Travel Dept is terrrible! - Travel Counselor American Express Employee Review

1.0
Jun 11, 2015
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Ok salaries and can be interesting and varied if the consultant was allowed to do their job.

Cons

The environment is very oppressive in travel. They are not loyal to their staff and are always looking to find a reason to put you on "counselling" which means you don't get your incentives. They always come up with new rules to make sure you don't get your incentives and always feel like you are about to loose your job. They will take your incentive away even if the client was grading your call on AMEX and NOT YOUR SERVICE! You can be out of a job very easily here, even when you give great customer service and sales.

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Pros

Great work-life balance and benefits

Cons

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Pros

- Complimentary lunch and starbucks everyday - On-site clinic for basic check ups - Hybrid

Cons

you will be taking phone calls every minute of the day. There will come a time where you feel like at the bottom of the world. You will ask yourself "is my role in life to help people reset their password online and assist them in logging in?" You cannot use the bathroom whenever you want, they have time coding that if you "abuse" them you will be flagged and subject to discipline. You have to give world class service but at the same time rush them off the phone or else you are not getting paid a good bonus. You will quickly find yourself gasping for air and time to relax when you take 50+ calls a day , you will feel drained. When is finally time to move up there is a high chance you will be paid less than you're current role as there are no bonuses in higher roles.

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