AMN Healthcare reviews

1. Disorganized staff, lack of communication when it comes to training for new duties that they pile on you. It seems that if you are efficient and quick, they just pile up more work for you. If you are slow and not efficient, they just let you hang out and do nothing at all. It seems that some people in the Payroll department were overwhelmed with work and others were just sitting there talking the whole day. 2. They don't have very good health benefits. You would think a company that specializes in Health Care, would give you affordable, good healthcare with no high deductibles. However, that is not the case. They don't have good options for health insurance, and many of the employees were verbal about this, when I was shopping for health Insurance. 3. They don't give you sick days. If you are sick, then you have to use your PTO. I think this is a terrible policy for your employees. I found a new job that offered both Sick Days and PTO. There is no reason to treat your employees like this. 4. AMN doesn't offer very good Tuition Reimbursement. My company offers a better Tuition Reimbursement program. $1,000 would barely cover my books. The Company I work for now offers 50% of the tuition after your first year of employment. 5. The location isn't very good unless you can afford to live there. They don't pay you enough to be able to rent a one bedroom apartment close enough to work, I call that underpaying your employees.

Where do I start? There was definitely an emphasis on getting as much work done as humanly possible, which created hardly any work/life balance. There was a constant pressure to meet deadlines, some of which were unrealistic. It seemed those who were efficient got bombarded with even more work to do to make up for the others who couldn't keep up. My regret was not pushing back on the work I was expected to complete. Despite the heavy workload, overtime was discouraged and rarely allowed. We even received emails stating we were not allowed to work ANY overtime. Yet plenty of hourly employees simply clocked out and continued to work to meet deadlines expected of them. Those who chose to continue to work "off the clock" did so on their own accord. So it was partly our fault for allowing it to happen in the first place. Still, the company has a responsibility to its employees and their wellbeing. Per California labor law and federal law, AMN has a legal responsibility to pay non-exempt employees for their total hours worked. Speaking of pay, the salaries at AMN for non-upper management are absolutely bottom of the barrel when compared to similar positions at other companies across San Diego County. We are talking 30-40% below market rate. There is/was always a constant stream of people leaving. Every few weeks invites to yet another "Going away" happy hour/party were received. It was yet another person who was intelligent enough to realize they were worth more. They finally put themselves out there and saw their full potential and value outside of AMN. Leaving AMN was THE best professional decision of my life. I certainly don't regret it.