American Express reviews

4.1

81% would recommend to a friend

(18,588 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 18,588 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
2.0
Jul 17, 2023
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

- hybrid work model (2 office days per week/3 working from home) - work equipment (monitor, laptop, keyboard, mouse) - relocation service

Cons

- People don't get promoted based on their skills and expertise but depending on their time working for Amex. - Recruiters give wrong info about job/ position and requirements to applicants - People are employed despite not having any knowledge or skills relevant to jobs. Co-workers cannot even perform basic tasks in MS Office applications that are used on a daily basis and nobody cares. - Toxic work environment where people care more about pretending to be fine and "a great team" despite people working against each other within the team. TLs don't intervene or care and expect you to pretend you're fine. - "Customer first" is Amex' slogan and the biggest joke ever. You learn to do the bare minimum and the goal is to fake numbers (case numbers and closing times, call handling time, etc.), not solve the issues presented by clients. - Benefits change constantly and are currently going downhill (less flexibility, deduction in food payments when sick, etc) - Madrid hub is growing but depends so much on the US that it follows rules that don't make sense for the EU because Amex doesn't adjust them to the market. - Ethics hotline is a joke and as soon as you raise an issue you are forced into letting it go and pretend nothing ever happened.

2.0
Oct 11, 2023
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

- stable job with an acceptable salary (in the country-context) - free meals on a regular basis - free access to Linkedin Learning and other internal courses to improve yourself - if you are kind and adaptable enough, you can be promoted

Cons

- leaders are not being chosen based on their competence for the position, but based on how well they can adapt to the expectations of the management

3.0
Mar 13, 2017

Not a place for people with ambition

Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Work-life balance Junior entry level salary The products are interesting to manage

Cons

Low salary levels for experienced people Lot of promotions delivered on politics and not on results Salary differences not justified by competencies Upper management not always skilled for the managed position Lack of a structured approach Quite null growth opportunities

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