American Express reviews

4.1

82% would recommend to a friend

(18,646 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 18,646 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 Financial Services industry (3.7 stars).

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19K reviews
2.0
Feb 19, 2026
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Remote at least which is nice.

Cons

Micro managed, poor pay, work politics play a heavy role in moving up. Make you work holidays and not vro even when slow.

2.0
Feb 19, 2026

Decent Balance

Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Decent work life balance if you stand up for yourself Decent workplace overall if you can actually get hired in the US

Cons

Significant amounts of tech jobs are being offshored. AI obsession. Custom frameworks are everywhere. Pushover middle management

4.0
Feb 18, 2026

Salary

Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Work Life Balance is good.

Cons

Nothing as such of a con, all seems fine

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