (59) , Director (50) , Fraud Specialist (50) , Software Engineer (47) , Lead Data Science Analyst (41) , Applications Engineer (39)

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

"Great benefits and 401k." ((in 737 reviews)); "Culture was great and very friendly" ((in 424 reviews)); "Good work/life balance depending on team" ((in 401 reviews)); "The people I work with are great; I have never had a problem with a co" ((in 333 reviews)); "The pay is good for those who are willing to work hard and earn it." ((in 272 reviews))

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

"Low salary and difficult to get promotion" ((in 91 reviews)); "Unfortunately, the reorganization caused a lot of unhappiness from poor upper management placement and decisions" ((in 46 reviews)); "Blatant favoritism and a total disregard for workplace civility are traits that are often on display by management." ((in 40 reviews)); "Senior Management are arrogant and beaureacratic." ((in 19 reviews)); "Manager favorites" ((in 19 reviews))

What are employees saying about Discover layoffs in 2026?

Explore Glassdoor’s employee reviews to understand what current and former employees are saying about Discover layoffs and their outlook for job security at Discover in 2026.

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4.0

69% would recommend to a friend

(5,171 total reviews)

Michael Shepherd

66% approve of CEO

47% positive business outlook

Ratings by category

4.3

Diversity & inclusion

4.1

Culture & values

4.1

Work/Life balance

3.8

Compensation and benefits

3.6

Career opportunities

3.5

Senior management

Discover has an employee rating of 4.0 out of 5 stars, based on 5,171 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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5K reviews

1.0

Dec 6, 2018

Terrible Management

Anonymous employee

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

They are one of the only banks you can get hired at without 3+ years of experience so I suggest to use them.

Cons

All of the management is on a different page. They pick people for promotion based off of image and favoritism. This makes career opportunities very minimal for anyone who isn't your departments star child. Discover loves to hire managers with no experience in the field they are overseeing, so long as they dress nice and fit the image.

1.0

Oct 31, 2018

Position Eliminated - Discover has given instructions to existing employees to not provide any LinkedIn recommendations

Anonymous employee

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Great PTO and cafeteria menu

Cons

Position eliminated this past 3 months and wondered why my texts to people in my team and referral requests (on LinkedIn) were met with silence. Appears Discover HR is advising existing employees to not respond to either for fear of employment disciplining. Not sure why they would do this or how it is legal.

2.0

Oct 31, 2018

New management hurt the department

Anonymous employee

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Benefits were great, people I worked with were great too. Loved working at the company, with manager and coworkers. Best place to work at.

Cons

New management came in and started eliminating workers without replacing them and making others left behind swamped with work. The new manager came into a great department and destroyed the trust and loyalty.

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