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    American Medical Response Reviews

    Updated August 16, 2018
    561 reviews

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    American Medical Response President Edward “Ted” Van Horne
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    Pros

    • "The high call volume and wide variety of patients ensures that an EMT has ample opportunity to sharpen their skills" (in 15 reviews)

    • "Plenty of overtime, you can work as much as you want and make good money" (in 12 reviews)

    Cons

    • "Low pay for working a lot of hours in an area that is expensive to live in" (in 46 reviews)

    • "Long hours, often get off late due to high call volume" (in 21 reviews)

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    1. "I was happy there"

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      Former Employee - EMT-B in Concord, CA
      Former Employee - EMT-B in Concord, CA
      Recommends
      Positive Outlook
      No opinion of CEO

      I worked at American Medical Response part-time (More than a year)

      Pros

      Decent leadership, great coworkers, pay wasn’t terrible

      Cons

      Loads of nonsense training and the EPCR will make you crazy

      Advice to Management

      Let your EMTs and Medics have input the next time you need to pick a complicated computer charting program

    2. "Jobs"

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      Former Employee - Anonymous Employee
      Former Employee - Anonymous Employee
      Doesn't Recommend
      Negative Outlook
      Approves of CEO

      I worked at American Medical Response full-time

      Pros

      Fast paced and hectic environment

      Cons

      No structure or sufficient training

      Advice to Management

      Better entry level training

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    3. "At AMR for 1.5 yrs"

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      Current Employee - Anonymous Employee
      Current Employee - Anonymous Employee

      I have been working at American Medical Response full-time

      Pros

      Lots of Overtime
      Great work Atmosphere

      Cons

      Sloppy administration
      New Hire Process is barely relevant to real work field

    4. "Emt"

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      Current Employee - Anonymous Employee
      Current Employee - Anonymous Employee
      Recommends
      Positive Outlook
      Approves of CEO

      I have been working at American Medical Response part-time

      Pros

      Als 911 ambulance provider, exclusive operating area

      Cons

      Long hours, held over often

    5. "Nice people doing their best with limited resources"

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      Current Employee - Anonymous Employee in San Diego, CA
      Current Employee - Anonymous Employee in San Diego, CA

      I have been working at American Medical Response full-time

      Pros

      Lots of training available if you're just starting out in EMS

      Cons

      Not a great place to have a career. AMR City pay is low and key resources can be limited.

    6. "80% of the time, it's a good time"

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      Current Employee - Emergency Medical Technician in New Haven, CT
      Current Employee - Emergency Medical Technician in New Haven, CT
      Recommends
      Neutral Outlook
      No opinion of CEO

      I have been working at American Medical Response part-time (More than a year)

      Pros

      flexible hours for part time, great clinical experience

      Cons

      often held late, sexist work environment

    7. "EMT"

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      Current Employee - Anonymous Employee
      Current Employee - Anonymous Employee

      I have been working at American Medical Response part-time

      Pros

      great learning environment and everyone is nice

      Cons

      don't get paid enough for what you do

    8. "paramedic"

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      Former Employee - Anonymous Employee
      Former Employee - Anonymous Employee
      Recommends
      Neutral Outlook

      I worked at American Medical Response full-time

      Pros

      Opportunities to learn the in's and out's of EMS and health care in a holistic pragmatic way...

      Cons

      The bad comes with the good.

      Advice to Management

      Never stop learning and lead in the way you wish to be followed.

    9. "AMR Dallas Operations"

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      Former Employee - Anonymous Employee
      Former Employee - Anonymous Employee
      Recommends

      I worked at American Medical Response full-time

      Pros

      As an EMT working for a service that primarily handled inter-facility transfers, I was able to gain valuable experience with direct patient contact and report writing; something I was not able to do working for a 911 service.

      Cons

      Very old ambulances with various mechanical. AMR going Corporate right before I was hired made requesting leave an extra hassle as the paperwork had to be done through the parent company above AMR.

    10. "EMT"

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      Former Employee - Anonymous Employee
      Former Employee - Anonymous Employee

      I worked at American Medical Response part-time

      Pros

      Great equipment to work with

      Cons

      Some incompetent co-workers. Scheduling on short notice

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