AmTrust Financial Reviews

Pros

Some forward thinking execs but no real long term vision

Cons

Most execs short sided unable to make long term plans

Advice to Senior Management

Make a 5, 10 and 15 year business plan

Pros

Opportunities to grow skills and take them somewhere else

Cons

Sweat shop enviornment; low salaries; systematic elimination of long-term employees due to relatively higher salaries. Do not believe managers' promises of career development.

Advice to Senior Management

Reward employees for their contribution to the company's growth rather than treating them as income producing machines. Communicate long-term corporate goals to the line and staff.

Pros

If you are a wall flower and have no opinion, you should fit right in with their organization.

Cons

Management tends to manage up instead of managing their employees. They are too worried about their bottom line. If they actually managed their employees properly, they wouldn't have to worry about their bottom line.

Advice to Senior Management

When you promote someone into a management position, give them the proper training, especially if they have never been a manager.