Amherst reviews

3.5

68% would recommend to a friend

(236 total reviews)

Sean Dobson

76% approve of CEO

60% positive business outlook

Amherst has an employee rating of 3.5 out of 5 stars, based on 236 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The Amherst employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Financial Services industry (3.6 stars).

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236 reviews
1.0
Aug 31, 2022
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Pros

Some nice coworkers but they have all left the company. There used to be free lunch in the past but not anymore due to Covid.

Cons

Hostile management. Employees are burnt out but their voice was never heard. Slow and inefficient processes resulting in too much manual work so employees have to work overtime every month. There was also too much drama and gossip. I've read through most of the reviews posted within the past 2 years and realized that the bad reviews were long and detail while good reviews are very brief. I think HR is trying to post fake good reviews in order to bump up the rating from below 3 to at least 3. That’s an unethical tactic. If you really want work life balance and an understanding management, please stay away from this place! There are so many other companies that offer greater compensation and benefits with reasonable work hours. Thank God that I have landed a much better place.

1.0
Aug 2, 2022
Recommend
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Pros

Being a larger company the health benefits was good. Working remotely also.

Cons

Lack of structure, VP’s consistently being fired for “unknown reasons”. Being worked like a dog, while your “leader/vp” did absolutely nothing. It’s a dictatorship, I was a better fit for a VP position than 90% of them. However, they were very well aware of this, so instead of utilizing me effectively, the VP’s put up their guard.. meanwhile they’re turning the other cheek while unethical practices were occuring on a daily basis, it’s part of the culture there. So I was fired without notice, for absolutely no reason.

1.0
Sep 28, 2021
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

The friendships you build lasts a lifetime. Thats about it.

Cons

Outside to investors looks great but inside, well... This is a 996 work culture and/or black company. This was largely my and few others experience. Overworked, under-appreciated, underpaid, no respect. 996 work culture: The 996 working hour system is a work schedule practiced by some companies. It derives its name from that employees work from 9:00 am to 9:00 pm, 6 days per week. By following the '996' work schedule, you are risking yourself getting sick and possibly into the ICU. Black company (Japanese term): A typical practice at a black company is to hire a large number of young employees and then force them to work large amounts of overtime without overtime pay. Conditions are poor, and workers are subject to verbal abuse and "power harassment" (bullying) by their superiors. In order to make the employees stay, superiors of black companies would often threaten young employees with disrepute if they chose to quit. Surveys every quarter get worse and worse and nothing is done except "we're listening to you and you should say something". Yet when you do say something, its suck it up and be a man/woman about it. We've lost so many top talent people because of this poor culture and shift those responsibilities to others who are designed to fail because they don't have the support.

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