Amach

Be Aware If You Are A Microsoft Certified Professional - Senior Microsoft Consultant Amach Employee Review

2.0

Feb 13, 2023

Senior microsoft consultant

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Pros

Fully remote Good management team Fun office events Average pay

Cons

Very anti-Microsoft. Every solution we were asked to work on involved trying to find another product which wasn't Microsoft to perform a normal Microsoft task or function. There was a complete refusal to use any native Microsoft tools. We were forced to try and use loads of 3rd party tools to do jobs which could have been done in a few seconds with Powershell or access to the Azure console. Micromanagement. Microlevel time tracking for every task down to 30 minute blocks all day every day including meetings and calls. Professionalism. There was one aggressive and rude team member which was problematic for many including customers and was not dealt with in an acceptable manner. Role definition. Although we were brought in as Microsoft consultants, our role was defined more as Developers and DevOps and we were forced to operate like the Dev teams in terms of tools we used, how progress was tracked, and how everything was managed. This is a very different way to work for those with a Microsoft background and often conflicts with basic Microsoft core principles and methodology which is taught and what many are certified in. Pay schedule. If you are a contractor pay is processed 30 days after the end of the month so when you start be very aware you won't be paid for almost 2 months, 61 days.

Amach Response

We would like to thank you for highlighting some of the benefits of working at Amach: we are remote first and we have a very supportive management team who is close to Amachers and always available to hear about any challenges they face. I would like to address the situations you have mentioned in your review: since Amach is a consultancy company, the large majority of Amachers are working directly with our customers and sometimes that means adapting to their tools and systems. In regards to the management style and time tracking system in the customer's project team, we agreed with you that tracking time to 30 minutes blocks was not acceptable and we fixed it. We do not tolerate rude or aggressive behaviour and we will look into this if you can provide us with further details on the email address supplied below. Payments terms for Contractors are agreed by both parties during contract and we ensure that everyone gets paid within the payment terms. With regards to your advice to management, we have taken that onboard. I am glad to inform you that we are delivering interviewer training where informing candidates about the role and project is now one of the discussion points during interviews. We wish you all the best in your career and we encourage you to get in touch using careers@amach.ie if you would like to further discuss any of the points raised.

Be Aware If You Are A Microsoft Certified Professional - Senior Microsoft Consultant Amach Employee Review

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