Pros
- High call volume in urban areas forces you to become a good EMT (if you are self-motivated). - Good employees are pretty much left alone in the field (no micro managing, for the most part).
Kontras
- High call volume in urban areas forces you to become a lazy EMT (if you are not self-motivated). - Good employees are pretty much left alone in the field (this company does a poor job of acknowledging or supporting good performance/good employees). - Organizational culture is very ageist towards older employees and/or applicants over 40 and does not value experience, professionalism or maturity among employees (would rather hire or promote young, inexperienced, immature employees - all in the name of saving money). - Culture is dominated by young, inexperienced, immature employees (#1 most prevalent problem supervisors/management have to deal with - caused by previous point). - Each operations region of the company is run as a completely separate company, even withing the same state (job transfers to other cities/states/regions are not allowed/recognized). - AMR has changed ownership 3 times in the last 10 years (Laidlaw Transportation, then EMSC, then Envision Healthcare), each time involving wholesale changes in management, staffing and corporate philosophy.