Amway Reviews

Current Employee – been working at Amway full-time for more than 3 years

Pros – Great perks. Value wellness and great benefits. Great collaborative environment

Cons – Regulatory department is overworked, and not valued. Don't provide the best resources to the regualtory team. Company does not pay attention to the high level of turnover within the department.

Advice to Senior Management – Listen to employees when they say they are overwhelmed. You are losing very valuable people.

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend

Former Employee – worked at Amway

Pros – -Great Employee Benefits
-Company Store and fitness center
-Department days away
-Diverse people
-Room for growth
-Tuition reimbursement

Cons – -Instead of hiring new employees, hires many people on contract for terms of only 18 months
-Hard to stand out among so many employees
-Takes a long time to get things done because there are so many levels of approval
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Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend – I'm optimistic about the outlook for this company

Former Employee – worked at Amway full-time

Pros – -cool employee discounts for over-priced products
-nice benefit package
-generous bonus potential
-lots of travel opportunity and exposure to new equipment

Cons – -too many people at the table with a voice and no responsibility
-a culture that encourages everyone to talk even if they don't have anything useful to add
-Very political and advancement is based on perception over performance
-lots of dog and pony show for upper management visits
-the company is running in every direction without an idea of where it is going
-class system brought on by the heavy dependence on temp labor leading to unfriendly office politics
-they claim to be shooting for world-class but won't put the money in to achieve it
-no candor or honest feedback, all about spinning the story to sell it to higher management

Advice to Senior Management – Really look at what jobs people are occupying and potentially cut out some roles that seem to be created for the sole purpose of slowing a project. Cut down on temp labor to build team cohesion

No, I would not recommend this company to a friend

Current Employee – been working at Amway full-time for more than 10 years

Pros – I love the energy and opportunities at Amway, there is always something new happening. I've had the chance to work with colleagues across the world and directly impact the critical systems that will help shape this company for many years to come.

Cons – The pace of change can be overwhelming, especially if the leadership in your division doesn't help set the priorities amongst the many on-going projects. The general pace of work is fast and furious, but people take the time to make and keep friends amongst their co-workers. Pockets of bad leadership exist and aren't always dealt with by the senior leaders, which can be seen in the scores for some areas on the Employee Opinion Survey (administered every two years).

Advice to Senior Management – Look at the EOS results and force your senior leaders to deal with on-going problems instead of just ignoring them in favor of results. Most employees love their jobs and hope to remain with this company for their entire career, but feel forced to move on when their managers treat them poorly.

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend – I'm optimistic about the outlook for this company

Former Employee – worked at Amway part-time for more than a year

Pros – Gain more confidence and experience in retail. Earn extra money.

Cons – Stress from the upper leader, they push a lot.

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend – I'm optimistic about the outlook for this company

Current Employee – been working at Amway full-time for less than a year

Pros – Independence, Set you own schedule

Cons – The start up price is a bit much , you have to find your own clients who usually tend to be just family and friends.

No, I would not recommend this company to a friend

Current Employee – been working at Amway

Pros – Good environment, friendly people to work with. There is willingness to help with project tasks from all areas.

Cons – Not the conventional work or project structure. Many people don't end up with tasks that correlate to their titles.

Advice to Senior Management – Pay more attention to the prioritization of projects within the company.

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend – I'm optimistic about the outlook for this company

Current Employee – been working at Amway full-time for more than 7 years

Pros – Wonderful company with some of the best values I have ever seen. Experts from some of the best CPGs in the world and incredible opportunities to work on big global projects. Awesome pay and benefits (except vacation for newcomers).

Cons – Development philosophy has been to hire externally for technical skill and previous experience vs. internally for potential and critical experiences.

Advice to Senior Management – Maintain the focus on values, yet begin to put compensation at risk for managing talent.

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend

Current Employee – been working at Amway as an intern for less than a year

Pros – Flex fridays, good work-life balance, treated with respect, many perks, good culture, strong values. Overall, a wonderful place to work! One of the best employers in West Michigan :)

Cons – There are some communication limitations because of the size of the organization, however, some of those problems are being fixed with the recent SOM changes.

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend – I'm optimistic about the outlook for this company

Current Employee – been working at Amway as a contractor for more than a year

Pros – People are friendly and like to enjoy themselves at work while staying productive. Leads and Managers are friendly and will try to work with you as best they can to your schedule.

Cons – Start as a temp and have to get hired on. And they do not hire part time permanents.

Advice to Senior Management – Look to keep those who are working hard that are also going to school bu offering different opportunities to work full time or accept part time workers if they are good at their job

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend