10 years at company with no appreciation - Project Manager Discover Employee Review

2.0
Feb 12, 2021
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Decent benefits. Work life balance was respected

Cons

Leadership was terrible. Everyone is out for themselves climbing the corporate ladder. People constantly took credit for my work. They make it seem like they care about their people but anytime you ask for something like a flexible work arrangement which is in the policy it gets rejected. My bonus was frequently cut due to others not fulfilling goals even if I exceeded mine. Management changes so often that you constantly have to build a new relationship and prove yourself. The people that are promoted are typically the “yes m’am” people. They just agree with everything leadership tells them with little innovation or individual thought. Interviewing internally was terrible. Very often no one would ever get back to you or give any feedback. The company really has gotten mush worse in the last few years. Many talented people are leaving and finding that Discover is no longet the great place it once was. There are pockets of good leadership and good departments but with the rotations you never know who you’ll get next. The worst thing would be that leadership would make major decisions without consulting with the front line employees or getting any feedback and make bad decisions. You just end up feeling like you don’t matter, the decision is out of your hands anyways. Also, you can do a hundred things right, and not hear about it since your leadership takes all credit for you but you make one mistake and you will see it in a review or PIP without any discussions. This place has become such a terrible dump. Run

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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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