American Express reviews

4.1

82% would recommend to a friend

(18,652 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 18,652 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
Aug 10, 2016

Former employee

Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Great benefits, work/life balance, subsidized cafeteria, blue rewards program, volunteer opportunities

Cons

very political in my dept, the 360 review process favors those who are the most visible/outspoken and interested in promoting themselves

5.0
Aug 9, 2016

Long term

Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Benefits , salary, leadership (mostly) , education assistance

Cons

Outsourcing , constant restructuring leading to layoffs every 18 months . You can have a great review for 15 years in a row and still be laid off

3.0
Jul 19, 2016

Customer Care Professional work from home

Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

great pay and benefits and people to work with

Cons

Tbass and RTF goals are stupid. Your job all depends on the surveys you get back from card holders despite EVERYTHING else you do for your job. No matter what the situation is, if your survey score is low, you better watch out. Surveys are all based on customer opinion and not facts. RTF means How likely are the customers going to refer american express to their friends or family............score of 1-10, you need to score a 9 or 10 , if its lower than that and you do not pass for the month, they start the write up process and you could be out of a job before you know it within just a few months. Screw everything else you do and put up with for your job and how you help so many people day in and day out with back to back calls,,if you get that low score,,YOUR DONE!! But if you do get fired over it, you will get approved for unemployment as it is determined that its not a valid termination reason over survey scores.

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