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
2.0
Jun 20, 2020

Rapidly Changing Company Leaves Employees with Little to Cling to

Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

free lunch, nice free snacks, every healthy beverage you could ever want. Cold brew on tap! 5 weeks PTO. Everyone has a standup desk

Cons

No managerial or leadership training and little room for upward mobility within the firm. Most all roles are filled with outside hires. Company rapidly staffed up in 2019, held a mass layoff in q2 2020, and then continued to hire a few weeks after? And kept interns? Savage! Culture problems outlined in earlier reviews are not exclusive to the accounting department- the permeate the whole company.

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We read every comment, and are so sorry to hear this was your experience. Thank you for your feedback. We invite you to contact the Amherst team or your HR business partner to discuss further.
1.0
Nov 20, 2023
Recommend
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Pros

My team is great humans but other than that no pros.

Cons

Many problems at this company. Do not work here. If you are thinking of working here, there are things you should know. You will not matter. You will be laid off without any thought. You will be expected to work extreme hours and not complain about being overloaded. You will not be treated with respect and you will not be appreciated. Upper management will criticize you and blame you for anything that goes wrong. Upper management will not be looking at themselves. You cannot expect to know what is really going on. You will be told that the company is going full force and then there will be a big layoff (4 in a year). Don’t expect support or planning. Many positions are outsourced off shore. If there is any way to outsource your work: they will. Your mental health will suffer. You will be gaslighted. Many people are aggressive and just not even decent to others. They don’t do 360 reviews because they don’t want to know how managers are doing. They don’t want feedback. You can’t expect a raise or promotion at this place. The positive reviews are planted or not legit. The best thing you can do is stay away.

1.0
Aug 26, 2022
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

There are some good coworkers but not enough to deal with seniors/upper management.

Cons

This is 100% a burnout job. You will be severely overworked and comp is significantly less than competitors. Fire drills are a daily occurrence for no apparent reason. There is constant turnover of strong talent because they understand this is not a place for a long term career. Toxic work culture - management will throw their employees under the bus. Complete lack of leadership or direction for the company. Management needs to be replaced with competent leaders in the industry that actually know what they are doing. But that will never happen. Highly unethical review process for employees as there is no 360 review for providing feedback of management. If these cons are not enough to deter you from joining this company, then just read the other reviews from former employees. And I say former employees because it's pretty apparent that management makes current employees write fake reviews (bunch of 5 star reviews with little to no cons). What a joke of a company.

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