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4.0Work-Life Balance
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Extremely on going learning

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At Amex the work environment is exciting and challenging. Working with different cultures and different business aspects and stakeholders. Extensive learning and fast pact with multitasks orientation. It is the best best place for career development
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No security for job

No recognition of work.. forced extensive hours without any awards .. no job security as the company push out employees on rainy days when an employee expects maximum support.

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Nothing
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Very large MNC in the MENA with Bad management

AMEX is a Global company operating as a franchise in the MENA region, however current management of the company suffers terribly with very inadequate compensation schemes and benefits, no career progress what so ever, the company is plagued by nepotism (wasta in this region) & is very staggered within Main positive point in this Company is the people whom you work with which most are genuine good colleagues

Cons

Cheap benefits for an MNC
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rude bosses. work load doesnt match pay

ive worked in amex in 3 departments for 8 years, the team leaders were very rude and the workload doesnt match the pay and low increments. rude that some restrict staff going to the toilet!!!! All the ones that talked kindly didnt last 3 years and indeed you cant. all the old staff will tell you they take you meat and throw you bone, and those that received a package and early retirement couldnt be happy their torment was over note that the managers receive 3500-4000BD monthly while staff 500BD and 3-4% annual increment and be prepared to read 200-300 emails a day or answer 75 calls per person per day

Pros

you learn life the hard way

Cons

rude team leaders. workload doesnt match pay and increments
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abusive bosses. amount of work doesnt match salary

ive worked in amex for 8 years in 3 units. the team leaders were very rude and the amount of work does not match the salary and low increments. in fact, several team leaders restrict going to the toilet!!!!. and while the managers receive 3500-4000BD salary the staff get 500BD. all the old staff say they here they take you meat and throw you bone and this is what theyve done to me after being the only staff in my department for 7 months. they will use you and abuse you 8n the worst manner. ask all employees that have been there for 5 years, all of them wish they could leave

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you learn life the hard way

Cons

rude team leaders. salary and increments dont match the high workload
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Productive and fun workplace with an open-door policy

Amex is a very innovative and well managed company with a very friendly and open-door environment . american express provides many benefits to its employees and is very caring towards each and every individual .
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Easy understanding client

Working for this client was easy going with no complications. Design delivered and reviewed with minor comments that serves the client needs. Generally cooperative.
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Good organization with great work culture

Amex Middle East is based in Bahrain and provide opportunity to work with geographically diverse markets and provide experience of working in payment schemes.
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Productive and fun workplace

I have really enjoyed being a part of AMEX for short period. AMEX was a great place to work with great team and fun environment. The only reason that I have left Amex for was the timing issue and I was under a temporary contract.
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Productive and fun workplace

Limited learning Fun environment Professional culture Lots of events for staff Worklife balance Recognition and awards

Pros

Fun environment. worklife balance

Cons

Limited learning and no job security
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Fab place to work

Good Management, Management is approachable, Good perks and salary. excellent work culture and job stability. Fantastic place to grow good for long term basis

Pros

Good perks and bonus

Cons

nothing
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Good

Freedom in issue investigation.Friendly environment.Good Managers.Patience.Nice colleagues.Proper office Timing.
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Good

Efficient management and co operative co workers. Enjoyed working in the company. Found the career growth to be limited though.
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fun place to work

learn alot of staff , add value to my job experinacen Team Supervisor credit corporate - analyzing, reporting, and controlling the market risk exposure across AEME. Reporting corporate Risk flow MIS and Coverage to monitor overall risk profiles for corporate product . measures and understand the risk profile of various Legal Entities, specifically Value at Risk (and Stress testing and help improve the reports and infrastructure used to examine the firm's Legal Entity specific risk. develop technical skills in Excel and Access to succeed in the role.

Pros

eye glass bonus
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Very active work place.

One of the best place to work. Learnt a lot people management skills.
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Challenging job and excellent work culture

The work environment is very good. Co-workers are helpful. I joined the organization with good experience on the domain but no experience on the application. The coworkers assisted me a lot. But within 2 weeks I was able to deliver output on my own. The management supports individuals to a great extent. The most difficult part of the job was to learn new systems on you own because there is not much documentation available.
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3.6 out of 5 stars for Job Security/Advancement
3.7 out of 5 stars for Management
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