ADP reviews

3.8

71% would recommend to a friend

(22,308 total reviews)
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Maria Black

81% approve of CEO

70% positive business outlook

ADP has an employee rating of 3.8 out of 5 stars, based on 22,308 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The ADP employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Information Technology industry (3.7 stars).

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22K reviews
1.0
Nov 4, 2021
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Building has a nice view. Okay benefits. Decent Pay.

Cons

The SBS department is severely unorganized and the managers are immature and unprofessional. I've witnessed a rep quit because their own manager bullied them. I was also picked on by one of my managers but I thankfully didn't have to work for her that long. It's one thing to be yelled at and stressed out by clients but to not have support by management makes working at ADP dreadful. Management is only focused on numbers. Work-Life-Balance is non existent. You will have to work mandatory OT hours during the holiday season but don't worry they will give you some cheap food and a snack to eat once a week during this time. For some reason this department wants to operate like a call center but the work is different from a typical call center. You will get inbound calls from clients and these clients are waiting over 3 hours to speak with someone so they are not only upset about the issue but having to wait so long. And most of the time it is an issue that cannot be resolved on that same phone call. You will have to call other departments or make payroll/tax adjustments. Both are very time consuming. It is not possible to do all of this and maintain 30 calls a day. If they are able to do this, it is from cutting corners which will cause the client to call back. Or you're working off the clock, which I have done on multiple occasions. I went through a couple of medical emergencies and loss of a family member and when I came back from said situations, I was offered no grace or consideration. Instead I was asked to produce higher numbers while trying to catch up on everything. It is very difficult to get PTO and even when you take it, you'll come back to dozens of emails from clients or other employees about cases that no one wants to help with. The actual helpful and knowledgeable people are treated like garbage. They only care about how many calls you take each day and how many sales leads you generate. When it comes to actually helping the client, it is not a priority for ADP. I spent most of my time correcting errors other employees caused that they would not correct themselves because too focused on hitting their numbers. As a result I was punished for actually servicing the client's needs which is what I thought the purpose of the job was. I am more than happy that I do not work at ADP anymore. I cannot recommend working in another department as I heard it is not any better.

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ADP Response
4y
Thank you for bringing these situations to our attention. ADP prides itself on creating and maintaining a workplace where employees work in a professional environment and are treated fairly. We appreciate your feedback and we would like to hear more about your specific situation so that we can review your concern completely. Please contact our Associate Relations team at 1-877-878-4811 or hr.associate.relations@adp.com
2.0
Aug 17, 2021
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Benefits, good coworkers, decent pay, nice time off package, a very inclusive environment, benefits start day 1

Cons

Time off not allowed at end of year, misleading about "call blocks" included with this position (they are not just blocks but you are also expected to take any incoming call for anyone's client if it goes to your line, effectively also making you tier 1 support for payroll), often get stuck not transitioning your clients to Service after implementation (which means you have to perform Payroll Advisor duties as well for those clients) Training for payroll was absolutely non-existent, resources for internal processes and policies also very sparse This is an hourly position where you're not allowed to take overtime yet also given so much work you have no choice but to take overtime.Your counterpart the Implementation Consultant both makes more money and is salaried. They have a broader scope but hold far fewer clients than you.

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ADP Response
4y
Thank you for sharing your ADP experience with us on Glassdoor. We appreciate the insights and analysis. Your feedback is valuable to us as we strive to have the best working experience in the industry.
1.0
Jul 2, 2021

You Are Just A Number At ADP

Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

The health benefits are not bad. The 6% dollar for dollar 401k match is also not bad.

Cons

ADP is so large that you are simply a number to them. They say they are always trying to make their systems and ways of doing things better, but they never do. They only get worse. People are overworked until they are miserable enough they quit. The company acts like they are confused by their high turnover rate but the answer is right in front of their face.

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ADP Response
4y
We appreciate the time you spent with ADP and the insights you shared about your experience. Your feedback will be shared with our leadership teams, so we can better improve our associate experience.
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