Program Manager - Program Manager American Express Employee Review

2.0
Sep 14, 2017
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Good benefits and compensation. Easy going. Good severance packages.

Cons

Yearly reorganizations and staff cuts. Big, siloed, administrative, slow. A lot of nonsense. Very political at director and VP levels, focused on their "brand" and impressing individuals above them to plan their next promotion instead of efficiently managing their organization. Career is driven by who you know. Many in IT have extensive work with staff in India and high percentage of contractors. This results in many calls at odd hours, and the unnecessary burden of working with people with poor professional experience, organization skills and communication skills.

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5.0
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Pros

They have fantastic pay for the position you're in, and they teach you interesting and engaging utility of modern technology mixed with legacy fundamentals. I've learned quite a bit while AmEx while getting paid more than fairly - I'd recommend a stretch here to whomever may be reading this!

Cons

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