Soul Crushing - Marketing American Express Employee Review

2.0
Aug 23, 2017
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Big company, well-recognized brand, rich history, nice downtown NYC office and convenient location, pay is good but not great. Weekends off. Lots of people "work" from home on Fridays.

Cons

Game of Thrones level politics, complete with factions, cliques, alliances. It's the worst at the VP level - those trying to make it, those trying to keep it. It's a huge distraction to the people who are simply trying to do a good job, work smart, improve our products, and do what's right for the customers.

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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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