ADS Securities Reviews

3.5

70% would recommend to a friend

(79 total reviews)

55% positive business outlook

ADS Securities has an employee rating of 3.5 out of 5 stars, based on 79 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The ADS Securities employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Finance industry (3.7 stars).

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79 reviews
1.0
26 May 2015

Proceed with Caution

Anonymous employee
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Pros

Good Benefits, Competitive Salary, HQ in Abu Dhabi has a very good culture.

Cons

Singapore and HK Branch office is run by wrong people. Management doesn't have a background of Financial services. Too many employees are hired because of connections. Too many employees are not performing well because they're demotivated and their best is not enough. This company is run by mediocre management who are covered by high end employees that eventually leaves. Has a very high turn over rate.

2.0
18 Nov 2016

Redundancies 🙁

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Pros

-Above market salary -Nice co-workers -Big reputation in the retail trading world

Cons

Just had a huge round of redundancies. There were rumours about some huge losses happening on the Abu Dhabi trading desk and costs needed to be cut but the funny thing is literally the day before the redunadancies were announced the management were still telling us we were the biggest, most profitable, most capitalised broker in the world. Really?The management say that no one else will lose their job but they have a reputation for not telling the truth.

1.0
29 Jan 2018

Join at own risk - a joke on many levels

Anonymous employee
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Pros

A few very nice and genuine people work here trying to do the right thing

Cons

AD office with lots of very unqualified and unskilled people in senior positions being paid far more then they are worth and will make your life a living nitemare. Think they know everything but never worked anywhere else so actually have no idea what they are doing and would never get a job anywhere else. Everything done on politics, connections and favors. No understanding or desire to do things properly. You will see problems in this firm like no where else esp in HR. Everything is faked - no idea how this company is still running

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ADS Securities Response
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Dear anonymous “Former Employee”: We are not sure when you last worked at ADSS. We wanted to bring to your attention that as of November 2017 the company started the implementation of a plan to reshape its corporate governance and to address its corporate culture. It is not a secret to anyone that 2016 was a difficult year and that the company had to take immediate and dramatic measures the following year that may have affected you in one way or another. As it turns out, 2017 was a resounding success and we now plan to build on it. Our plan is simple: we will do fewer things, but we will do them better. We will focus on our clients and make sure they get the best service possible. Internally, we have flattened the organization through the redesign of our teams. We are promoting from within our ranks before looking externally. We have increased the communication between the different departments, eliminating silos of influence and empowering our managers to take control of their departments. We are encouraging team members to take initiative at all levels and have implemented an open-door policy for ALL management. We will operate with an increasingly transparent approach and we will make sure we treat our employees with the dignity and the respect that they deserve. We want our team members to stay at ADSS because they are happy and fulfilled doing so and not because the company overpays them. We have given ourselves the year of 2018 to permanently change “the way we do things at ADSS”. We encourage feedback when it is constructive and not disparaging, even when it is anonymous. There are hundreds of ADSS employees who have given the new management team their vote of confidence and are now working in solidarity to make these changes happen. The company does not always agree with all the comments provided on these message boards, but we take our responsibility seriously and we want you to know we are listening and we are implementing changes to improve the company. We feel confident about what we are doing and welcome open and honest questions from prospective clients or employees. We pledge to live and work by the higher standards we have set for ourselves.
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