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Amerimed is a good company to work for but, they just have a few problems to work out to be great.  They need a few things fixed. Properly train their managers first. Get better cooler uniforms like polo shirts and 511 shorts for the SC hot summer. Right now you have a polyester button and zipper shirt that is extremely hot and uncomfortable especially in the hot summer heat of SC. Dont even get me started of the ridiculous non fitting pants that fit nobody. They need more ambulances so they can fix the worn out over used ones. They need to get rid of the paging tones on the radios. First it just annoying, and it makes everyone turn the radios down low so we dont go deaf from the supper loud annoying tones in your ear. You have to wear a microphone next to your ear all day then they blast you with annoying tones for everyone's calls not just yours. It makes no sense at all. They do have 12 hr shifts days and nights. They also need to upgrade the headlights on their ambulances because you can't hardly see the road at night they are so dim. They also don't have any auto-load stretchers so get your back ready for 400 lb patients and no lifting equipment.  All the ambulances equipment is all old stuff. 

Stocked to bare minimum. no "jump" bag. no glucometer, even though you transport diabetic patients and people with AMS, but at least we have oral glucose...  Run mainly psych transports on 2 to 3 hr trips. 5-7 calls a shift. Makes you take pictures  of you and your partner to "prove" you are in uniform. Cameras and micro management to watch the crews to find something to complain about. Cares more about appearing to be a great service than providing patient care. Only manual cots. They try to force BLS providers to transport patients that need ALS, when you refuse they'll threaten  to fire you.  They will make ANY excuse to take away bonuses. if you're late by more than 6 min. for 1 shift they'll take all your run bonuses for a week (in my case they took $100 for being 13 min. late because I over slept, but the day prior I stayed over 3 hours for a total shift time of 15 hours and I had 7 runs. 1 run we took, took us 5 hours due to it being across the state. I was exhausted...). They micro manage PCR's (this is good to an extent) and if you have one sent back they'll take away a week of run bonuses (you get $10 per run). if your partner gets one returned you also lose the week of bonuses. when you decline to pick up shifts on days you have off because you have plans with your family they say "Work is more important than family."


Worked there for a few years. Management is delusional and ignores most employee concerns, including crew/patient safety. Lack of training with equipment, no accountability, unorganized, with extremely toxic management. Most of the decent supervisors quit because upper management basically ignored every concern that was brought up. You get tips for how many calls you run but they don’t even add it up right or take it away for any little mishap. Trucks are always breaking down due to lack of maintenance. Dealing with violent psych patients, running calls all day with barely any breaks, driving sometimes around 400 miles round trip to drop off one patient, greedy management, lack of employee appreciation. It has potential to be a decent place to work, but management is its biggest problem and it is basically because of the toxic corporate work culture. Would not recommend anyone EMT to work there. They also like to hold you over to run calls past your time off, so if you have school or kids, good luck. 

Amerimed offers flexible work schedules, referral bonuses, sign on bonuses, transport incentives, maternity leave after one year, etc.
They work well with your school schedule so you may continue your education and continue working. 
They offer various work schedules such as 12, 14 or 24 hour shifts with set schedules. You can work as full or part time. 
Insurance is offered after 90 days as a full-time employee. Life insurance, vision and dental and 401k included. 
Locations are spread across both Georgia and Tennessee.

What makes working for this company a pain, however, are the "higher-ups". There is very backwards things that happen behind the scenes. Resource management is poor. More often than not we go without the correct supplies. The trucks are rarely stocked with proper equipment. The only time it is stocked and well maintained is when there is a state inspection scheduled.
Trucks are run down, most have over 350k miles on them. During the summer months, it is a health hazard for both employees and patients due to lack of AC. Windshields are often cracked and will not be replaced for months.

Pretty easy job primarily transporting psych patients.
Management doesn't really have a clue as to what is going on and feed standard responses to issues.
As a veteran paramedic I had a hard time getting emt supervisors with no actual experience to understand that they may run a shift but the medic runs the truck.
Paychecks are sporadic and you never get a straight answer as to when you will get paid. Pay rate is awesome for actual work done but no good if you don't know if you'll have a check to pay the bills on time.
Company insurance is actually a contracted thing with outside company and Amerimed pays out medical bills when they want too.. (currently having to get an attorney because over $250,000 owed for pre-authorized medical procedures that have not been paid) with management refusing to respond to questions about the issue.
Trucks are usually decent but when you have issues with tires or brakes they don't do anything until something happens or crews refuse to operate vehicle.
Extremely high turn over rate with employees.

The supervisor in Rock Hill targets employees to get them out the door, even if they perform well, to hire people they are friends with. The 12 hour shifts are a lie, more like 15-16. You routinely drive 700-800 miles a day, with minimal stops for meals or bathroom.  If you're in Rock Hill, expect the supervisor to discipline you for stopping anywhere that isn't to get gas, pick up, or drop off patients. Any truck issues reported will go ignored, until something extreme happens, and whoever is driving when it happens we'll get all the blame, regardless of how long it's been going on.  If you don't have a partner, expect to have to travel 1-2 hours to meet another crew to join them.  The upper management for the state is apathetic about any issues, keeping it swept under the rug, promising to escalate it, but it never happens.  If they ever work with you to help you out, they will hold out over your head.  

The company is founded on "As It Should Be" and while the much higher up management holds to this standard, local management prevents it from going far enough up the chain to make a difference, only looking out for themselves.  

What is the best part of working at the company?
Equipment was terrible. No ac in the back of the ambulance all summer with patients in the back. Passenger door was stuck shut from an accident and couldn’t be opened except from the outside. Safety was not a concern. Workload was overwhelming. No growth opportunities. Understaffed. Pay was decent. 

What is the most stressful part about working at the company?
Long shifts (14 to 16 hours) were common without a break. Way too much driving. General manager over the southern district did not care about his employees. Liked to treat people as though they were children, yell at the employees etc. 

What is the work environment and culture like at the company?
Very stressful. Experience was not valued and a few employees that had no clue what they were doing were allowed to continue. 

What is a typical day like for you at the company?
As soon as you walked in the door you were dispatched and would work without a break for hours after you were supposed to get off

High turnover of EMT's and Paramedics due to burn out. They are overworked, very underpaid and not treated with good regard and respect.  Executive team, although they are good people with many years of experience as Paramedics themselves, they have a holier than though mentality and disregard the concerns of all those under them.  In this current workworld of not enough people who want to work, and too many jobs to fill, Amerimed fails to recognize that to keep good people they need to compensate much more competitively and not put too much on their plates.  Overworked, underpaid.  Too many responsibilities are dished out thus spreading the abilities too thin.  This applies to the entire teams over the breadth of the company.  Amerimed can be a great company if the executive team recognizes these issues.

Everything is charming and great at first especially when they try and sell you on what they do have (nicer equipment, constant upkeep on trucks, software is pretty user friendly & a few others), but it’s like every other private ambulance company out there. Shady upper management that doesn’t care about your well being accompanying with questionable choices made by them due to their disconnection from us below them. As some of them haven’t been on these trucks in ages, it shows with the equipment they continue to purchase.
The OICs are hit and miss here though. You either get the ones who fight for you or will fight with you as they push themselves to the top. 
All in all after a while be prepared to put AmeriMed first and yourself as well as your family second. If you try to do it the other way around, good luck. Their cult like religious mentality will be used to guilt trip you into whatever they perceive is best for AmeriMed. 

Overall,  was a decent place- until new manager came in and started focusing on irrelevant details over major issues, like safety. They will work with you, for the most part. But you will ALWAYS be tired. Even on off days. You will run back to back non stop calls all over the state, with no break or down time. Some called are 4+ hours one way. Equipment is fine. Pay is good, but it has to be to justify the work load. In the end, if you don't have a life and are ok with being in a constant state of exhaustion- you'll love it here 😉

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