Stay Far Far Aeay! The North Korea of jobs - District Manager ADP Employee Review

1.0
28 Nov 2016
Recommend
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Pros

ADP takes pride in training which for most of it was good. Paid for parking spot If you love to be screamed at, this is the right place for you.

Cons

ADP treats their customers like garbage. They have so many silo's and everyone does what they want. I can't tell you enough how many times current paying ADP customers said, they've received multiple calls that week to upsell them something. Your customers are paying the bills start treating them better and assigned a dedicated person to work with them. Company waaaay over sold this role. They should be hiring people with minimal experience so they can mold them into ADP robots. If you're not in a sales meeting, you must be in the office. You babysit partners who are fresh grads. They have no clue on things and you're begging them to bring you into meetings because they control on of your territories. If there's an open opportunity on an account, you're blocked even if your solution makes the most sense for the customer. Lot of fake opportunities to keep others out. Not collaborative at all, it comes down to money. If you want to work in a full blown dictatorship which you are so micro managed, this is the place. Their CRM was a complete mess. As an experienced sales professional, I had to clean up my entire territory of 4000 accounts. Over 80 % was bad data, out of business, not a fit for this sales role. Experienced sales people shouldn't have to clean up the data while being belittled because of lack of meetings. Hard to expect multiple meetings a week when you have a 2 % chance of getting somebody on the phone who is relevant. If your data was actually good, experienced sales reps Could be lethal but they can't because they have to clean up your mess. Turnover is so bad, this Chicago Team has turned over multiple times over the past 3 years. Two managers have been demoted. If you're going to hire the right people, work with them, help them be successful. Hold everyone to the same standards vs picking favorites. Managers will keep deals for themselves vs. giving them to their team to work on to learn and go through the process. In this case, NOPE. I've never seen so much HR red flags. Shocking they act this way. There's too much to list but hopefully this will give you the gist. Stay away from this company.

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ADP Response
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5.0
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Pros

Employees can dress in normal day to day clothing as long as it is tactful, events all month on-site such as the Farmers market . Hybrid work schedule: 3 days in office and 2 days remote Self-service coffee and cappuccino bat and beautiful break and recharge rooms.

Cons

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2.0
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Pros

- Established company with a long history and relatively stable business operations. - Provides a sense of job stability compared to many organizations navigating rapid changes in the current AI-driven market. - Lower risk of frequent restructuring or large-scale layoffs than many high-growth technology companies. - Opportunity to work with experienced employees who have deep institutional and domain knowledge. - Predictable work environment that may appeal to individuals seeking long-term stability over rapid change. - Strong choice for professionals who value job security and a steady career path in an uncertain economic climate.

Cons

- Documentation is limited or rusted, and many operational processes lack clear runbooks or standardized procedures, making onboarding and troubleshooting more difficult than necessary. - If you're coming from a modern, fast-paced engineering environment, the organization may feel behind current industry practices and tooling. - Internal politics can sometimes outweigh technical merit or execution. - There are teams with very long-tenured employees where change and innovation can be difficult to drive. - Decision-making often involves multiple layers of approval, resulting in significant bureaucracy and slower execution. - Processes can move slowly, and collaboration is not always transparent across teams, leading to inefficiencies and occasional confusion around ownership. - In some areas, roles, responsibilities, and operational processes are not clearly defined, creating unnecessary chaos and inconsistent ways of working. - Engineering standards and best practices vary considerably between teams, making cross-team collaboration challenging. - Organizational change tends to happen slowly, which can be frustrating for employees who are focused on modernization, automation, and continuous improvement.

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ADP Response
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