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.

What are the top reviewed jobs at American Express?

Analyst (565) , Manager (541) , Software Engineer (504) , Director (491) , Business Analyst (438) , Customer Care Professional (437) , Customer Service Representative (415) , Senior Manager (390) , Senior Analyst (293) , Travel Consultant (288) , Assistant Manager (221) , Project Manager (219) , Team Leader (189) , Product Manager (180) , Financial Analyst (155)

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 2636 reviews)); "Employees have autonomy to achieve in a results driven culture and great flexibility provided to staff in my area;" ((in 1600 reviews)); "Amex offers great benefits as well and you can tell they care about their employees." ((in 1591 reviews)); "Most of the people are great; I built great friendships with a lot of the people there." ((in 1003 reviews)); "Good pay and very free" ((in 758 reviews))

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

"Base salary was low but once commission kicked in it was well worth the wait." ((in 480 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 216 reviews)); "Limited growth opportunities and learning" ((in 120 reviews)); "too much office politics leads to too many incompetent employees that bypass company policies." ((in 93 reviews))

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American Express Director, Risk Management reviews

3.4

99% would recommend to a friend

(17 total reviews)

Stephen J Squeri

100% approve of CEO

99% positive business outlook

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5.0

Diversity & inclusion

5.0

Compensation and benefits

5.0

Career opportunities

4.2

Culture & values

3.3

Work/Life balance

2.5

Senior management

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

Nov 21, 2016

Director

Director - risk management

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CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

good work / life balance

Cons

political and limited access to senior management

3.0

Jun 3, 2016

Director - Risk

Director - risk management

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Opportunity to own projects, drive analytics and showcase to upper level. Exposure to upper management is available if you are executing

Cons

Restructuring is a long process with no clear communication. Business is going through transformation and no clear roadmap exists nor communicated

4.0

May 10, 2016

Nice place to work

Director - risk management

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Employee friendly policies sick leave, disability leave, work from home(depending on leader), healthy living programs, doctors appointment in office, at a higher level company values people. Trainings are conducted and people encouraged to join conferences

Cons

There is Nexus of leaders, career growth is slow, below par payments, quality of work and work life balance significantly varies between leaders and teams

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