4.0
Sep 21, 2015
In Financial Services, good work life balance, innovative, just too much internal politics
Former employee, more than 1 year
New York, NY
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros
Work Life Balance Innovative Friendly culture Best place in Consumer Banking
Cons
TOO MUCH internal politics. At a point when you want to get to a Director or VP level, your skills at playing politics become VERY important. This can get very annoying. Amex has a young work force, at least in New York, so if you are not a Director by the time you are about 33 or so, you start feeling a little out of place. The salaries at Amex are usually lower than at other Consumer Banking companies, they compensate for this with their better and more innovative culture. I used to work at Citi and the culture at Amex was a lot better, but they pay less (usually).