Travel Consultant - Travel Consultant American Express Employee Review

2.0
15 May 2015
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

Better pay than many travel agent salaries. There are advantages of working from home.

Cons

I had to deal with dated software requiring multiple reboots and calls to tech team in attempts to resolve issues. Corrupt files caused many crashes and freezes. Multiple booking portals are required to keep open during the shift and if one crashes it can impact other systems causing significant frustration. Management without any travel sales experience. American Express is primarily a bank card with travel services taking a back seat. Cardmembers constantly complain about the website and the delays in booking by phone. Requires constant follow up with many departments to verify ticketing and for travel changes - often after hours. Agents get stuck with negative cardmember reviews for complaints over which they have no control.

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Pros

- Complimentary lunch and starbucks everyday - On-site clinic for basic check ups - Hybrid

Cons

you will be taking phone calls every minute of the day. There will come a time where you feel like at the bottom of the world. You will ask yourself "is my role in life to help people reset their password online and assist them in logging in?" You cannot use the bathroom whenever you want, they have time coding that if you "abuse" them you will be flagged and subject to discipline. You have to give world class service but at the same time rush them off the phone or else you are not getting paid a good bonus. You will quickly find yourself gasping for air and time to relax when you take 50+ calls a day , you will feel drained. When is finally time to move up there is a high chance you will be paid less than you're current role as there are no bonuses in higher roles.

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