Travel Counselor - Travel Counselor American Express Employee Review

2.0
Aug 7, 2018
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Potential to grow in the company 401k company match GREAT employees! Got along really well with everyone

Cons

Position wears too many hats for too little pay Is not the fun role they made it out to be Training essentially made it seem like you would simply be recommending travel plans by using extensive destination knowledge, however in this role you are primarily an order taker; someone calls in and you will only be "taking their order" for hotel, flight, and car arrangements If I knew it was going to be so boring AND difficult (no room for mistakes), I would have never applied

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