American Express reviews

4.1

81% would recommend to a friend

(18,628 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 18,628 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
1.0
Nov 29, 2009

Corporate Culture

Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Allow employees to work from home when needed. Allow employees to leave work early for medical appointments when needed. They are very flexible with this.

Cons

If you don't fit in with the cult like culture it will be very difficult to get promoted no matter how hard you work. Many of the programs are incredibly dated and are not used by other companies, so it is very hard to pass on your technical skills from Amex to the next company. If you join Amex, make sure the kool-aid is to your liking and you plan on staying forever.

4.0
Nov 24, 2009
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Amex is a good company to work for because they encourage their employees to balance work with their personal life.

Cons

The compensation is below par compared to other NY area financial services companies. The credit card industry has been hit hard, so Amex is dialing back jobs.

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