Stay as far away as you can - Site Manager Atlantis (VA) Employee Review

1.0
30 Nov 2017
Recommend
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Pros

OK salary - but for a very short time position (12 weeks in the summer, 3 weeks ion the winter)

Cons

It's by far the most disorganised and disconnected from the real world management I've ever met in my life. Senior Management is composed by fresh out of college 22-25 year old not the sharpest tool in the box individuals. It was my impression that the hiring process is based on if you know the CEO/founder or some other senior staff somehow. It's a friends' friend type of company. There are no guidelines, no direction, no management - nothing. Management is clueless, they're not even making educated guesses about what they do, they're completely out of their depth. They have no knowledge about Europe's general culture or each country specifics. They assume everything is equal around the 10+ countries they work on. You have to explain them every small decision like they're babies being schooled, it's strenuous to say the least. Everything is done and decided on the last minute or past it, so stress levels are off the chart. E.g.: this summer they had to make a 25% addition to the workforce in one of the countries they operate, in the middle of the programs because they miscalculated how many Site Managers they would need.

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Atlantis (VA) Response
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Thank you for sharing feedback about your experience working for Atlantis in Portugal. As a global business, we take great care to understand & operate well in diverse cultures throughout Europe, South America, and elsewhere around the globe. The founder of Atlantis is from Portugal and originally created Atlantis as a student group to help his peers find study abroad opportunities & learn about different cultures from their own. Now in its tenth year of business, Atlantis is an industry leader in international healthcare education and serves countless students, universities, hospitals, healthcare professionals, and public healthcare administrators through a common cause of improving healthcare training and education globally. Our management teams is comprised of exceptional, intelligent team members, with an average GPA of 3.8 and above. They all have consistent, results oriented success in many areas of business, and have lived, studied & worked internationally. We are grateful for our exceptional international & U.S based teams that are extraordinary in their drive & intelligence, consistent actions of integrity, honesty, and virtue, and their desire to achieve great things. As a growing business, we must be adaptable & flexible to the changing needs of our business. The example given is actually a mark of a growing - and most importantly - successful company. We appreciate your work with Atlantis, and wish you success in your future endeavors.

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