Three Companies, One Name - Visual Designer Amplify Employee Review

2.0
13 Apr 2014
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

There are many nice people on the development teams who sincerely want to work with teachers to make technology work for them.

Cons

Senior management is terrible at communicating company goals and syncing up the three divisions. It is quite common that employees in one division have no idea what is going on in the other two. The best we get is a company-wide blast PR email linking to media coverage after product announcements. The last several all-company meetings have largely been ego strokefests where the executives show off that they know famous people. Those of us that actually build the products don't care if you know the guy who co-wrote Game Change. Implementing great user interfaces is given low priority. There is a real dearth of front-end development specialists. Too much capital-A Agile process, not enough agility. In my case, several years without a raise despite consistently high-quality work and skill growth (under my own initiative).

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Pros

Multiple opportunities to learn and grow, flexible schedule, excellent, hard-working colleagues.

Cons

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Amplify Response
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Thank you for taking the time to share your experience and for your ongoing dedication to Amplify! We appreciate your feedback and have passed your review on to our management team.
2.0
9 June 2026
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

There are some very dedicated, talented and well intentioned people who work there. For awhile it felt like the organization was building and doing great things. The salary felt fairly competitive with the industry standard.

Cons

Don't look too closely under the hood if you don't want to stop believing in the illusion. The product is no longer as strong as it once was, the PD and CS have gone way downhill, they care more about profit than people and they are no longer mission driven but success and money driven. They talk a good game, but many people there are ruthless so watch your back. They do a good job of making you feel like it's the best place to work and you are lucky to be there, for awhile, but when the blook is off the rose, watch out.

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Amplify Response
2d
Thank you for sharing your feedback and for the many years you spent at Amplify. Your perspective is important, and we’ve shared your review with leadership.
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