Discover Reviews

Pros

Good Wage, Helpful people, Decent Benefits

Cons

Use many outdated softwares on their workstations

Pros

Global company but with the advantages of small company where most people know each other in the UK.

Cons

Senior leadership (based in Chicago) can be very US centric. Also, in a period of transformation so employees must be comfortable with such.

Advice to Management

Hire more senior leaders outside the US to drive more global thinking across the organisation.

Pros

Always looking to be innovative and improve

Cons

Far commute if you live in the city

Pros

Great benefits,managers who really care about you,fun activities,free food , and great pay

Cons

The job itself can get morning

Advice to Management

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Pros

- Lots of learning opportunities (mentorship, classes, etc) - Work/life balance and PTO - Leadership support - Great culture: e.g. supportive teammates, lunch n' learns, no micro-managing, transparency, etc

Cons

As a financial services company, there's a lot of processes to things: approvals, deployments, indecisiveness on platforms etc.

Advice to Management

Keep up the great work to modernize our platforms, and keep trusting your employees.

Pros

Great benefits. Nice facilities, great gym. Historically very employee centric company that tries to instill good corporate values. Fun activities, relaxed dress code, move to more work life balance like allowing more flexible work arrangements. Support for volunteering activities and socially responsible. Good college tuition and advanced degree program offering.

Cons

With the new CEO there is a trend to hire more from the outside and there is a significant turnover at the VP and executive level. I have seen some really good employees and managers leave or being let go, but their external replacements are not necessarily better and many so called new "star"employees prove to be a failure and don't last long. Although HR talks about talent management and internal mobility, in reality there is very little happening in terms of internal career development and thoughtful rotations. Employees are left on their own to learn about new positions and apply. Most often external candidates are given preference simply because they are external. Employee loyalty is decreasing. There is not a clear vision strategically of where the company is going.

Advice to Management

Build solid internal career growth opportunities and cross functional training. Improve HR function. Be more proactive rather than reactive. Create a clear strategic vision and follow it through, don't just change it every year.

Pros

Benefits, work to life balance

Cons

Some managers are not people managers.

Advice to Management

Learn how to deal with people

Pros

great benefits and flexibility with Discover

Cons

Back to back calls with hardly a break