American Express reviews

4.1

82% would recommend to a friend

(2,802 total reviews)
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Stephen J Squeri

90% approve of CEO

79% positive business outlook

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5.0
Jul 6, 2025
Recommend
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Pros

Projects are interesting, pay is good, benefits are good. You are busy during the day but generally you have a good work life balance and management is very receptive when you ask for more help. 3 days a week in office + free lunch. No one will yell at you when you mess up.

Cons

They rely heavily on contractors, it appears they do a lot of hiring in fall but start doing layoffs in summer. Usually full timers are fine but you'll suddenly find yourself with a much larger workload due to losing so many people at once

4.0
Jun 26, 2025
Recommend
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Pros

amazing work life balance 99% of the people I meet or work alongside are cool and capable 4 extra days off with summer-flex good benefits

Cons

Pay truly isn't competitive -- you can certainly earn more for your experience elsewhere (but its made up for with the great work/life balance) Seems like we get a re-org once a year almost with no warning or say in the matter

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