American Specialty Health reviews

First, they'll give you a tour and make you think you literally just got hired at Google. Do not be fooled--it's all a sham. They remind you all the time that they were voted the Top 10 Coolest Places to Work... In San Diego. In 2014. They do not pay a living wage. You either need a second job or roommate to share expenses. They do not treat everyone equally, so be prepared for favoritism and overtime going to select few. In Elig, they trimmed their six week training down to two weeks, so you literally have no idea what you're doing. At the end of the two weeks of training, she tells you you're going to "Sink or swim" on your own, and in the same breath will tell you not to worry about your performance. After 23 years in the workforce, I can assure you, she is the worst manager I've ever had the displeasure of working for. She only gives you two weeks to train, but after a year and a half with the company, she doesn't know how to do any of the functions herself. When she's asked to complete something, she gets a minion to do her work so none of the managers have any idea just how little she knows. At some arbitrary date (not based on proficiency), they then train you to add on an entirely different function to your responsibilities--this training lasts all of two hours. They also think telling you to sit and watch over someone's shoulder is an effective means of training. That's called shadowing, not training, and doesn't help when you have no clue what they're doing in the first place. Then, when you are too slow at your new function (the one you were trained on for two hours), the manager starts recording your "coachings" for not working fast enough. Too many coachings and it affects your raise (that only comes once a year), or they just let you go. If the manager doesn't like you, you get more coachings so she can get rid of you. If she does like you (just kiss her butt and you're in), you can literally work two hours out of the day and never get in trouble--go take naps in the huddle room, have relations in the cubicle (you read that right), take two or three lunches, drive off property on the clock... She turns a blind eye for you. Going to HR accomplishes absolutely nothing except she will hate you more. They insist there is a "no retaliation" role, but that's more lies. ASH culture is a joke. Just watch how many people participate in their monthly events. They literally have more people on their committees to plan the lunch hour events than actually participate. Salsa competition... One participant. Desert competition...Two participants. Full on sham. Nobody is happy working their fingers off for $12 an hour. Part of their pitch when you're hired is how they want everyone to advance in their company... More lies. I saw one person, who was there less than a year (against the policy to move up under a year) was advanced to supervisor without the job being posted or anyone else having the chance to interview. Senior management came once while I was employed. She smacked gum the entire time she spoke to the two departments she is over (easily 50+ people). What a joke. Can't show employees the same respect she'd show other insurance company reps.