Stressful, unhappy and miserable - District Manager ADP Employee Review

1.0
May 27, 2011
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

internet access, air conditioning, new office supplies, name recognition, young & fun co workers, many company activities during the work day (for holidays, etc).

Cons

Even though they don't tell you in the interview, you are a telemarketer. it is 100% cold calling from the first day unless you try to establish a network of banks and cpas that can be "reassigned" at a moment's notice. territories are rural, nothing towns where mom and pop businesses barely even know what payroll is. expect to do over 100 dials in a day to try and meet their metrics. you're expected to follow their formula and believe, like your management will tell you, that business owners in the US actually like taking calls from telemarketers and that they really want ADP, they've just been waiting for you to call. ok. management seems to believe that lack of sales is YOUR fault and that territory, the idea of telemarketing in general, or the responsiveness of people on the receiving line have nothing to do with it. they encourage scare tactics and lying just to get a sale. they hire young high energy people so don't be surprised if your boss acts unprofessionally. high focus on team building and happy hours, but at the end of the day you're competing against each other for the few measly sales that can be drawn from cold calling. at the end of the day , look at the turnover. the proof is in the pudding.

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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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