If you're not sales, you don't matter at this company - Anonymous employee ADS Employee Review

1.0
22 Sept 2017
Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

Flex time , relaxed dress code

Cons

Company focus is on sales. I am not in sales, and my comp plans are laughable. I am paid @ $7,000 below industry standard. I watch the sales floor and upper management earn bonuses and commissions while the rest of the company is ignored. Everything here is about MARGIN. And if you question the company's focus, you are suddenly not a patriotic American. Watch the movie "War Dogs" and it pretty much sums up this company. Adultery and rule bending runs rampant. It's the "Sodom and Gomorrah" of government contracting!

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ADS Response
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We definitely are a sales organization - I know it can be frustrating sometimes to see how much attention is paid to that part of our business. I assure you, though, that every member of ADS is critical to us helping fulfill our customers needs and make sure the men and women in uniform around the world have the best possible gear quickly and easily. If you have information about areas where we are missing the boat on industry pay, please bring the research to the attention to HR or your managers and if you have information about areas where business isn't being conducted ethically, I implore you to report it! We are committed to a high ethical standard and won't allow anything to get in the way of taking care of our customers the RIGHT way.

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