Featured Employer: American Express

Introduction- Founded in 1850, American Express is one of the thirty companies in the Dow Jones Industrial Average. Also known as AmEx, this company’s primary and perhaps most popular products are the credit cards, traveler’s cheques and charge cards, which account for about 24% of the total funds that are used for credit cards in the USA.

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This company has been on the best employer/best valued/highest value brand/etc. lists of many reputed sources such as BusinessWeek, Fortune, Interbrand, etc.

1. Previously the Company was - Livingston, Fargo & Company, Wells, Butterfield & Company, Wells & Company
   
   
   
   
   
2. Chairman CEO of the Company - Kenneth Chanault
   
   
3. No Of Employees - 63,600 (as of 2012)
   
   
4. Net income of the Company - US $4.482 billion
   
   
5. Why Work for American Express
   

Headquartered in New York City, New York, this is a company that has offices all over the world, literally. This is also one amongst the earliest and best promoters of working from home.

• It has been included in the 100 Best Companies to Work For, Fortune, 2013
  
  
• It has been included in the 100 Best Companies to Work For, Fortune, 2012
  
  
• It has been included in the Best Companies for Multicultural Women, Working Mother, 2012
  
  
• It has been included in the Top 50 Employers - Readers' Choice (#4), Equal Opportunity Publications, 2012
  
  
• It has been included in the Top 50 Companies for Diversity, Diversity Inc, 2012
  
  
• It has been included in the Best Places to Work for LGBT Equality, Human Rights Campaign, 2012
  

Employees who work at American Express say that it offers great pay, excellent benefits, and the best thing is that it allows work from home, which increases productivity for mutual benefit. Other benefits are:

• Offers a great work-life balance
  
  
• Onsite gym for employees and their spouses along with free fitness classes
  
  
• Ability to purchase extra holiday time through various schemes
  
  
• Flexi time
  
  
• Ability to have child care facility is better so focus can be given to work
  
  
• Best health insurance and benefits and life insurance
  
  
• Offers one of the best and most effective rewards and benefits strategy for their employees
  

6. How to Apply for a Career with American Express

Those who want to build a career with American Express can search Hound.com, where you can find positions across the country for this company.



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