In Financial Services, good work life balance, innovative, just too much internal politics - Senior Manager American Express Employee Review

4.0
21 Sept 2015
Recommend
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Pros

Work Life Balance Innovative Friendly culture Best place in Consumer Banking

Cons

TOO MUCH internal politics. At a point when you want to get to a Director or VP level, your skills at playing politics become VERY important. This can get very annoying. Amex has a young work force, at least in New York, so if you are not a Director by the time you are about 33 or so, you start feeling a little out of place. The salaries at Amex are usually lower than at other Consumer Banking companies, they compensate for this with their better and more innovative culture. I used to work at Citi and the culture at Amex was a lot better, but they pay less (usually).

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Cons

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5.0
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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

The Company is huge, and at times it may take more than a little time to get recognized for your abilities and the growth you've had. There's a reason there is a "only way up is out" reputation exists for some enterprise companies...

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