Discover reviews

Poor management, unrealistic stats/expectations, low pay, hard to move up unless one has connections, high stress and depressing environment.

I worked for more than 13 years at Discover. It was a great place to work. I made many lifetime friends and worked for many great people who moved on to many great positions outside of Discover. When I started, managers are experienced and true leaders that could bring out the best in you and motivate team collaboration. I worked for all great leaders (Sr. Managers, Directors, and VPs) in many divisions and would do anything for them. During the last 5 years, Discover changed direction and promoted young managers who are technically skilled, but not leaders. These people surround themselves with only a few members from the team, they promote people that they like, and not based on performance. In many groups, only a few people actually do the work and the rest just create beautiful presentations and steal other's work and these people get promoted because manager got their back. As a result, the work load just gets heavier and the company continue to hire more people. I don't see leaders, just a lot of chiefs who are really good at talking and not listening.