Pros
1) Big Data and Machine Learning infrastructure 2) Quantitative teams better than other financial services firms 3) Good talent pool
Cons
1) Toxic work atmosphere: Tons of politics, manipulative managers 2) Fraudulent job listings: Most of the verbiage on the job listings is meant to attract talent. Once the candidates join Amex, they often realize that the posting was fake and nothing of what was written is involved in the job. By this time, it is too late. 3) Poor pay: Expected to work on weekends with base salary below industry averages and single digit bonuses. 4) Very poor leave structure: The public holidays are included in the leave structure. After deducting these, hardly any leaves are left. The leave purchase program charges exhorbitantly. 5) Frequent Layoffs: At the whims and fancies of the volatile upper management, even high performing teams are disposed off at no notice.