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
5.0
Apr 9, 2012

Want to learn how to lead? Come here...

Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Strong culture of leadership, travel the world, learn multiple businesses with several intelligent and talented individuals, OK to run your own business.

Cons

As with any big company, managing through some bureaucracy is necessary and can slow down decisions - the best will find ways to get things done and avoid all together.

5.0
Mar 18, 2011
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Challenging work, great opportunities, excellent coworkers

Cons

This is a wonderful company, I have been here for 8 years and still love it.

5.0
Jan 23, 2011

Great Company

Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Senior Management is very open with employees. The CEO makes his way to our facility often and is always shaking hands and speaking to employees. It makes you feel valued as an employee.

Cons

I think the benefit plan could be a bit better.

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