Great place for work-life balance and to "coast," but you'll be underpaid; not a true meritocracy - Anonymous employee American Express Employee Review

4.0
Jun 9, 2009
Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

Great hours, interesting work, generally great leaders who are respectful of employees and provide flexible work arrangements; great place to be if you have a family and/or other priorities outside of work

Cons

Political environment, promotions not based on performance, so there are a lot of 'dead weight' management folks who know how to manage up well (and that's how they keep getting promoted), inefficient processes

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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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