Amex Canada employees taking a break at a blood drive event
Chosen as one of Greater Toronto's Top Employers for 2013:
By Richard Yerema and Kristina Leung, Mediacorp Canada Inc. staff editors
Highlights. Mediacorp editors have confirmed that this employer:
- helps older workers prepare for retirement with contributions to a matching RSP or defined contribution pension plan, and offers retirement planning assistance as well as phased-in work options
- lets everyone share in the company's success with profit-sharing and a share purchase plan available to all employees
- encourages employees to balance work and their personal life with a variety of alternative work arrangements including flexible hours, shortened and compressed work week options, telecommuting and reduced summer hours
- supports employees who are new mothers with maternity top-up payments (to 100% of salary for 6 weeks) and also offers an adoption subsidy to help cover the costs of adoption
- offers great financial rewards including signing bonuses for some, referral bonuses for employees who refer a candidate that is successfully hired by the company (to $5,000) and year-end bonuses
Background Information
Industry:
Credit Card Issuing.
Major Canadian hiring locations:
Markham ON, Ottawa ON, Hamilton ON, Montréal QC, Calgary AB.
:
Publicly traded.
Stock symbol:
AXP.
Established:
1853.
Parent company:
American Express.
Full-time employees in Canada:
3,269.
Full-time at this location:
2,096.
Full-time worldwide:
63,000.
Part-time employees in Canada:
140.
Longest serving employee:
40 years.
Number of applications received at this location last year:
17,359.
Average age of all employees:
41.
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