AMS reviews

3.5

61% would recommend to a friend

(2,849 total reviews)
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Gordon Stuart

61% approve of CEO

47% positive business outlook

AMS has an employee rating of 3.5 out of 5 stars, based on 2,849 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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3K reviews
1.0
Mar 31, 2015
Recommend
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Pros

Strong relationships Inspirational CEO who built the company from nothing to waht it is today Good CSR program

Cons

Slow unwilling to respond to concerns & complaints against managers Resistant to change Inflexible unfair reward and recognition scheme Under resourced support functions Bullying culture tolerated Performance is measured on a 1-2-3 basis. 1 = 10% of the company, these people get a pay rise. 2 = 70% of the company, these people get nothing. 3 = 20% of the company, these people get a performance plan. If you have no work life balance and grind away every weekend for the year answer the phone on vacation and work to 8 every night then you might be a 1 If you have a family or a life you will always be a 2

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AMS Response
11y
Please contact me if you would be comfortable discussing further as naturally this is concerning. I am at lisa.forrest@alexmann.com
1.0
Mar 25, 2015
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Good amount of Annual Leave on offer, 26 days standard plus public holidays and the chance to buy or sell for extra. Nice offices, well maintained Benefits are good, including healthcare, dental, pension, death in service etc An inspiring CEO Great training courses

Cons

Terrible management and total a master slave culture. No payrises, no bonus ever paid and yet they expect you to work harder and harder each year without any reward, except the favorites (who aren't the best performers but the best conformers). Most of the middle and senior management team have no people skills and are intolerant to staff that don't see and think exactly the way they do. Complete face fit culture and if your face doesn't fit staff will be managed out VERY obviously. Very bullying management style, playground name calling, managers who have discussion about who they like and don't in the kitchen or on cigarette breaks rather than in meeting rooms. For a company with a fantastic female CEO and advocate for working mothers, pregnant women and returning to work mothers are treated hideously with very little flexibility offered. Unfair annual review process, no focus on the individual. Grading system, but not based on your actual performance or work contributed, its based on their like or dislike of you. Staff retention is atrocious and it's all down to management most of the time and the bullying culture. Am aware of 36 people from this office who have resigned in the last 6 - 9 months.

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AMS Response
11y
Thanks for the detail you shared and very keen to hear more so we can improve, as you clearly did not have a good experience. Would you be willing to talk about this further? Please contact me at lisa.forrest@alexmann.com
2.0
Mar 14, 2015

Not what I signed up for

Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

I'm going to be completely honest this is the first time I'm doing one of these reviews because I feel that it is needed but I want to be as accurate as possible to help others. There are some good things about AMS - They have some outstanding clients -Very involved in Corporate Philanthropy -Competitive Vacation Packgage

Cons

-Very poor Senior Management not engaging and very difficult to move up unless you are very high up extremely political -Poor Bonus and Salary Structure -Morale is extremely low in certain markets

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AMS Response
11y
Appreciate your honesty here - I am very keen to hear more if you are comfortable sharing, so we can learn and immprove. I am at lisa.forrest@alexmann.com
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