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 734 reviews)); "Good work life balance usually" ((in 430 reviews)); "Great culture and values!" ((in 428 reviews)); "The people I work with are great; I have never had a problem with a co" ((in 316 reviews)); "The pay is good for those who are willing to work hard and earn it." ((in 286 reviews))

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

"Poor management and fast paced" ((in 205 reviews)); "Low salary and difficult to get promotion" ((in 97 reviews)); "Senior leadership lacks vision; dirty political environment;" ((in 62 reviews)); "Unfortunately, the reorganization caused a lot of unhappiness from poor upper management placement and decisions" ((in 44 reviews)); "Blatant favoritism and a total disregard for workplace civility are traits that are often on display by management." ((in 40 reviews))

What are employees saying about Discover layoffs in 2026?

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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4.0

69% would recommend to a friend

(5,171 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 5,171 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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5K reviews

1.0

Nov 2, 2012

Repulsed by a lack of ethical practices in the run-up to the mortgage crises

Loan officer

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

The company did pay workers

Cons

the work seemed unethical and so i left.

3.0

Nov 1, 2012

Experiences May Vary- Personal Experience Has Been Okay

Anonymous employee

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Good for college students just wanting a part-time job then moving on to better opportunities. Management has been able to work with my school schedule but senior management has pulled some unscrupulous moves that even surprised me (I'm not one to be easily surprised). "Lifers" are those know to work for the company for a long time and most are nice. Pay can be good for amount of work involved to do job.

Cons

Ethics are often pushed to the limits if not violated at this company, one only needs to google the company to see the litany of lawsuits against it and fines it has had to pay ranging in the hundreds of millions of dollars. Career opportunities are limited and are based on seniority/favorability vs. meritocracy, at least in the company's operations sites. Experiences can vary from department to department and manager to manager, so basically you are rolling a dice. The company prides itself in being "innovative" so change occurs often which is not bad, but sometimes change occurs just for the sake of changing- sometimes change is not needed.

4.0

Nov 1, 2012

Great Benefits, poor salary

Anonymous employee

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Great company, who provides great benefits, 20 days PTO, health, dental, disability, etc. Great 401K

Cons

Salary is lower then other options, raises are very very low even when you are a top performer every month. $.35 for a yearly raise! While the CEO took a record bonus that year.

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