Is American Express a good company to work for as a Director, Risk Management?

Director, Risk Management professionals working at American Express have rated their employer with 3.4 out of 5 stars in 17 Glassdoor reviews. This is a lower than average score with the overall rating of American Express employees being 4.1 out of 5 stars. Search open Director, Risk Management Jobs at American Express now and start preparing for your job interview by browsing frequently asked Director, Risk Management interview questions at American Express .

Does American Express pay Director, Risk Management employees well?

Director, Risk Management professionals rate their compensation and benefits at American Express with 5.0 out of 5 stars based on 17 anonymously submitted employee reviews. This is 24.7% better than the company average rating for salary and benefits. Find out more about Director, Risk Management salaries at American Express.

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

"There are always people and teams you can get along with and have a good work/life balance." ((in 2672 reviews)); "Employees have autonomy to achieve in a results driven culture and great flexibility provided to staff in my area;" ((in 1622 reviews)); "The benefits are great and the array of what you are eligible for is impressive." ((in 1558 reviews)); "Most of the people are great; I built great friendships with a lot of the people there." ((in 1005 reviews)); "Pay was good and laid back work" ((in 779 reviews))

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

"Low salaries and not a lot of promotion options" ((in 495 reviews)); "Poor management team leads will overlook blatant collection law violations to achieve their teams numbers even to the point of lying to their card members" ((in 438 reviews)); "So if your team manager is good then you are good and if you get a bad manager then life is hell." ((in 204 reviews)); "Limited growth opportunities and learning" ((in 113 reviews)); "too much office politics leads to too many incompetent employees that bypass company policies." ((in 93 reviews))

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99% would recommend to a friend

(17 total reviews)

Stephen J Squeri

100% approve of CEO

99% positive business outlook

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Director Risk Management employees have rated American Express with 3.4 out of 5 stars, based on 17 company reviews on Glassdoor. This indicates that most Director Risk Management professionals have a good working experience there. American Express is rated in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) by Director Risk Management professionals compared to other employers within the Finance industry (3.7 stars).

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17 reviews

5.0

Mar 13, 2020

Great place to work !

Director - risk management

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Colleague centric organization. Great work !

Cons

Growth may get stagnated since not many middle & senior positions come out often.

5.0

Aug 23, 2017

Director, Risk Management

Director, risk management

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Leadership development; innovation in payments

Cons

Large bureaucracy; very risk averse in entering into new businesses

5.0

Jan 11, 2017

Excellent

Director - risk management

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Work life balance at AMEX is a big plus. Also quality of data we get to work on is quite phenomenal.

Cons

Very Hierarchical - Too many internal reviews and updates in the organization at each layer - internal updates should be reduced.

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