AmTrust reviews

3.8

67% would recommend to a friend

(882 total reviews)

Barry D. Zyskind

73% approve of CEO

69% positive business outlook

AmTrust has an employee rating of 3.8 out of 5 stars, based on 882 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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882 reviews
2.0
Jan 19, 2016

Glad to be out

Recommend
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Pros

Intelligent developers, some upper management are easy to work with. no micromanagement, projects are simple and easy to work on. very good starter company

Cons

BA's, they are my biggest complaint, either they do not have the intelligence in IT to explain requirements or just do not care. pay is WAY below the average in the city, and the only way to get a decent raise is to threaten with leaving. I was not impressed with how no one is held accountable for their problems everything is blamed on the developers.

1.0
Dec 29, 2015

Broken

Recommend
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Pros

Benefits are decent. Initial pay was good. Good and smart team members.

Cons

zero organization in IT at least with the groups I dealt with on a daily basis. There seems to be some middle management and leaders that have good ideas and know how things should be organized but the lack of their bosses being involved with something as petty as titles and reporting structures causes morale issues. I was in one meeting where a manager from another IT department was telling my team what to do. There is nepotism that is mentioned in previous posts but those people really don't do anything so they seem insignificant to any of the real issues. Bad product gets pushed out because of it but upper management wants to sell the software even when it stinks. poor testing and many different deployment methods causes bugs and bad pushes. BAs seem to not know the product, the business or what end users need. Everyone seems to be working on new products and not maintaining current deployments. always on to the next thing. Many times the next thing is incorporating a new company which makes sense. Project Management is non-existent and priorities change constantly. I was pitched modern programming (C++) but its mostly fixing old stuff. The office setup is terrible. Open floor plans and bench seating with a handful of conference rooms that are always taken doesn't allow private conversations and many groups are loud at times. onboarding is a rough process as they throw you in and hope you can swim in the messiness. Forget about raises that are significant even if you take on more responsibility.

1.0
Dec 4, 2011
Recommend
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Pros

Immediate management team, is solid. They understand how to manage, mentor and develop talent. They understand the market as well.

Cons

New Owner out of New York and the Upper Level Officers are clueless about property & casualty insurance. They do not reward hard work, the display no concern to keep talent. Company had a combine ratio of 70 and still didn't give salary increases to employees. Owners has a reputation of buy insurance companies and then selling them off for a quick profit.

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