Too much work and too many meetings for too little risk-taking, autonomy and compensation. - Director American Express Employee Review

2.0
7 July 2011
Recommend
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Pros

Ability to work virtual. Ample vacation/personal/sick days. Smart and highly motivated client management and sales organizations especially in merchant services.

Cons

Passive aggressive and politically motivated culture. Comp is well below industry average. Too much time is spent on non-business building tasks i.e. performance mgmt (hours spent writing/rewriting lengthy reviews and dev plans, numerous meetings to discuss talent and argue over ratings), employee engagement (hours spent in meetings addressing low employee satisfaction survey scores and then executing activities which have little to no relevance to employees)

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Pros

Great work-life balance and leadership

Cons

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3.0
8 June 2026
Recommend
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Pros

- Complimentary lunch and starbucks everyday - On-site clinic for basic check ups - Hybrid

Cons

you will be taking phone calls every minute of the day. There will come a time where you feel like at the bottom of the world. You will ask yourself "is my role in life to help people reset their password online and assist them in logging in?" You cannot use the bathroom whenever you want, they have time coding that if you "abuse" them you will be flagged and subject to discipline. You have to give world class service but at the same time rush them off the phone or else you are not getting paid a good bonus. You will quickly find yourself gasping for air and time to relax when you take 50+ calls a day , you will feel drained. When is finally time to move up there is a high chance you will be paid less than you're current role as there are no bonuses in higher roles.

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