American Express reviews

Very antiquated Performance Management review. This is probably the core of their problems. It causes lies, deceit, cheating, back stabbing - only promotes individualism and keeps the 'team' spirit down. Be prepared because this is a cancer that is killing the company. It almost killed Microsoft - they got rid of a similar review program. This is why many of the leaders don't really deserve the positions they received - because its all about marketing yourself at the expense of all else. Too many Indians. They lost the way of diversity. I can tell you there are thousands of jobs that could easily go to Americans - especially those out of college. Instead, they recruit the H1B, bring them to the U.S. and many, many of them get converted to employees - at the expense of releasing Americans of their jobs - here in the U.S.

Innovation can be slow sometimes, although for an ancient company, it's doing a decent job at staying relevant. As a whole, it is risk-averse and more of a fast follower than an early adopter, so to speak. Compensation is at par with, or only slightly better than, industry average, which means that in super-competitive NYC, yes, you will get paid more working for a competitor (although one has to keep the work/balance thing in mind).