Does Discover pay their employees well?

According to anonymously submitted Glassdoor reviews, Discover employees rate their compensation and benefits as 3.8 out of 5. Find out more about salaries and benefits at Discover. This rating has improved by 2% over the last 12 months.

How satisfied are employees working at Discover?

68% of Discover employees would recommend working there to a friend based on Glassdoor reviews . Employees also rated Discover 4.1 out of 5 for work life balance, 4.1 for culture and values and 3.6 for career opportunities.

What are the top reviewed jobs at Discover?

Account Manager (298) , Customer Service Representative (205) , Project Manager (149) , Senior Manager (119) , Manager (97) , Collections Specialist (95) , Senior Account Manager (94) , Team Leader (78) , Senior Associate (71) , Account Specialist (59) , Director (50) , Fraud Specialist (50) , Software Engineer (47) , Lead Data Science Analyst (41) , Applications Engineer (39)

What are the pros of working at Discover according to real employee reviews?

"Great benefits and 401k." ((in 745 reviews)); "Great culture and values!" ((in 441 reviews)); "Good work/life balance depending on team" ((in 416 reviews)); "The people I work with are great; I have never had a problem with a co" ((in 331 reviews)); "The pay is good for those who are willing to work hard and earn it." ((in 267 reviews))

What are the cons of working at Discover according to real employee reviews?

"Low salary and difficult to get promotion" ((in 95 reviews)); "Unfortunately, the reorganization caused a lot of unhappiness from poor upper management placement and decisions" ((in 47 reviews)); "Blatant favoritism and a total disregard for workplace civility are traits that are often on display by management." ((in 45 reviews)); "Senior Management are arrogant and beaureacratic." ((in 21 reviews)); "Manager favorites" ((in 19 reviews))

What are employees saying about Discover layoffs in 2026?

Explore Glassdoor’s employee reviews to understand what current and former employees are saying about Discover layoffs and their outlook for job security at Discover in 2026.

Discover reviews

4.0

68% would recommend to a friend

(5,185 total reviews)

Michael Shepherd

64% approve of CEO

46% positive business outlook

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Discover has an employee rating of 4.0 out of 5 stars, based on 5,185 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The Discover employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Finance industry (3.7 stars).

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1.0

Apr 17, 2020

Favoritism and yay saying; messy transition to a lean approach; limited focus on professional development

Principal data analyst

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Good exposure to leading technologies; Decent pay and benefits

Cons

Favoritism, unfair lead to inadequate layers of middle management. Lack of leadership support for an attempted transition to lean practices. Minimal to no involvement of senior management in professional development of their team members.

1.0

Mar 6, 2020

Don't even bother to join Discover

Director, financial reporting management

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Friendly environment, good colleagues, team oriented environment

Cons

VERY low pay, VP and above don't care, no upward mobility, intelligence and creativity not appreciated

2.0

Dec 25, 2018

Overall good company, some extremely bad senior management

Senior manager

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Great benefits and career development options

Cons

Toxic and unethical work environment. Lots of back stabbing, lying to upper management to cover up major mistakes. Some Ego centric leaders cause distress in entire organization/departments.

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