AmTrust reviews

3.8

68% would recommend to a friend

(877 total reviews)

Barry D. Zyskind

75% approve of CEO

70% positive business outlook

AmTrust has an employee rating of 3.8 out of 5 stars, based on 877 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The AmTrust employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Insurance industry (3.7 stars).

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877 reviews
1.0
Oct 16, 2018
Recommend
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Pros

Flexible work hours, 18 PTO days a year, a lot of company vacations, work from home is very flexible,free parking, nice downtown office, in the heart of downtown. This is a good company for a new graduate to get some IT experience.

Cons

Managers and supervisors are worthless. All supervisors are good for is changing procedures on the fly, allowing you to work from home whenever you want, and any HR related items. Training just does not exist here be prepared to learn on your own. Asking a supervisor a question will just lead to that supervisor going to someone they supervises for an answer to give you. This is due to supervisors not knowing anything about the application or products their employees work on. The department always tries to set up training's and workshops on meaningless topics. Agile at amtrust doesn't mean Agile but it means Agile plus randomness that goes on here. Supervisors are not supposed to influence teams in any such way but here at Amtrust they do just that. Supervisors and managers hire their family and friends to sit around and do nothing what so ever to collect that paycheck.

1.0
Oct 27, 2017

Stay away

Recommend
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Pros

Rapid advancement Autonomy Good Direct Manager Work from Home Work Travel

Cons

As indicated by the press release, this company will sell you out to make a quick buck. No loyalty shown to employees who have tenure. Incompetent management at the middle level and too much information is compartmentalized.

1.0
Jul 22, 2017
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

-Flexible schedule -Nice amount of PTO -Managers don’t manage their people -Some great people -Free leather notebook for better reviews(not specifically glassdoor but others) -decent benefits -ok pay, well now. They are trying to standardize everything because the same group could have $20k difference for the same title. Until recently EVERYONE had the same title, whether you were a tester, BA, or PM. -plenty of floors to hide on and not actually work -free crappy coffee and tea, and no expectation of cleaning up after yourself in the kitchens - Healthcare Clinic is very convenient

Cons

-wheel of luck for great supervisor assignment. Some are rock stars some are duds -disconnect between upper management (including VP up) and real world experience -zero culture, well unless you are of the culture of flying below the radar to do just enough to stay employed then you are thriving -Tend to hire people in groups that have enough people and not enough work, and burn out people in other areas that beg and plead for more people. -borrowing back employees whom moved to other groups -travel and reimbursement is out of touch with pricing and software available to handle this -Internal systems lack enhancements, they purchase just bare bones -Software development done in house and is totally out of touch with new technology, code, or business need. Breakdown between groups as to what is needed versus what IT builds. -CIO has a misconception that he can build it better. You can build anything, but only if you pay for great people. You get what you pay for. There is a huge difference in code a $45k developer writes versus a $70k developer writes. You also must train people up. Send them to conferences, pay for certifications, and tuition reimbursement. -Business groups need dedicated people whom only work on providing requirements for software development and managing strategy for future projects if you are going to build it in house. -Disconnect between New York and every other office. The people of AmTrust have ideas to help you make more money, but you need to ask them. Not through some ThinkTank. These are basic operations ideas. This would help with the terrible reviews.

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