Discover reviews

4.0

69% would recommend to a friend

(5,171 total reviews)
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Michael Shepherd

66% approve of CEO

47% positive business outlook

Discover has an employee rating of 4.0 out of 5 stars, based on 5,171 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 Finanzas industry (3.7 stars).

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1.0
Mar 1, 2023
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Free parking Great 401K match

Cons

The company has revoked flexible work arrangements for Chicago based employees. Promotions have been stopped. Instead promotions are listed as new openings that an employee must post for. So much for rewarding outstanding work. Why work for a company whose vacation policy, remote work policy, pay scale, promotion system, and bonus incentives are standard or sub-par to other area companies? There are over 12 opening a in my department that continue to go unfilled. More with less is the mantra here.if you’d like to work more hours for less pay without any chance of being recognized and promoted for your work, this is the spot for you

1.0
Jan 21, 2022
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

The PTO and worklife balance is the outstanding. That has been in place for years and continues to hold strong. The CEO is strong.

Cons

The new Technology Sr Leadership is a disaster. The Human Resources overall leadership is even worse. There is a huge disconnect on vision, execution and communication that started once Amir arrived that I fear can’t be repaired.

1.0
Jun 25, 2021

Toxic Culture

Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

-Pay -Growth opportunities (if they like you and you don't mind working outside of your functional area of expertise) -Brand reputation

Cons

Discover has a toxic culture where harassment and verbal abuse are accepted and perpetrators are celebrated and promoted. Things have only gotten worse and gone downhill since going remote. The company does nothing to build morale or address burnout. People are afraid to speak up and report incidents to HR. There's a feeling of fear and intimidation to avoid retaliation.  Leadership makes decisions based on their own self interests and success and growth opportunities depend on whether they like you. Managers are inexperienced and there is no curriculum or training to help them improve. Challenging the status quo is punished.  I was publicly critiqued and belittled by managers and executives. Tenure is king and external experience is ignored. It's a place that's always looking to place blame and manipulates results to avoid failure. They don't learn from their mistakes - they just refuse to acknowledge them.   There is no consideration of where you want to go in your career - they put you in positions based on what they need and most of the work has become operational. The company is currently losing many of their top performers and leadership isn't doing anything.

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