Discover reviews

4.0

68% would recommend to a friend

(5,185 total reviews)
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Michael Shepherd

64% approve of CEO

46% positive business outlook

Discover has an employee rating of 4.0 out of 5 stars, based on 5,185 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The Discover 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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2.0
Nov 6, 2014
Recommend
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Pros

Just started the Work from home policy this year, as well as the downtown office. Needless to say this was done to retain talent and compete with other companies in the neighborhood who had the downtown and work from home facilities way back. PTO is a decent number, lots of activities on campus. Benefits are good, people are helpful, happy family culture is supported

Cons

Discover needs fresh talent and outside world perspective (technology, social media, brand image). Documentation processes are outdated and unorganized. There is no on the job training for people transitioning into new roles, given the fact that trying out new roles is encouraged to the highest degree. Management is somewhat lost and direction is not good. People are very big on the blame game, since everyone is always moving around, it gets frustrating getting things done as some one or the other has "just moved in". Rather than making sure that thorough controls and research goes into projects, people are more focused on correcting blunders and operational errors. Favoritism is extremely rampant to the point that you will be made manager (no college degree required) if you are a favorite, compared to a candidate with credentials such as a Masters degree and work experience from other places. HR is absolutely insufficient when it comes to talent management and compensation brackets. A person who has been with Discover for some time can get paid lower than a person who just came in on a junior position. Biggest shocker is that 99% Discover employees use and prefer Visa MasterCard and American Express. Shows how much they value their own product and how how hard they are working to make it the best.

5.0
Nov 4, 2014

Great Place to Work

Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Very friendly work environment opportunities for advancement

Cons

Yearly increase is very low compared to market value and competers.

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