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 717 reviews)); "Great culture and values!" ((in 436 reviews)); "Good work/life balance depending on team" ((in 425 reviews)); "The people I work with are great; I have never had a problem with a co" ((in 327 reviews)); "The pay is good for those who are willing to work hard and earn it." ((in 273 reviews))

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

"Low salary and difficult to get promotion" ((in 100 reviews)); "Senior leadership lacks vision; dirty political environment;" ((in 64 reviews)); "Unfortunately, the reorganization caused a lot of unhappiness from poor upper management placement and decisions" ((in 49 reviews)); "Blatant favoritism and a total disregard for workplace civility are traits that are often on display by management." ((in 41 reviews)); "Senior Management are arrogant and beaureacratic." ((in 21 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.

Discover reviews

4.0

68% would recommend to a friend

(5,181 total reviews)

Michael Shepherd

64% approve of CEO

46% positive business outlook

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Discover has an employee rating of 4.0 out of 5 stars, based on 5,181 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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1.0

Feb 9, 2022

Approach with Caution

Anonymous employee

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Good Benefits they start you off with 25 pto days, good selection of health plans and good 401 k matching

Cons

Culture is changing for worse, since the new CIO came in. Existing talent is not valued, very few opportunities to advance. Non Stop Reorg 's . All time high attrition and it will get worse once the "Dreyfuss model" is fully rolled out in the Business Technology group. Very hard to grow unless you are in with the "right people". Upper management is in the Cloud .....

3.0

Feb 4, 2022

Good people, challenging culture

Senior manager, marketing

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Great people to work with. Challenging work. Goal orientated. Employee benefits. Downtown office.

Cons

Poor leadership culture. Culture of authoritarianism and fear. Survival required being a 'yes person'. Horrible group-think, politics, in/out-group dynamic.

3.0

Dec 28, 2021

Good first job out of college, but get out asap

Software developer

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

- great benefits - great starting pto (25 days) that grows every 5 years - super relaxing (unstimulating) job

Cons

- used to have a great culture but I haven't seen that since everyone started working from home - no one really cares anymore, people are dropping and leaving all over the place - they pay you in pennies

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