AMS reviews

3.5

61% would recommend to a friend

(2,851 total reviews)
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Gordon Stuart

60% approve of CEO

47% positive business outlook

AMS has an employee rating of 3.5 out of 5 stars, based on 2,851 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The AMS employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Recursos humanos industry (3.8 stars).

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2.0
Dec 27, 2018
Recommend
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Pros

The immediate team that you work with from day to day will do their best to support and sustain productivity. You'll enjoy working shoulder to shoulder with some of the most sincere and hardworking Recruiters and Account Specialists in the industry.

Cons

Discrimination, favoratism, neglect. Out of of Cleveland office specifically and extending nationally, I have watched opportunities be purposely withheld or hidden from black recruiters, sourcers, and account coordinators. Internal culture is in direct opposition to many of our clients operational guidelines. Across Recruitment, there is a disproportionate count of Leaders of Color. I have seen black coworkers fired or dismissed or improperly advanced DESPITE being the highest performers on the account.

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AMS Response
7y
Please do get in touch with myself or Tanya-Marie Nichols direct to share your examples of opportunities that have been withheld through discriminatory practices. AMS runs an internals first programme built on sound principles that would mirror similar practices of our clients. If you have examples of where these have been compromised, I would like to hear about them so that we can investigate further. ruth.smyth@alexmann.com, HR Director or Tanya-Marie.Nichols@alexmann.com
1.0
Sep 1, 2018
Recommend
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Pros

Regular employees are hardworking and make the company despite the leaders not knowing what they are doing

Cons

They say anything to get a sale then mismanage it from day 1. Leaders don’t have a clue and the employees are the one who lose when clients are unhappy with the lousy service. Layoffs and more layoffs. They brainwash you into believing the authentic culture is real. Actions and words don’t match. It’s what you do. Leaders screw up and are never held accountable. If you are thinking about working here, do your homework and ask them about turnover and changes to accounts. Talk to people who are there and left to hear the real story and not the HR spin. Toxic culture. They give you a lot of vacation days and work from home to keep you from quitting. It’s all they have to offer. At some point this is not worth it and people quit for better jobs at better companies.

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AMS Response
7y
Your comments demonstrate to me how strongly you feel about your experience at AMS. I would be very interested (and authentically interested) in talking to you further. Do get in touch if you would like to talk ruth.smyth@alexmann.com, HR Director
1.0
Jun 29, 2016
Recommend
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Pros

Decent PTO (some have more, some have less). There is very flexible working environment, and good people to work with. It is a good place to start and learn about recruitment. Good exposure to various accounts and industries.

Cons

There is a very big difference between the overall values of the company, and the ones that Cleveland upholds. In Cleveland, they're only wall decorations. This place is run by incompetent middle/upper micromanagement who are only interested in the bottom line, not the welfare or advancement of their employees. There are very few promotions a year, no raises and no bonuses, despite your hard work. Also, a large, LARGE number of people have left this place. But, management will not address it, and it is causing tension and uneasiness. In fact, employees are not allowed to talk about that, and those who put in their two weeks are SHUNNED by management. There is little support, and no accountability for managers who bring no value to the company or their teams. Other than approving PTO, they really take up space. Meanwhile, salaries are stagnant. There is NO transparency, and lots of whispering in the office. CSMs gamble with people's careers by not giving them heads up on changes in their accounts, selling employees on a "shared service" model that is a complete joke. In reality, you CANNOT be in charge of your career, because you are constantly redeployed into another crappy account, which means another onboarding process, and so on and so forth. Furthermore, team leads, with the exception of a very few, are being trained to continue this vicious cycle of a clique-based reward system. Where is HR in all this, you ask? This is a two-person operation, and they do NOTHING to regulate the lack of diversity and salary inequality. Unfortunately, AMS Cleveland is very far behind from their counterparts in the UK, in all aspects.

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AMS Response
9y
There are a number of comments in your post that concern me. If you would be willing to share, please do reach out in confidence to discuss your views. Ruth Smyth, HR Director ruth.smyth@alexmann.com
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