Apply Elsewhere - District Manager ADP Employee Review

1.0
Feb 24, 2020
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

None. Except for learning how not to approach situations while in a leadership role.

Cons

Upon first starting as a MAS CDM, I was quite excited. I was doing pretty well at first. Actually, I was doing great, meeting quotas, etc. I would even say I was a top performer. There were various red flags I should have realized but I was somewhat blind sided with having an overall positive attitude. All of my co-workers were actually in true misery. This is a corrupt and political place to work. Please run while you can. Now I know that other business units may operate differently so I will still give ADP as a whole the benefit of the doubt on that aspect. Upper leadership had a negative and demanding attitude toward the entry level positions. If you basically did not agree with or suck up to our VP, you were shunned. So by being a morale, ethical and normal human, you were shunned. The leadership only knows how to lead with fear and intimidation. Nothing else. People that were favored were always given special opportunities. If you were doing something incorrect you were not pulled aside (like a normal company) with your boss to have a conversation on how to work on the issue. Instead you were publicly embarrassed on why you were wrong. However, you were never truly taught (on said issue) anything to begin with. We were lied to on so many occasions such a on break policies, commission pay and retro pay. Which is a true disgrace. How a company can disrespect a person’s time and salary is beyond me. They should be ashamed. I am unsure how this is even ethical. The leaders here publicly reprimanded and embarrassed you whenever they pleased. We were yelled at and talked down to during our “meetings” and people got promotions because they were “favorites” but did not even meet their quotas the previous year. Unheard of. So politics played a true role in this business unit. The energy was so negative daily that the turnover rate had to be out of the world. Which is humorous since we are calling clients and telling them how we can improve their turnover when ours is horrific. Very hypocritical. If you have an issue with anyone you will more than likely be let go. Beware. My advice would be to try another large company for an entry level position because you are truly a number here. Nothing else. Good luck!

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ADP Response
6y
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 hr.associate.relations@adp.com

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