Great place to work, room for improvement. - Senior Marketing Manager American Express Employee Review

4.0
Oct 21, 2008
Recommend
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Pros

Great work life balance; some of the most competent, creative managers around. People really care about giving actionable feedback at year-end and throughout the year.

Cons

Salaries are, I'm told, significantly lower than our counterparts at Citibank. I think you are really paying for the work life balance in this aspect. Health plan leaves a little something to be desired; we have a PPO (great) with a high-deductible health plan (not so great).

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5.0
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Pros

Great work-life balance and leadership

Cons

it'd be nice to be fully remote

3.0
Jun 8, 2026
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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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