American Express reviews

4.1

81% would recommend to a friend

(18,633 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 18,633 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 Finanzas industry (3.7 stars).

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19K reviews
4.0
Sep 11, 2010
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Great place to work and build a career. Focus on work life balance is authentic. Great brand that opens lots of doors.

Cons

Historically the contribution from international markets has been very low and emerging markets not relevant. This has resulted in minimal attention from senior management thus propagating mediocrity in these markets. Leadership in these markets get paid alot for so called hardship postings resulting in huge inequity among peer set but the real tragedy is that these people are transient and never deliver on expectations.

4.0
Sep 10, 2010

Great brand, interesting work but poor compensation

Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

* Work for a great, premium brand. * Everyone is "nice" - a phenom that is not always prevalent in NYC firms. * Work can be interesting and challenging * Work life balance can be very good, depending on your role and leader(s).

Cons

* Compensation is not competitve. Salaries and bonuses are below market average and raises are small. * Work life balance can be very bad depending on your role and leader(s).

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