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4.0

68% would recommend to a friend

(5,179 total reviews)
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Michael Shepherd

65% approve of CEO

46% positive business outlook

Discover has an employee rating of 4.0 out of 5 stars, based on 5,179 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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1.0
Oct 9, 2012
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Pros

Decent benefits, even if you only work 30 hours a week. Benefits start from day one, including medical, dental, vision, and 401k.

Cons

Recruiters and HR are very misleading about what the job actually requires and what the expectations are. Once training starts, your job description changes. The job is WAY more sales/money driven than they lead you to believe. I was hired for the collections dept and went in knowing there would be a high expectation to bring in payments/money, however, the company culture was much more careless than I anticipated. They don't care if they help people in bad financial situations (as they lead you to believe), and you have no opportunity to work with customers in a positive environment to help them and still do your job, you are just supposed to snake money from people whether they have it to give or not. Also, training was incredibly boring, the first week felt like the first week of kindergarten - because that's how they treat employees. I think the one hour training on how to use our employee badges at the front doors was highly insulting. And you are reminded on more than an hourly basis that you are not allowed to be late or be sick - no exceptions. The work schedule is also misleading, as it would seem like a good idea to have a flex schedule and choose what time of day to work. However, the schedule is actually never set and can change from week to week. And for those on a fulltime-flex schedule, you sometimes only work 20 hours a week, which really lowers your paycheck.

5.0
Oct 8, 2012
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Pros

Some very great people to work with, inside of a good culture. At its core, Discover cares about the employees and even the communities in which they work. I volunteered 4 years in a row for building playgrounds in areas around Chicagoland. It fostered teamwork that you simply can't achieve in the office. At some point long ago, they renamed their IT department "Business Technology" claiming that their technology is so important to their business. I'm not sure that it goes much beyond claim anymore - it used to though. They can be very flexible about "working from home" and used to provide very good time off banks (I received up to 6 weeks / year, for example).

Cons

Moved to implement ITIL methodologies about 5 years ago, but did so via force rather than training personnel and explaining how/why it's useful to the company as a whole. Over time it's worked out, but it's ultimately what drove me to leave. Also, it can be difficult to continue to move up the ladder within IT (non-application development) as there's very little growth in that area. In BT, there are some strong personalities who don't like to be told "no", even when using constructive criticism.

4.0
Oct 6, 2012
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Pros

Company-wide, the branded experience is preached through and through. Best marketers. Best brand marketers. User-centered design is preached through and through. Despite being a financial focused company, Discover has access to some of the best innovation UX design-wise.

Cons

Little to no focus on external multicultural efforts, or internal diversity programs. Some departments overwork their people, while others allow (and encourage) incompetence to stay and flourish. The priority on marketing leaves little room for back-end innovation, and marketers seem to make the "tech calls" when they are not qualified to do so. Can be clique'y.

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