American Express reviews

4.1

81% would recommend to a friend

(18,592 total reviews)
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Stephen J Squeri

89% approve of CEO

79% positive business outlook

American Express has an employee rating of 4.1 out of 5 stars, based on 18,592 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have an excellent working experience there. The American Express employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Finance industry (3.7 stars).

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19K reviews
4.0
Jun 27, 2016

American Express experience

Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Internal moves, promotions are encouraged. Lot of trainings, employee communities, plan to help you succeed in your job and grow in your career, lot of benefits for employees, health scheme, cycle to work, high/ reasonable level of salary,

Cons

Big international companies mean long processes, it takes time to change the way things are done, lot of competition to step up due to high level of engaged and tenured employee.

4.0
Mar 7, 2015

Great overall corporate company

Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Business Outlook

Pros

Lot's of advantages like the possibility to work from home. Highest salaries in the industry from what I have seen so far.

Cons

Slow processes, business units are working into silos. Digital transformation is still under way.

4.0
Jan 7, 2015
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Great benefits, good training structure and very smart people.

Cons

Slow Career development, no real attention to employees professional development expectations.

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