Company cares about work-life balance of employees. However, heavy networking is required for advancement. - Anonymous employee American Express Employee Review

4.0
30 May 2010
Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

The company really cares about employees' work life balance. Very intelligent and diligent co-workers. Strategic and charismatic senior leaders. The brand is well recognized and well respected.

Cons

Advancement relies too much on networking within the company which means it may be difficult for certain personality types to get ahead. Decision-making relies too much on consensus-building which slows things down. "Matrix" organization with dotted lines means that you have to go through quite a few people to get things done.

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5.0
17 June 2026
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Pros

- Supportive leadership - Collaborative teammates - Internal mobility across different departments is encouraged

Cons

- There can be a lot of red tape, as is the case with any large firm - Role scope expansion is common across teams

3.0
8 June 2026
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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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