AMS reviews

It is a small company that is trying to act like a large company but it does not have the resources (people and money) to support large business needs. There is zero training and you are pretty much set up to fail. The company is very UK-centric and has very little understanding about US client needs. There is no respect for work/life balance and there are no perks for employees. Benefits are so-so and company culture is nonexistent. Tons of silos and everyone does their own thing and there isn't a unified front or processes in place for consistency.

CEO Rosaleen Blair was once asked why the company was called Alexander Mann. She answered that they wanted a name that instantly sounded like it had gravitas and credibility. That, I think, sums Alexander Mann up. It has a good brand, but behind that crisp white-collar image there's nothing really there. Getting a job with Alexander Mann is like opening an easter egg then realising the chocolate is standard fare and there's no bag of sweets inside. There isn't really a company culture - sure there are values statements but these aren't really lived out by senior management. Read the company handbook carefully and you'll see that if Alexander Mann loses the client you're contracted to then "whilst every effort will be made to redeploy you" you only get statutory redundancy pay - about £400 per year worked, no matter how long you've worked there or how strong your performance was, which isn't how good employers behave in a white-collar business in the 21st century. The business isn't a factory. Most of us were regularly massively overworked by the client (that's why they outsourced in the first place!) - ridiculously overworked - and Alexander Mann never really seemed to address this with their clients, it was something if a workhouse. And all employees said there was a strong sense of not belonging to Alexander Mann, more of belonging to your client.