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Found 13,764 of over 15K reviews
4.2
85% Recommend to a Friend
American Express CEO Stephen J Squeri
91% Approve of CEO

Found 12,988 of over 15K reviews

4.2
85%
Recommend to a Friend
91%
Approve of CEO
American Express CEO Stephen J Squeri
Stephen J Squeri
4,076 Ratings
Pros
  • "Highly Employee centric work environment(in 540 reviews)

  • "Awesome job great benefits great co workers(in 474 reviews)

  • Cons
  • "Work life balance is much worse than it used to be(in 361 reviews)

  • "Very hierarchial structure sometimes leads to slow decision making(in 216 reviews)

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    Pros & Cons are excerpts from user reviews. They are not authored by Glassdoor.
    1. 5.0
      Former Employee

      Good

      23 Jan 2023 - Event Planner 
      Recommend
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      Pros

      It’s a good place to work

      Cons

      A Lot of work to do sometimes

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    2. 5.0
      Former Employee, more than 3 years

      Great work culture

      21 Sep 2022 - Assistant Manager 
      Recommend
      CEO Approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      Amazing work culture Good pay Decent work-life balance

      Cons

      Slow career progression Slower decision making process

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    4. 4.0
      Former Employee

      Solid company

      29 Aug 2022 - Senior Sales Manager 
      Recommend
      CEO Approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      Flexible work environment International focus Good work conditions

      Cons

      Not the most dynamic Conservative atmosphere

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    5. 4.0
      Former Employee

      Great

      5 Jul 2022 - Lead Operations Analyst 
      Recommend
      CEO Approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      Work Culture, Recognition, Infrastructure, Learning

      Cons

      No such cons, good work appreciated and motivated

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    6. 4.0
      Former Employee

      Good company

      12 Oct 2020 - Lead Analyst 
      Recommend
      CEO Approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      Growth is by default easy

      Cons

      Little learning with less daily challenges

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    7. 5.0
      Former Employee

      Excellent company which cares for people

      3 Sep 2015 - Anonymous Employee 
      Recommend
      CEO Approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      work-life balance career growth on the job training cool work in machine learning good mentors

      Cons

      less focus on understanding how our work is getting impacted on the floor. Lot of models without figuring how these models influence the world

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    8. 4.0
      Former Employee, more than 3 years

      Great place to learn!

      10 May 2017 - Anonymous Employee 
      Recommend
      CEO Approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      Great place to learn HR - strong HR leaders with a focus on leadership development

      Cons

      Too much governance and compliance can make the role too tactical at times.

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    9. 4.0
      Former Employee

      Good call centre environment

      30 Sep 2015 - Anonymous Employee 
      Recommend
      CEO Approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      Lively, vibrant, lots of nice people

      Cons

      It's still a call centre, the restrictions on 'script' etc can be a bit much but expected really

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    10. 5.0
      Former Employee, more than 1 year

      SME

      17 Sep 2019 - Anonymous Employee 
      Recommend
      CEO Approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      Great company to work for, huge amounts of learning and progression.

      Cons

      Nothing bad to report

      1 person found this review helpful
    11. 4.0
      Former Employee

      excellent

      11 Jun 2020 - Anonymous Employee 
      Recommend
      CEO Approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      remuneration family social welfare community

      Cons

      is in Buenos Aires I am not a former employer

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