Great Place To Work If Your Not Looking To Do Too Much - Staff Engineer American Express Employee Review

4.0
May 9, 2025
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Great Company, Great Co-Workers, Competitive Pay, Technical Bar is a little low, low expectations around work completion.

Cons

Some co-workers are not super technically, most of the engineers who work at AMEX have been there their whole career, a lot of enterprise IT which means you do not get to touch a lot of technology and are black boxed into one way of doing things unless your on a cutting edge team.

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5.0
Jul 15, 2026
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

-friendly, professional and growth oriented culture -collaboration and coffee chats encouraged -recent string of high company ratings (higher bonuses)

Cons

-leaders can be iffy -hiring freeze can render you stuck -no growth for virtual employees

5.0
Nov 26, 2018
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

They have fantastic pay for the position you're in, and they teach you interesting and engaging utility of modern technology mixed with legacy fundamentals. I've learned quite a bit while AmEx while getting paid more than fairly - I'd recommend a stretch here to whomever may be reading this!

Cons

The Company is huge, and at times it may take more than a little time to get recognized for your abilities and the growth you've had. There's a reason there is a "only way up is out" reputation exists for some enterprise companies...

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