Does Discover pay their employees well?

According to anonymously submitted Glassdoor reviews, Discover employees rate their compensation and benefits as 3.8 out of 5. Find out more about salaries and benefits at Discover. This rating has improved by 2% over the last 12 months.

How satisfied are employees working at Discover?

68% of Discover employees would recommend working there to a friend based on Glassdoor reviews . Employees also rated Discover 4.1 out of 5 for work life balance, 4.1 for culture and values and 3.6 for career opportunities.

What are the top reviewed jobs at Discover?

Account Manager (298) , Customer Service Representative (205) , Project Manager (149) , Senior Manager (119) , Manager (97) , Collections Specialist (95) , Senior Account Manager (94) , Team Leader (78) , Senior Associate (71) , Account Specialist (59) , Director (50) , Fraud Specialist (50) , Software Engineer (47) , Lead Data Science Analyst (41) , Applications Engineer (39)

What are the pros of working at Discover according to real employee reviews?

"Great benefits and 401k." ((in 750 reviews)); "Great culture and values!" ((in 431 reviews)); "Good work/life balance depending on team" ((in 422 reviews)); "The people I work with are great; I have never had a problem with a co" ((in 331 reviews)); "The pay is good for those who are willing to work hard and earn it." ((in 278 reviews))

What are the cons of working at Discover according to real employee reviews?

"Poor management and fast paced" ((in 207 reviews)); "Low salary and difficult to get promotion" ((in 94 reviews)); "Senior leadership lacks vision; dirty political environment;" ((in 63 reviews)); "Unfortunately, the reorganization caused a lot of unhappiness from poor upper management placement and decisions" ((in 46 reviews)); "Blatant favoritism and a total disregard for workplace civility are traits that are often on display by management." ((in 44 reviews))

What are employees saying about Discover layoffs in 2026?

Explore Glassdoor’s employee reviews to understand what current and former employees are saying about Discover layoffs and their outlook for job security at Discover in 2026.

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Discover reviews

4.0

68% would recommend to a friend

(5,182 total reviews)

Michael Shepherd

64% approve of CEO

46% positive business outlook

Ratings by category

4.3

Diversity & inclusion

4.1

Culture & values

4.1

Work/Life balance

3.8

Compensation and benefits

3.6

Career opportunities

3.5

Senior management

Discover has an employee rating of 4.0 out of 5 stars, based on 5,182 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The Discover employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Finanzen industry (3.7 stars).

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Reviews by job title

5K reviews

1.0

May 6, 2016

Best place for a career in military!

Senior software engineer

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

none, none, none , none, none, none, none

Cons

1) Lots of former ex military officers working as managers, who treat you like garbage. 2) Lots of coworkers, who backbite, fight and complain about each other rather than working as a team. 3) High school type of environment where everyone keeps an eye on each other. 4) Higher management treats you like their children, and dictate your eating time, pooping time, internet time, breakfast time, leaving time down to the letter. 5) Extremely low pay 6) Horrible culture 7) Unnecessary corporate crap where permission is required even to go to washroom. This place is enough to send you on therapy for life. Im glad i am out!. Stay away

5.0

Apr 7, 2016

Good, solid place to work at.

Project manager

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Company strives and does a great job putting the customer first. Additionally you are surrounded by great people who will eventually be your friends. Further there are some very sharp minds within the management that has really helped with innovation. There are multiple opportunities for lateral movement across the large organization. A great place for starting a career and a one to where you want to settle down with.

Cons

-Recent flattening of the organization (last 1-3 years) have led to less opportunities to gain people management experience which is needed to move to Manager and above -Flattening of the organization has also leads to less opportunities to promote past the Project Manager title and above. Some have used the word purgatory. Largely have move lateral or to another business area (Card to Bank or Network for example) for promotion at and beyond these levels.

5.0

Apr 5, 2016

surprisingly nice job

Account manager

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

-card members actually like discover on a majority so most people are kind with few complaints. -you have ample support to receive assistance in improving. -the goals needed to be met to receive a raise are simple and laid out in stone instead of most jobs with wishy washy promises of someday getting a raise.

Cons

-the amount of information needed to complete the job well is enormous and training is not even close to perfect. -while the goals for advancement are clear they are not entirely within your control as under the current system you can have advancement undermined by any random mistakes that can result from an initial lack of training from discover.

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