Engineers Beware - Software Engineer American Express Employee Review

1.0
Jun 10, 2025
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

The people are cool. Its fun to talk with them.

Cons

Everything. The pay is low for how many hours you'll work. All of those work life balance comments must be from non engineers. If you write code, get ready to work 65-80 hour weeks. Its super political. Ive seen people i was friends with turn bitter when politics got involved. Right now, its a culture of who works the latest and covers for the engineering leaderships lack of accountability and planning. You will not progress in your career. The technologies used here are outdated, and niche to the company. You will not get promoted ever. I've seen people here for years in the same position because they didn't play politics. I saw someone on another team just get hired and fired in 3 months due to a mistake in growth. You might get hired then they decide to cut you. Very cutthroat business environment, and you will pay for leadership mistakes. If you like getting calls at 11 PM to log on and help fix a director mistake, working 80 hour weeks consistently, not being able to use PTO because youre too busy.... definitely apply. If youre an engineer, id advise you apply somewhere where they'll at least pay you 300k to work this many hours.

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5.0
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Pros

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Cons

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5.0
Nov 26, 2018
Recommend
CEO approval
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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

The Company is huge, and at times it may take more than a little time to get recognized for your abilities and the growth you've had. There's a reason there is a "only way up is out" reputation exists for some enterprise companies...

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