Look the other way, Too many Internal Issues Overlooked - Inside Sales ADP Employee Review

2.0
Feb 21, 2010
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Great Benefits, Great training, Pay is decent, Great name in the industry and overall great products and services to customers.

Cons

ADP Dealer Services face the typical problems that plague large organizations. Departments are silos; Left hand isn't watching the right. Some departments are not held accountable for their actions. Mid to low level employees are kept in the dark with limited direction. Not your typical sales organization- Structure changes yearly, Cannibalism amongst the channel partners. Senior Managers often have contradicting messages. Major reimbursement issues on the Sales side, both inside and in the field. For a Payroll company one would think ADP would have this under control. There is low morale amongst inside sales and a limited budget. The Inside department has grown and shown promise in the past few years but due to the recent problems in the auto industry, add-on products have/will see a sharp decline. The Inside sales team is an afterthought. Shareholders are the primary focus, beyond customer and employee retention. They acquire market share through acquisitions. They often swallow more than they can chew. Executives have no intention of focusing efforts to solving internal problems. They either do not see things as a problem or they have no way of knowing how to solve problems. More importantly, they spend way too much time asking the question: What have you done for me lately? It appears that Executive Management has a very limited scope of what's really going on within the company.

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Cons

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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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