AmTrust reviews

-lack of training or team building exercises -no expectations set by managers so much confusion exists about jobs function -no project planning whatsoever which causes poor planning with the architecture of the software system, thus causing a poor quality and unstable system -deadlines are based on arbitrary and unrealistic dates without any proper requirement gathering or research -promotions are made not due to employee competency but because of nepotism and cronyism -software methodologies are extremely out of date and are changed on a daily basis without being communicated to the team. This company is not in compliance with sox regulations (these are financial systems) -companies which have been acquired are forced to replace their software system and almost always are treated disrespectfully and are forced to accept a downgrade in quality -employees are requested to perform manager functions without proper guidance or any compensation -company turnover rate is extremely high -threats to fire people and talking down to employees occurs more often than not to deflect blame -for get best practices, no practices is the way it goes here -no integration of culture after acquisition occurs

This is a decent place to start to gain experience. Once you gain that experience, LEAVE! The management is terrible, zero career opportunity, upper management is very selfish you are just a number to them. I was with Amtrust for 5 solid years and gained .68 cents raise in all of 5 years (Yes, you read that right). Every year you were promised you will get a raise but you were cheated out off. Lot of broken promises. Lots of favoritism being played. If you don't kiss butt or if you're not their favorite individual, you will be pushed aside and given more work while your team leaders and managers take hours long lunches and take the credit for all your hard work. In 5 years of working here, I have learned a lot.