Does Discover pay their employees well?

According to anonymously submitted Glassdoor reviews, Discover employees rate their compensation and benefits as 3.8 out of 5. Find out more about salaries and benefits at Discover. This rating has improved by 2% over the last 12 months.

How satisfied are employees working at Discover?

68% of Discover employees would recommend working there to a friend based on Glassdoor reviews . Employees also rated Discover 4.1 out of 5 for work life balance, 4.1 for culture and values and 3.6 for career opportunities.

What are the top reviewed jobs at Discover?

Account Manager (298) , Customer Service Representative (205) , Project Manager (149) , Senior Manager (119) , Manager (97) , Collections Specialist (95) , Senior Account Manager (94) , Team Leader (78) , Senior Associate (71) , Account Specialist (59) , Director (50) , Fraud Specialist (50) , Software Engineer (47) , Lead Data Science Analyst (41) , Applications Engineer (39)

What are the pros of working at Discover according to real employee reviews?

"Great benefits and 401k." ((in 749 reviews)); "Great culture and values!" ((in 441 reviews)); "work life balance is good" ((in 424 reviews)); "The people I work with are great; I have never had a problem with a co" ((in 324 reviews)); "The pay is good for those who are willing to work hard and earn it." ((in 256 reviews))

What are the cons of working at Discover according to real employee reviews?

"Low salary and difficult to get promotion" ((in 94 reviews)); "Senior leadership lacks vision; dirty political environment;" ((in 62 reviews)); "Unfortunately, the reorganization caused a lot of unhappiness from poor upper management placement and decisions" ((in 46 reviews)); "Blatant favoritism and a total disregard for workplace civility are traits that are often on display by management." ((in 45 reviews)); "Compensation is not competitive" ((in 25 reviews))

What are employees saying about Discover layoffs in 2026?

Explore Glassdoor’s employee reviews to understand what current and former employees are saying about Discover layoffs and their outlook for job security at Discover in 2026.

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4.0

68% would recommend to a friend

(5,181 total reviews)

Michael Shepherd

64% approve of CEO

46% positive business outlook

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Discover has an employee rating of 4.0 out of 5 stars, based on 5,181 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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3.0

Aug 4, 2014

Maybe it's just not my scene

Anonymous employee

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Lots of flexibility when it comes to work-life balance, people are nice. It's in growth mode right now so pretty good job security.

Cons

Very "consensus-building." Read: political. Leadership is uninspired. No real direction or vision or purpose to the company. It feels like it just was spun out of Morgan Stanley and left with no reason to exist except to make money. Poor compensation compared to the competition. Process. It's like it's a small bank wanting to play big bank, so we get all the bureaucratic overhead without any of the benefits. While everyone is nice, it sometimes feels very homogenous. Everyone is a bro that never grew up and no real ambition (The exceptions make the rule).

2.0

Aug 3, 2014

Discover Personal Loans

Senior underwriter

Recommend

CEO approval

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Pros

It's a job with good benefits and the people I work with are very cool. I wish I could say the same about upper management whom are greedy shady and only seem to care about enriching themselves. Look greedy corporation up and you will see Discover.

Cons

Company is making a fortune off personal loans yet bonus's and incentive are weak and tied to so many metrics. All your incentive for the month is quite easy to miss entirely. Even though you had a big month and made Discover a lot of money. It's very easy to do a couple million a month in sales and not be compensated. It would also seem that Discover prefers to not pay it's hardworking employees incentive or bonus which really sucks. In this sales environment the more you sell often the less you make. Go figure.

3.0

Aug 2, 2014

Team LEADER

Team leader

Recommend

CEO approval

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Pros

Great opportunity for advancement. Your hard work will be recognized.

Cons

Low income, low entry level wages, not enough to support self.

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