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First Data Employee Job Reviews in the United States

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On average, employees at First Data give their company a 3.8 rating out of 5.0 - which is 3% lower than the average rating for all companies on CareerBliss. The happiest First Data employees are Regional Sales Managers submitting an average rating of 4.8 and Account Managers with a rating of 4.5.

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3.8
Average Rating
(based on 97 First Data Review Ratings)

Ratings by Category

Company Culture
3.5
Growth Opportunities
3.3
People You Work With
4.3
Person You Work For
4.0
Rewards You Receive
3.5
Support You Get
3.7
Way You Work
4.1
Work Setting
3.8
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Technical Specialist
"I've worked with First Data since 2011. It's a decent place to work for. The management in the department I work in is amazing, and the relationships we build in our work environment is great. The company itself is also a decent place to work for. I enjoy the work I do as well as enjoy the people I share my days with at First Data."
Posted 10 years ago in Hagerstown, MD
Account Manager
in Atlanta, GA

What do you like about working at First Data?

"Flexibity of work and highly intelluticual management team."

What don't you like about working at First Data?

"Lack of moving people across different business divisions."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"open and willing to retain highly qualified employees."

CD-ROM Specialist
in Omaha, NE

"It was good place to work but did not have much growth oppertunities."

What do you like about working at First Data?

"Enviroment, Management."

What don't you like about working at First Data?

"Lay offs too often."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"I would say balance the work load. It's better to have more work for employee than hiring more than needed only to have lay offs more than needed."

Company-Industry Rating Comparison

3.8
First Data (181)
4.8 Highest Rated in this Industry is Boot Camp Digital (5)
2.7 Lowest Rated in this Industry is Convention Data Services (5)
3.7 Average of All Companies in this Industry (3,471)
Production Process Supervisor
in Roseville, CA

"Great company to work for, but the hours can be long."

What do you like about working at First Data?

"The challenges."

What don't you like about working at First Data?

"Sometimes the hours would be very long."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Hire me back!"

Accounting Manager

"The company no lomnger exists"

What do you like about working at First Data?

"Opportunity to work in HR and Accounting"

Account Executive
in Sacramento, CA

"It's Ok"

What do you like about working at First Data?

"We were seperate at Telecheck, but when they merged the card side to Telecheck it began going hill from there"

What don't you like about working at First Data?

"The check division was fine, until they began moving us over to being the CARD SIDE then everything changed. we had to sell card & check. It was a mess for awhile"

Application Architect
in San Francisco, CA

"First Data was a good place to work but limited training and growth potential"

What do you like about working at First Data?

"My wonderful group of peers."

What don't you like about working at First Data?

"The process were in a constant state of flux and training was desired."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"More interest in their employees personal development"

Channel Sales Consultant
in Omaha, NE

"Excellent opportunity."

What do you like about working at First Data?

"Great opportunity to work with an industry leading Financial Services company!"

What don't you like about working at First Data?

"Was too short."

Staff Accountant
in Melville, NY

"First Data was a great company with advancement opportunity and balance."

Senior Programmer
in Anchorage, AK

"Working for First Data is a great place to begin your career into programming."

What do you like about working at First Data?

"The people and atmosphere was great."

What don't you like about working at First Data?

"Advancement was limited."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"I wish management would set up a system where programmers could advance into different specialties."

Senior LAN Administrator
in Atlanta, GA

"Step but not a career employer."

IT Project Manager

"Good place to work"

What do you like about working at First Data?

"Great opportunity to learn various skills"

What don't you like about working at First Data?

"Too many layoffs"

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Be more conservative about your changes and loog from the top down instead of changing your frontline tem."

Senior Technical Consultant

"Very bad management"

What do you like about working at First Data?

"Working with different Government Agencies, responding to RFPs and participating in Oral presentations"

Do you have any tips for others interviewing with this company?

"Don't interview with them. It is the blind leading the blind"

What don't you like about working at First Data?

"Management was the worst I have ever experienced"

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Do a much better job of hiring Managers"

Account Executive
in New York, NY

"Great Company"

What do you like about working at First Data?

"Great training, good incentives, overall accountablity to their employees."

Do you have any tips for others interviewing with this company?

"Overall good company."

What don't you like about working at First Data?

"Needs improvement on management training and comunication."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Hold managers and supervisors accountable for communicating with staff. Provide people skills to managers with yearly training and accept feed back on their performances from their field agents."

Director of Finance
in Coral Springs, FL

What do you like about working at First Data?

"Great environment, upbeat, plenty of oppurtunuity"

Do you have any tips for others interviewing with this company?

"Put your best foot forward"

What suggestions do you have for management?

"keep up thegood work"

Collections Representative
in Matteson, IL

Do you have any tips for others interviewing with this company?

"this location is close"

What don't you like about working at First Data?

"nothing really"

First Data Reviews FAQs

Is First Data a good company to work for?

First Data has an overall rating of 3.8 Average Rating out of 5, based on over 97 First Data Review Ratings left anonymously by First Data employees, which is 3% lower than the average rating for all companies on CareerBliss. 94% of employees would recommend working at First Data.

Does First Data pay their employees well?

First Data employees earn $55,000 annually on average, or $26 per hour, which is 17% lower than the national salary average of $66,000 per year. 33 First Data employees have shared their salaries on CareerBliss. Find First Data Salaries by Job Title.

How satisfied are employees working at First Data?

94% of employees would recommend working at First Data with the overall rating of 3.8 out of 5. Employees also rated First Data 3.5 out of 5 for Company Culture, 3.5 for Rewards You Receive, 3.3 for Growth Opportunities and 3.7 for support you get.

What is the highest paying job at First Data?

According to our data, the highest paying job at First Data is a Senior VP of Sales at $265,000 annually. Browse First Data Salaries by Job Profile.

What is the lowest paying job at First Data?

According to our data, the lowest paying job at First Data is a Inbound Call Representative at $16,000 annually. Browse First Data Salaries by Job Profile.

What are the pros and cons of working at First Data?

According to reviews on CareerBliss, employees commonly rated the pros of working at First Data to be Company Culture, Growth Opportunities, People You Work With and Person You Work For, and no cons.

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