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AMAX Engineering reviews

2.8

38% would recommend to a friend

(94 total reviews)

Jerry Shih

37% approve of CEO

42% positive business outlook

AMAX Engineering has an employee rating of 2.8 out of 5 stars, based on 94 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have an average working experience there. The AMAX Engineering employee rating is 27% below average for employers within the Information Technology industry (3.9 stars).

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94 reviews
3.0
Nov 15, 2017

Good Company

Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Good training for starting of your career.

Cons

Not any of I can think.

4.0
Nov 2, 2017
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Large company that's been around for a while but also feels like a startup in terms of energy and creativity. Willing to take on people from different industry or lack of experience and train. People are great and very supportive of each other. Industry is competitive but feels like you're part of a team that supports each other and pushes to succeed together. Developing new things around AI, and changes in engineering recently have brought fresh ideas and innovation. Seems that things have really picked up in the last few years with a focus on innovation and technology as well as IP. Really strong engineering team and product direction. Seems to be trending up in an exciting way. I like that if you have a good idea and you're willing to stand by it and work on it with the right people in management, they are willing to support you and give you a runway. Got a raise without asking or expecting because they appreciated initiative I took on improving a process. This seems to be a company that wants people with ideas who take initiative. Very startup-y in that way.

Cons

long hours if you want to really make things happen. Some interdepartmental processes should be revisited to make them more efficient. Some people who sit around and waste too much time complaining and it's annoying but they don't tend to last long. But these seem to be people who have their first job out of school so they don't have much experience of the real world outside of this. This company definitely seems to reward people who are positive and proactive, so it's better for people looking to make an impact versus just want a job to coast through.

1.0
Oct 6, 2017

Family First

Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Vendors come in and train on their products. Products are built in the same building so you can see what you’re learning.

Cons

It doesn’t take more than a week to see that the management team is all related. Family comes in and is given VP or Director titles with no experience. No track record of performance. Family employees are given flexible hours, higher pay. Non family are expected to work long hours with lower than industry standard pay.

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AMAX Engineering Response
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This review is quite surprising because it is frankly, false. While AMAX is a family-owned business, every management position is held by a person with a strong and proven track record in their areas of expertise, and are fully-qualified for their position by experience and capability, whether or not they are family. There has never been a single instance in the 40 year history of the company in which “family” has come in and was given a VP or Director title with no experience. Furthermore, to make a distinction between family and non-family members and their level of work ethic and commitment is unfair—one thing that makes AMAX special is the equal commitment to make the company successful, and the equal expectations for all employees to make that commitment. At AMAX there is no distinction between expectations of family members versus non-family—when you are part of AMAX, you are part of the AMAX family, and we all work together to achieve success. We do understand there are pros and cons that are unique to family-owned businesses, and we are always open to addressing any employee concerns and ways in which we can improve. But we do have to take a strong and clear stance when the content of the review is based on an outright lie.
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