AMH Philippines Reviews

Lack of proper management, especially at the senior level. Mid- to junior-level engineers are left to fend for themselves in stressful situations (e.g., EORs ignoring engineers’ concerns until the deadline, resulting in the engineer being reprimanded by higher management). Engineers are overworked, their efforts are undervalued (bosses typically get all the credit when good things happen, while engineers suffer the consequences when things go south), and their concerns fall on deaf ears, typically being gaslit by being told either “we are family” or “there is no other choice in the matter.” Work stress and burnout are considered a “failure in time management” on the part of the employee. It is also worth noting that an unwritten rule in one of the teams is that overtime is mandatory (including weekends) and refusal to do so is met with silent prejudice. Band-aid solutions include micromanagement, such as requiring engineers to submit projected weekly activities, which are often criticized by management and usually differ from what actually happens—primarily because management focuses on client demands without proper consideration of whether the team is capable of delivering, often going beyond the client’s original requests as well. Fresh graduates/Assistant Engineers are overworked as well, with a phrase conveniently masking this issue as a “growth experience” for the engineer. Growth-wise, there is a lack of learning opportunities due to reliance on outdated norms and, once again, overbearing workloads.

-Too much work is given on employees, because there are so many projects, and there is shortage in staff; typically, you will handle many projects at a time, which require you to work overtime majority of the time. A boss once said, "if you can't do it, maybe you are not fit to work in the engineering industry" -Considering the amount of effort you put in and the responsibilities that are being given to you, the pay is unreasonable -Supervisors have no employee management background/training, leading to stressed employees -Work life balance is nonexistent, expect to work until midnight, sometimes during weekends as well -Toxic "We are family" culture -Encourages mentorship between employees, not for the sake of true mentorship, but really it's just because of lack of proper training for employees -**but you will have to learn those stuff on your own; a lot of times supervisors/bosses get projects beyond their areas of expertise, and you will have to research on your own to work on the project This company has caused my anxiety and depression, and led to my burnout