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 1% 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 (204) , Project Manager (149) , Senior Manager (119) , Manager (96) , 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 725 reviews)); "Great culture and values!" ((in 426 reviews)); "work life balance is good" ((in 415 reviews)); "The people I work with are great; I have never had a problem with a co" ((in 335 reviews)); "The pay is good for those who are willing to work hard and earn it." ((in 271 reviews))

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

"Low salary and difficult to get promotion" ((in 96 reviews)); "Senior leadership lacks vision; dirty political environment;" ((in 61 reviews)); "Unfortunately, the reorganization caused a lot of unhappiness from poor upper management placement and decisions" ((in 48 reviews)); "Blatant favoritism and a total disregard for workplace civility are traits that are often on display by management." ((in 44 reviews)); "High Expectations with no room for error and low compensation" ((in 26 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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Discover reviews

4.0

68% would recommend to a friend

(5,174 total reviews)

Michael Shepherd

65% approve of CEO

46% positive business outlook

Ratings by category

4.3

Diversity & inclusion

4.1

Culture & values

4.1

Work/Life balance

3.8

Compensation and benefits

3.6

Career opportunities

3.5

Senior management

Discover has an employee rating of 4.0 out of 5 stars, based on 5,174 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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Reviews by job title

5K reviews

3.0

Sep 6, 2010

OK Place to work

Anonymous employee

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Lots of interesting work 5 weeks paid vacation

Cons

Management asks staff to repeat same exercises over and over again

5.0

Aug 27, 2010

Good Company

Database administrator

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Life/Work balance. Great people. Employee empowering.

Cons

Career advancement is hard to achieve. You should be happy where you are.

1.0

Aug 26, 2010

Finance PM at Discover

Project manager

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

1. Convinient location for suburbanites 2. 25 day vacation 3. Not bad benefits

Cons

1. Company is too "top heavy", there are more managers than individual contributors 2. Review system is unfair 3. Pay is low compared to competitors 4. The company tends to hire MBAs and even PHDs to do basic analytical functions. Very many disappointed people.

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