AMS reviews

3.5

61% would recommend to a friend

(2,851 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 2,851 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
Oct 24, 2014
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Pros

Compensation and benefits are fairly reasonable Career progression (but only if you work in recruitment) This is a good place to work if you are a recruiter, you will get good experience and will be able to be promoted quite quickly. You could even end up being a very under qualfiied director in a few years! Generally don't have to work outside of core hours

Cons

The company has grown so quickly that no time has been taken to ensure the correct structures or procedures are implemented, processes are embarrassingly poor, systems are appalling. Departments and teams don't take responsibility for their tasks and there is a constant battle to get even basic tasks completed, so everything is incredibly difficult because of this. Many employees including senior staff lack the basic knowledge, experience and intelligence needed to conduct their jobs, I expect this is because you can start as a recruiter with no qualifications and end up as director without really being qualified for it. This makes day to work quite challenging as these people have no idea what is going on or what anyone is doing. You get treated like you are a school child, you get chastised for not being popular enough, and company-wide emails 'telling off' staff for not following basic procedures. Non-existent on the job training, non-existent line management or support, no team working or social environment. Unfair annual review process, all based on how many people can be allocated a certain score, so even with glowing feedback and hard work, you'll get nowhere The way AMS does business is dishonest and deceitful; they purposefully hide things from clients. Their only interest is making money and lining their own pockets. I have witnessed unethical and dishonest practices several times. If you have ethical, morale standards, you will not want to work here. As many others have said, it is very cliquey and a case of you only get ahead if your face fits and you are friends with the right people. This is often discussed and complained about within the business, rather than based on any missed chances for me personally. Company values are very generic and not lived out by anyone, especially those at the top. People are not at the heart of what they do, not at all. Profit is at the heart of what they do. The suspicious looking 'positive' reviews defending all of the negative ones in recent weeks is hilarious; they look like they've been written by the same person. I hope this is not the case and these people are genuinely having a ball.. .Or living on cloud cuckoo land perhaps.

4.0
Oct 22, 2014
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Pros

I've seen substantial growth, a more defined structure, and lots of opportunity as we continue to grow our business with young entrepreneurs that are driven and motivated to be successful in a culture that is not only professional and productive, but absolutely fun to be a part of! This includes pot lucks, dress down days, and a game room!

Cons

Since we are an RPO and not full cycle, our structure from an outside perspective seems like it would limit someone to certain areas (admin, sourcing, recruiting, etc.) within their development and career. However, with many different clients and continued growth, most AMS employees have a varied journey filled with internal movement and have gained experience in multiple areas.

5.0
Oct 17, 2014

AMS Bracknell - would definitely recommend!!!!

Anonymous employee
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Pros

I have worked in CWS in Bracknell for over 3 years and in that time I have witnessed a huge amount of change and I have to say it is all very positive! I have read a number of the negative comments posted about Bracknell over the last year and I must admit that I find them untrue and extremely unfair! I would not usually write on a site like this but I think that there needs to be a fair review from someone that has progressed here! AMS offer huge amounts of opportunity to ALL staff who want to progress and this is something that is made very clear from the start. As with all companies, those who put themselves forward, work hard and have the RIGHT ATTITUDE are offered progression and opportunity. This is something that I have experienced first hand and have seen across CWS. The management community positively encourage it and want people to progress and be fulfilled in their roles. The client base is varied, giving you so much exposure, with the ability to move internally if you want. The atmosphere within CWS Bracknell is absolutely buzzing the majority of the time, with a positive, and refreshingly, enthusiastic team. Onsite teams that have visited me have often commented on the buzz that Bracknell has! The results that CWS churn out month after month are a reflection of this and I would question anyone who did not think this was the case. There is a lot of work that has gone in to getting the teams working cohesively over the last few years and this is really apparent across the centre. From my experience I have always felt supported and if there has ever been any issues I feel that my questions have been answered and issues resolved quickly and processes changed to help the recruiters and managers do their jobs effectively. I have always thought that my managers here are strong role models, who behave in a way that they expect the teams too, with a positive and 'can do' mentality. I have recommended several people to work here and will continue to do so! I hope that people do not take much notice of the negative comments posted, in my experience those people who have such opinions have not helped themselves and tend to have very little self awareness (and tend to be motivated by bitterness rather than balance).

Cons

Struggling to find negatives but the only thing that I would say is that historically communication across the whole of the centre has not been as great as it could have been but this has improved massively over the last year. As mentioned, it is really clear that a lot of work has gone into bringing CWS and RPO together and this is really showing now.

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