American Express reviews

4.1

81% would recommend to a friend

(18,698 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 18,698 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
4.0
Aug 24, 2012
Recommend
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Pros

First, the pay is pretty good! Second, Benefits are amazing. They offer emergency child care for a few dollars up to 20 days per child. I highly recommend working here if you like to move to other departments and explore new career opportunities.

Cons

AMEX is a global company so with it comes the stress of not knowing if your department will be outsourced. No security. Also, be prepared for your metrics! A large percentage of your metric is to have excellent satisfaction surveys from card members and merchants. However, they do not remove bad surveys when they aren't linked to you. So, if you get a few Poor ratings and the customer clearly states they were speaking to another rep, you get screwed.

3.0
Aug 23, 2012
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Strong brand and large earning potential if you meet your sales numbers. Ability to work from home and travel into a specific sales territory. Travel perks are excellent!

Cons

Many of the "mentors" are just trying to receive a high rating in Leadership to ensure their maximum bonus and do not embody the true essence of helping colleagues. As a field sales person you are often left out on your own and do not have the support of experienced Director.

5.0
Aug 23, 2012
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Culture, work life balance, people, policies

Cons

Compensation change for internally promoted employees is not as good as external hires.

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