Do not work here - Customer Service Representative Discover Employee Review

1.0
Jun 4, 2020
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Competitive pay, benefits and PTO

Cons

It is very easy to get burnout working here - taking 100-120 calls per day and having to meet in AHT (average handling time) when you have no control over how long each customer will talk. This company does not care about employees being verbally abused on a daily basis by customers. Customers will call you names and harass you, but discover will do nothing about it. It is also very hard to move out of customer service, they want you to stay taking calls. I highly recommend NEVER working here if you value your mental health.

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5.0
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Pros

One of the most significant advantages of interning at Discover is the opportunity to work with massive, high-stakes financial datasets within a highly collaborative and mentorship-driven culture. Because the company manages millions of consumer accounts, you gain direct experience in how data-driven decisions impact risk management, credit modeling, and fraud detection in real time. The environment is known for being supportive of early-career professionals, offering structured learning paths and exposure to modern cloud-native infrastructures like AWS. Furthermore, the company’s strong focus on work-life balance and a clear pipeline for converting interns to full-time roles makes it an excellent "foot in the door" for anyone looking to build a career in fintech.

Cons

On the other hand, the primary drawback often stems from the inherent bureaucracy and heavy regulation of the banking industry, which can lead to slower project lifecycles and "red tape." You may find that a significant portion of your time is spent on repetitive data cleaning and maintaining legacy reporting systems rather than building the cutting-edge predictive models you might expect. Additionally, because Discover is a massive organization, your scope of work can sometimes feel siloed, making it difficult to see the end-to-end impact of your analysis across different departments. Finally, the current landscape of the industry means that internal shifts or large-scale corporate restructuring can occasionally lead to uncertainty regarding team directions or long-term project stability.

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