AmTrust reviews

During the first round of layoffs we received an email and we're told by management that this was not a first in many more rounds of layoffs and we're guaranteed our jobs. They lied. I actually was lucky enough to not be in the group that got let go. I submitted my resignation first and found a different job right away. The company also got into a very shady situation with some whistleblowers and other tax problems. Everything was smelling as if someone was seriously having ethical issues and making the company look better than it was at the time. I know many coworkers who work so hard for the company and got laid off and most of them have steady jobs now somewhere else. I'm thankful for the 2 years I spent there, but I would strongly discourage you from buying stock or considering getting a job here. If you get hired you won't be there for long. They have supervisors there that are extremely mean and really just disatisfied with their lives and want others to feel the same way. I went to HR and reported this behavior several times and even provided a log of my interactions with this particular supervisor and until this day he is still employed by them. Even though I know many people who left because of how condescending this person was, HR never addressed the issue. Now in 2019 more layoffs, run away and find a career elsewhere.

The biggest problem Amtrust faces is the upper management. As an insurance company, they place IT near the bottom of the stack. At the end of 2017, Amtrust began a large reorganization effort, for IT this means cost cutting! In 2018, we had a large layoff at the beginning of the year, lousy pay raises, and many senior developers began leaving with no effort on Amtrust's part to either hold onto these people with a pay raise or even to back fill these positions with new hires! All this, without any transparency on the part of upper managements. All in all, it feels like Amtrust is trying to pull the rug out from under their IT department!