Air Methods reviews

Locally, the managers that I work with are excellent, however upper management is less than sub par. Communication is not disseminated appropriately, but Management thrives on their "big wins" on a week to week basis. AMC tends to focus primarily on the money they are pulling in, mainly the payer mix. If bases are not pulling in a good return on transports, they will close the base down, leaving multitudes of employees without a job from one day to the next. There is no recompense for employees that have pledges many years to the company and legitimately show compassion to the field in which they served. The company is really big on consolidation and sees not worth in keeping deep rooted Communication centers that have served the community. The Company places people in upper management positions that have no business being in those types of positions. People are being brought in to this field that know nothing regarding the EMS environment, but are placed in the highest position available to steer the region. The company is hemorrhaging money in every aspect, but continue to spend frivolously on "Team building" meetings at Corporate head quarters. There is NO job stability within Air Methods at this time. Bases have been closed only to relocate employees to another base only to have that second base closed down weeks to months later.

- Bullying from regional leadership is a real thing and corporate/HR is unwilling to acknowledge and instead allows it, creates a very hostile work environment for many - Too many layers of management, local management "collects" information, hands it off to corporate but aren't given real opportunity for input, corporate interprets what they want with data but have no clue what is really going on and don't ask the people that do - Too much responsibility and not compensated properly. Or some are over compensated. Pay ranges are all over and are not based on ability or experience. I would say they have unethical and discriminatory pay practices - Company does not foster a good work/life balance, it is nearly impossible. Rather than being encouraged to take your earned vacation, you are made to feel guilty or straight out ignored when emailing about time off, even for a funeral - Unethical practices all over the board, not sure if HR runs HR or if regional leadership call the shots - Irresponsible spending that are likely impacting bottom line and hinders the opportunity to pay employees properly, and quite possibly lower flight costs for patients. No accountability or proper processes in place to identify profit leaks. OT is taken advantage of and nobody is held accountable - Poor leadership. For a company with their core business being "taking care of people", they certainly do not take care of their employees. It doesn't have to be a cut throat environment, leadership MAKES it that way. It's part of their culture, and until someone in corporate is willing to recognize any of these truths about the company, nothing will ever change