Not what it used to be - Anonymous employee AMS Employee Review

1.0
Feb 23, 2026
Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Remote working and very, very few members of the C Suite.

Cons

Micromanagement is the master theme here. No annual increases, bonuses are a joke when they do happen (which is about the same chance of winning the lottery). Focus is solely on valuation in the PE space. Clients are viewed as valuation multipliers only. Employees are treated a recyclable garbage and quickly tossed aside to make the company numbers look better. Employees used to be viewed as value drivers, but not anymore-merely viewed as costs. There is zero accountability at AMS. Someone is always blaming someone else for failures or lost bids. It's always the market and downturns...never on how things are delivered. Looking in the mirror is hard to comprehend at AMS. Lots of incompetent "senior leaders". I use the term leader on purpose. AMS could be a textbook example in a McKinsey playbook on how not to operate.

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AMS Response
3mo
Thank you for sharing such candid feedback. It’s clear you’re feeling disappointed and frustrated, particularly around leadership, accountability, recognition and how people experience decision-making today. We know experiences can shift over time, especially as markets and client demands evolve. That doesn’t lessen the importance of how those changes are felt by our colleagues. Creating an environment grounded in trust, fair reward and responsible leadership remains critical to us. If you’re open to it, we would value a more direct conversation at stephanie.gillingham@weareams.com. Any discussion would be treated in complete confidence.

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