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 1% over the last 12 months.

How satisfied are employees working at Discover?

69% 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 (204) , Project Manager (149) , Senior Manager (119) , Manager (96) , 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 703 reviews)); "Culture was great and very friendly" ((in 442 reviews)); "Good work/life balance depending on team" ((in 414 reviews)); "The people I work with are great; I have never had a problem with a co" ((in 323 reviews)); "The pay is good for those who are willing to work hard and earn it." ((in 279 reviews))

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

"Poor management and fast paced" ((in 203 reviews)); "Low salary and difficult to get promotion" ((in 96 reviews)); "Unfortunately, the reorganization caused a lot of unhappiness from poor upper management placement and decisions" ((in 45 reviews)); "Blatant favoritism and a total disregard for workplace civility are traits that are often on display by management." ((in 42 reviews)); "No bonuses and no merit increase over 3%." ((in 24 reviews))

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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.

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Discover reviews

4.0

69% would recommend to a friend

(5,173 total reviews)

Michael Shepherd

65% approve of CEO

47% positive business outlook

Ratings by category

4.2

Diversity & inclusion

4.1

Culture & values

4.1

Work/Life balance

3.8

Compensation and benefits

3.6

Career opportunities

3.5

Senior management

Discover has an employee rating of 4.0 out of 5 stars, based on 5,173 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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Reviews by job title

5K reviews

1.0

Mar 2, 2023

Do not work here, extremely deceptive

Engineer

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

There are a lot of very intelligent and hard-working people here

Cons

Recently hired tons of people remotely and many out-of-state only to tell them with only 1.5 months notice that they must commute to either the Riverwoods or Houston office a minimum of three times a week and will face disciplinary action if they do not comply. Pulled a bait-and-switch on people who turned down other remote jobs because they were promised by recruiters and their contracts that their jobs would be remote only to pull any flexibility away with almost no notice time to move, look for other jobs, or make other arrangements for their unexpected new long daily commute.

1.0

Apr 17, 2020

Favoritism and yay saying; messy transition to a lean approach; limited focus on professional development

Principal data analyst

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Good exposure to leading technologies; Decent pay and benefits

Cons

Favoritism, unfair lead to inadequate layers of middle management. Lack of leadership support for an attempted transition to lean practices. Minimal to no involvement of senior management in professional development of their team members.

1.0

Mar 6, 2020

Don't even bother to join Discover

Director, financial reporting management

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Friendly environment, good colleagues, team oriented environment

Cons

VERY low pay, VP and above don't care, no upward mobility, intelligence and creativity not appreciated

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