Oh dear. - Sourcing Specialist AMS Employee Review

1.0
25 July 2019
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

They have a ping pong table, but you’re not allowed to use it...

Cons

“Team Lead” level managers have 1 year of recruitment experience and the only management background they have is in the likes of Tesco’s. Absolutely no idea how to carry out recruitment. If you enjoy actually doing recruitment, this probably isn’t for you. Sourcers have no engagement with candidates and you have no influence on the recruitment process. Emphasis is on KPIs rather than actual results. I have seen multiple people leave my team because of a bad manager, and HR had no interest in giving any of them an exit interview.

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AMS Response
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I am disappointed to hear about your experience of working at AMS and your views of HR support for employees in Belfast. All employees are invited to complete an exit survey and can talk to HR in confidence about any concerns they have. I will follow up with my local team on the issues you raise but I am available if you want to talk to me direct and in confidence - ruth.smyth@alexmann.com, HR Director As HR Director, I am keen to understand your comments further if you would like to talk in confidence, please get in touch direct at ruth.smyth@alexmann.com.

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