American Express reviews

4.1

82% would recommend to a friend

(18,660 total reviews)
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Stephen J Squeri

89% approve of CEO

80% positive business outlook

American Express has an employee rating of 4.1 out of 5 stars, based on 18,660 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have an excellent working experience there. The American Express employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Finanzen industry (3.7 stars).

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4.0
May 23, 2011
Recommend
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Pros

The salary was fair...the average ranges from 12.00-15.00 depending on your experience. Good cafeteria. vacation hours (about 280) are given to you almost immediately, which can be dangerous because if your department isn't busy you can pretty much schedule a vacation day within a half hour and leave. they have a sweet scheduling system that lets you schedule single or multiple vacation days and you can keep pretty close track of your time and sick time as well. Most managers and co-workers really do want to help you, managers want to help "develop" you and get you promoted because of course it looks good for them too.

Cons

For me it was the repetition of the same call all day that grinded me down. Also the constant surveillance, they have very advanced tracking systems for their calls, they have screen and audio capture so they can pull ANY call from ANY day and see exactly what you did and said. You are required to clock in and out on your phone from every break and when you come in and when you leave at the end of the day. most team leaders have to meet with the department heads weekly and some only monthly depending on their teams performance. I think for this reason all team leads have an excel worksheet for all of their teammembers outlining every "metric" you meet and don't meet.

5.0
May 22, 2011
Recommend
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Pros

Amex has good on boarding process. Managers believe in promoting employees to strive to better heights with the organization

Cons

some business units work in silos. The management team as a whole is not always on the same page. Company changes do not always flow down to support teams.

4.0
May 21, 2011
Recommend
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Pros

Fantastic benefits, Diversity, 24 hour center-many shifts available, Prestigious company, in-house clinic, back-up day care, great place to meet people, advancement possibilities

Cons

You only get a 40 minute lunch and two 10 minute breaks each day. The remainder of your 8.5 hour workday will be taking back to back inbound phone calls from customers. You cannot disconnect your phone, choose not to accept calls, or even go to the restroom during that time.

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