American Express reviews

4.1

81% would recommend to a friend

(18,623 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 18,623 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
Dec 31, 2017
Recommend
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Pros

Decent work/life, flexible schedule, young company, smart people, great offices in lower Manhattan, prestigious brand, long term view, exciting new CEO

Cons

Below market pay, bad groups have no work/life balance, few promotional opportunities, matured business model, extremely political, not a meritocracy, takes forever to make decisions / not agile, many middle managers are incompetent, managing up is rewarded while managing down has been increasingly disregarded, constant reorgs, absurd amount of time spent on planning processes and decks for internal consumptions

1.0
Oct 21, 2017

Surprised that it's the "Best Place to Work"

Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Work environment depends entirely on team and manager. In other teams, people had work life balance

Cons

However, in my team, it was a hellish work environment. My boss used to berate and abuse her "chosen" subordinates publicly. Every 6 months she would single out an "underperforming " subordinate who would take the fall for her incompetence. She would explicitly order us to work on weekends, and we resisted she would shout personal insults to us. I didn't get any recognition despite working many weekends and outside office hours on the explicit command of my manager. I thought that this is a one off case of a poor manager in a good company. However, I have seen her shielded by her bosses, and that has made me lose faith in the company. I wish the person who had referred me been honest about my old boss and the company values. I would have done anything other than join this company. I had to undergo a classic case of workplace harassment and bullying. I considered filing a court case but in the end I didn't because I didn't have the resources to fight a case for years. Also, in general, it is a sycophantic culture.

1.0
Oct 16, 2017

Awful Amex

Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

honestly, cannot think of any positives

Cons

Horrible salary, terrible employee morale, always behind in technology, unfair to employees

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