American Express

Fast-paced, highly technical.

Very good training opportunities.

Time off/vacation.

Politics: Whoever works and delivers are not recognized. The kind of lads that blabbers and shows put-ups get promoted. This culture has to be changed, otherwise, Amex will face more attrition.

Too many inefficient leaders and fewer engineers.

Clear vision and road map from a technology perspective.

Don't lean too heavily on the "open source" idea that it will save money. It adds up so much in maintainability, and realize that.

Some groups have tests/interviews for already employed engineers. Just get out of that culture. There are so many things to be bothered about before re-evaluating engineers' skills who are delivering as asked.