Alive thanks to the Brand - Senior Manager American Express Employee Review

3.0
Jun 28, 2017
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

1. Great people at the working level and first line managers, honest hardworking people who need jobs and are genuine. 2. Brand is still strong and considered "premium". 3. Plenty of opportunity to learn outside your job scope. 4. If you join on the phones, you will learn the best possible customer etiquette. 5. Flexible working conditions.

Cons

1. Senior management from 2nd line managers and above have been there forever and have set mindset. 2. VERY risk averse and we are technologically and practice wise at least 10 years behind our competitors. 3. Moving up is about who you know and if a senior leader has a bad experience with you, your career is pretty much over. 4. Point#3 allows a lot of people who are non collaborative, skill deficient but effective communicators and networkers to move up as promotional hiring is based on recommendation. 5. Cost cutting every year but senior leaders from VP level travel a lot and LUXURIOUSLY, they get high bonuses and stocks. If you want to save money, reduce your expenses, do not cut the working force.

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Pros

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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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