Incompetent middle management. Unnecessary diversity costing talent - Anonymous employee American Express Employee Review

1.0
Mar 1, 2022
Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Good HR policies and company culture. Good work life balance. Top Management quite visionary and doing great job.

Cons

In the name of diversity, they have compromised talent. Many leaders are hiring incompetent candidates and also giving promotions to less deserving candidates on the name of diversity. That's very bad. Amex is losing good talent because of that. People who work hard and are deserving are finding a place outside the company. Salary is low as compared to other Fintech competitors. Career growth is slow. They are not promoting enough people who had been delivering the projects from long time.

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Cons

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