Pros
-Work from home the last year or so made the extremely low pay somewhat tolerable -A good "resume filler" company to gain work experience -Comparable to a 2 star hotel or restaurant. Would you stay a few nights if you absolutely had to? Sure. Would you enjoy it? No. Was it your first choice? Absolutely not.
Cons
-Disrespectfully low pay. You're essentially making less than a full-time Manager at Chick-Fil-A. -Micromanagement is used as a scientific practice - Managers will systematically switch off days leading the campaign. It will come via group chat/individual chat/company side email/client side email interchangeably. The avenue used to micromanage you is always systematic. Daily reminders of your job duties. Daily reminders of your expectations. Management needs daily reassurance that you know how to do your job. It is beyond excessive. It is pathetic. I can't express this enough - managers are very methodical and organized when it comes to micromanagement. Leaves you questioning what the motive is (hmmmm). -The work is mind numbingly repetitive. If you can copy and paste using keyboard shortcuts you already know 90% of the job. Congrats! You will use those two functions for 8 straight hours/day and ultimately 40 hours/week. -You're working in a contractor role. Banks hire this company to do the work that no one in their own AML department wants to do. They cut a check to AMLRS for our manpower, AMLRS execs take their king's share, and they leave the rest for you. You're a peasant. -Touching on that previous point again (because it's important for people to know), there are actually instances with certain banks that use AMLRS where you earn less per/hr. as a full-time contractor than you would as an seasonal intern working directly for the bank. In other words, you're extremely undervalued from everyone involved. -The bonus program was completely sunset. Incentive pay is now issued in the form of "company points" which can be used to buy things on the "company shop". The "company shop" consists of alarm clocks, phone chargers, coffee mugs, and basically anything else you'd find in a Dave & Buster's prize shop. -Promotions are only available once a year (normal companies provide promotion opportunities every quarter). The job duties for an Analyst 1 vs Analyst 2 are legitimately identical. This is not an exaggeration. They are the same position. It is a no-no talking point at the company. My pay raise from Analyst 1 to Analyst 2 was just under $100/paycheck. The promotion structure is designed to keep you employed for as long as possible for as cheap as possible. The idea behind the design is to keep you tied to the same salary for 3 years and use a title change to give off the appearance that you've been promoted with the company. This not only saves them money, but also helps inflate their retention rate. To an outsider, it appears that employees are sticking with the company and moving up the latter. But in reality it's just disguise. These "promotions" are merely just a change in job title. Brilliant!