Investment needs to be made to improve skills of people managers - Anonymous employee AMS Employee Review

3.0
25 Nov 2018
Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

Incredible opportunities if you are willing to take a chance on a new role or client. Exposure to new roles and client industries is one of the most compelling reasons to join and fast track your career in RPO. There are also some amazing, talented and forward thinking individuals to learn from who are incredible role models, sharing their knowledge and expertise.

Cons

Not all people managers are suited or equipped to manage people and should either not be given this responsibility or should be supported and trained to ensure they are living the values of the CEO and creating new managers. Those who are not people managers create significant retention issues for the company and promote the values of criticism and inequality, rather than collaboration and learning.

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AMS Response
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Thank you for taking the time to comment. People Manager development has, and will continue to be a key priority for our business. If you would like to share a bit more about your experience either with me or our Head of Talent Development, please do get in touch. ruth.smyth@alexmann.com or philippa.Williams@alexmann.com

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