If you brown nose the right people you can go far at this company - Anonymous employee ADP Employee Review

1.0
Nov 2, 2009
Anonymous employee
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Pros

Only Pros about working for ADP is it looks good on your resume. It's a fortune 500 company and they own the market for outsourced payroll and HR

Cons

I worked for ADP in NJ for 3 years. I saw it all. The incompetant co worker that sits next to you one day ( but knows how to kiss up to the right people) will become your manager the next time a promotion comes up. The sales people have unethical means by which to push a start thru in order to get their numbers for the month. Management knows this but will look the other way in order to pad the numbers favorably for their region. You really do get discouraged the longer you work for this company. In the end, if you kissed enough butt, your manager will make sure you can transfer to another department or get to work from home. If you didn't kiss butt and become a part of the "in crowd", you better start looking for another job beacuse they will make your life at work miserable until you quit.

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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.

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- 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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