Ageist corporate culture lagging behind competitors. Can be toxic work environment as a result. - Anonymous employee American Express Employee Review

3.0
11 Mar 2019
Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

Stability and regular 9 to 5

Cons

Yes, it’s a good company to work for in general. But you are categorized into a corporate hierarchy based on age and not merit. For new talent - corporate culture is stale and you deal with a lot of incompetent people that have been here for years but are not qualified to lead. If you’re in tech - don’t come here: they are ages behind agility. In general, company needs to up-skill. Company is not welcoming to younger talent that comes very much prepared through school/outside experience. You start from the bottom here and work yourself up in 10 years. Expect a lot and I mean a lot of bad directors and leaders.

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Cons

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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

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