Good company, hopefully better times ahead - Director American Express Employee Review

4.0
18 May 2018
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

Strong, collaborative culture. Smart, high-achieving colleagues. Values-based leadership. Brand is respected and well-regarded by consumers and employers. Good benefits and work-life balance. Opportunity to move within the organization to chart your own career path.

Cons

Increasingly political culture with less impressive leadership at many levels of the organization. Passive aggressive culture. Pay is below market. Slow decision-making. Lack of alignment and accountability and shared goals across teams. Strong talk about innovation but very short leash when it's coming to building new businesses.

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Pros

- Complimentary lunch and starbucks everyday - On-site clinic for basic check ups - Hybrid

Cons

you will be taking phone calls every minute of the day. There will come a time where you feel like at the bottom of the world. You will ask yourself "is my role in life to help people reset their password online and assist them in logging in?" You cannot use the bathroom whenever you want, they have time coding that if you "abuse" them you will be flagged and subject to discipline. You have to give world class service but at the same time rush them off the phone or else you are not getting paid a good bonus. You will quickly find yourself gasping for air and time to relax when you take 50+ calls a day , you will feel drained. When is finally time to move up there is a high chance you will be paid less than you're current role as there are no bonuses in higher roles.

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