American Express

The people are cool. It's fun to talk with them.

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.

It's super political. I've seen people I was friends with turn bitter when politics got involved. Right now, it's a culture of who works the latest and covers for the engineering leadership's 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 The technologies used here are outdated and niche to the company.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's mistake, working 80-hour weeks consistently, and not being able to use PTO because you're too busy, definitely apply.

If you're an engineer, I'd advise you apply somewhere where they'll at least pay you $300k to work this many hours.

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