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 (299) , Customer Service Representative (204) , Project Manager (149) , Senior Manager (120) , 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 737 reviews)); "Culture was great and very friendly" ((in 423 reviews)); "Good work life balance usually" ((in 421 reviews)); "The people I work with are great; I have never had a problem with a co" ((in 340 reviews)); "The pay is good for those who are willing to work hard and earn it." ((in 280 reviews))

What are the cons of working at Discover according to real employee 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 37 reviews)); "Compensation is low compared with other company" ((in 26 reviews)); "Senior Management are arrogant and beaureacratic." ((in 21 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

66% approve of CEO

47% positive business outlook

Ratings by category

4.3

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

4.0

Jul 16, 2009

Discover Culture

Anonymous employee

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Friendly, respectful culture within IT. Treating others courteously, professionally, and respectfully is a strong value that is strongly reinforced at all levels of the organization. Both profitability and respect for staff are top values. Most companies sacrifice either staff or fiscal responsibility.

Cons

Vp level is usually forthcoming, but director level management rarely communicates well.

4.0

May 26, 2009

Discover Review

Project manager

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

The paid time off bank is great.

Cons

The new credit card regulations will negatively affect Discover and it will be hard to maintain any modicum of profitability.

3.0

May 17, 2009

Energetic and promising company pays for performance--for a few

Senior associate

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Discover has one of the most consistently professional and competent workforces I've seen among several employers. The work is interesting and varied. The facilities are pleasant and conducive to engagement and collaboration. Management and accountability ranges from excellent in many areas to inexplicably bad in a few others.

Cons

Salary growth is almost nonexistent for most nonmanagement employees. At the same time, executives are vastly overpaid-- up to $20 million for the CEO. (In Chicago, only Abbott Labs has a CEO salary to match Discover's!). New hires have much to gain in experience, just be aware that you will likely not see much salary growth regardless of performance.

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