American Express reviews

4.1

81% would recommend to a friend

(18,611 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 18,611 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
Oct 9, 2012

Amex in Madrid, Spain

Anonymous employee
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Pros

The best was the salary and the social benefits, 2010 was a great year at Amex, Spain. Amex in general is a good company.

Cons

2011 Amex Madrid announced to fire lots of people, since then everything changed unfortunatly to the worse. Lots of talk about personal development but no action. I would not recommend Amex, Madrid-Spain if you are looking for a job to develop yourself and begin from the very bottom.

4.0
Feb 5, 2011
Recommend
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Pros

Great benefits package, (one of the) best salary in Madrid, relaxed attitude (e.g. re working clothes), nice relationship with bosses who are quite laid-back and friend-like. I liked working there!

Cons

The rules were getting stricter and stricter, and didn't always make sense. We were put under quite some pressure with that. Some of the teamleaders I had were useless, and mostly let the seniors (sub-ordinates) do all their work, but took the praise for it.

5.0
Nov 26, 2018

Software Engineer

Recommend
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Pros

They have fantastic pay for the position you're in, and they teach you interesting and engaging utility of modern technology mixed with legacy fundamentals. I've learned quite a bit while AmEx while getting paid more than fairly - I'd recommend a stretch here to whomever may be reading this!

Cons

The Company is huge, and at times it may take more than a little time to get recognized for your abilities and the growth you've had. There's a reason there is a "only way up is out" reputation exists for some enterprise companies...

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