Does Discover pay their employees well?

According to anonymously submitted Glassdoor reviews, Discover employees rate their compensation and benefits as 3.8 out of 5. Find out more about salaries and benefits at Discover. This rating has improved by 2% over the last 12 months.

How satisfied are employees working at Discover?

68% of Discover employees would recommend working there to a friend based on Glassdoor reviews . Employees also rated Discover 4.1 out of 5 for work life balance, 4.1 for culture and values and 3.6 for career opportunities.

What are the top reviewed jobs at Discover?

Account Manager (298) , Customer Service Representative (205) , Project Manager (149) , Senior Manager (119) , Manager (97) , Collections Specialist (96) , Senior Account Manager (94) , Team Leader (78) , Senior Associate (71) , Account Specialist (59) , Director (50) , Fraud Specialist (50) , Software Engineer (47) , Lead Data Science Analyst (41) , Applications Engineer (39)

What are the pros of working at Discover according to real employee reviews?

"Great benefits and 401k." ((in 727 reviews)); "Great culture and values!" ((in 431 reviews)); "Good work life balance usually" ((in 417 reviews)); "The people I work with are great; I have never had a problem with a co" ((in 341 reviews)); "The pay is good for those who are willing to work hard and earn it." ((in 282 reviews))

What are the cons of working at Discover according to real employee reviews?

"Poor management and fast paced" ((in 203 reviews)); "Low salary and difficult to get promotion" ((in 104 reviews)); "Senior leadership lacks vision; dirty political environment;" ((in 62 reviews)); "Unfortunately, the reorganization caused a lot of unhappiness from poor upper management placement and decisions" ((in 45 reviews)); "Blatant favoritism and a total disregard for workplace civility are traits that are often on display by management." ((in 43 reviews))

What are employees saying about Discover layoffs in 2026?

Explore Glassdoor’s employee reviews to understand what current and former employees are saying about Discover layoffs and their outlook for job security at Discover in 2026.

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Discover reviews

4.0

68% would recommend to a friend

(5,188 total reviews)

Michael Shepherd

64% approve of CEO

46% positive business outlook

Ratings by category

4.3

Diversity & inclusion

4.1

Culture & values

4.1

Work/Life balance

3.8

Compensation and benefits

3.6

Career opportunities

3.5

Senior management

Discover has an employee rating of 4.0 out of 5 stars, based on 5,188 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The Discover 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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Reviews by job title

5K reviews

5.0

Feb 24, 2015

Awesome place to work. Everyone is smiling, kind, generous, and team players. Makes it an exciting place to work.

Credit risk manager

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Diverse, customer oriented. Embrace change. Awesome place to work. Everyone is smiling, kind, generous, and team players. Makes it an exciting place to work.

Cons

None Awesome place to work. Everyone is smiling, kind, generous, and team players. Makes it an exciting place to work.

3.0

Feb 20, 2015

underwriter sales

Anonymous employee

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

good company to work for, care about their employees, work to ensure each employee is successful through training and feedback

Cons

low pay base $31000 + bonus average $40,000 a year

5.0

Feb 20, 2015

Best Big Financial Company In Chicago Area - Hands Down

Treasury analyst

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

This may be group specific (I work in Finance - Treasury) but you can literally write your own ticket at Discover. Management is very responsive to ideas and letting people work on ideas and improvements they feel passionate about. The opportunities to broaden your horizons are frankly limitless and the pay is very solid. I regularly get exposure to high level employees including Head of Investor Relations, Treasurer, CFO etc. Benefits are top notch as well with a very generous base vacation package of 25 days and match on the 401K that works out to 7% on a 6% contribution (3% is contributed whether you do or not). Facilities are also top-notch and improving rapidly. There's even an offsite location in Chicago for people who don't want the city to suburban commute every day (they also cover some train commute costs and have shuttles from the building to the train station)

Cons

Staffing probably needs to be beefed up a bit in some departments but its understandable that costs need to be controlled given the cyclical nature of credit cards.

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