Thread regarding ADP layoffs

OEI was the name for the "Organizational Effectiveness Initiative" that was a delayering event that happened about ten years ago under Gary Butler. It allowed for ADP to eliminate all sorts of roles and layers of leadership. Gary sent a memo to the entire company and then the eliminations begun. It was a very uncertain time in leadership at ADP since you never knew if your ticket was going to get punched.

What was OEI?

OEI was under Butler, not Carlos. With OEI, Butler sent an email to the entire company announcing the initiative. With whatever is going on now, there has been zero communication which makes me think it is not over. I have yet to hear about sales getting hit, but that would make much better timing for the firm to do at the end of the fiscal year (June) as opposed to now. I am sure the super smart exec's wouldn't want axing sales leaders to impact sales results.

If anyone has seen/ heard that sales has been impacted, please post.

Remind me. Was OEI under Carlos’s watch or did that pre date him as CEO?

So far yes. Think regular associates are safe now or still too early.

VP’s & Senior Directors, sounds like OEI all over again.

So far all of the roles that I have heard have been laid off are operational, client service and implementation. Has anyone seen any roles in sales impacted?

Client Services in NAS and dev ops were impacted in February.

It is sad. I’ve been content, but on the fence about leaving. After seeing what happened last week, I’m 100% certain I’ll leave by the end of the year. I won’t work for a company that doesn’t judge me by my own merits. I’ve seen exercises like this at other companies, but those companies were in dire straits. I don’t think ADP is in a bad position financially.

Who is angry? Just looking out for our own interests. If that is "anger", so be it.

I am pretty sure that no one is suggesting that there are not other companies that operate this way- however there are a few ADP loyal employees that have been with ADP for over a decade that enjoyed the fact that ADP was NOT one of those companies. Unfortunately, the ADP of today is vastly different than the ADP of yesterday. Many have seen "delayering" events in our time, however this appears to be a new strategy. By eliminating roles, specifically roles that hold tenure, success, pension and higher tier of compensation, there is a new focus on cost cutting that will result in a loss of some incredible talent as well. Cost cutting does prop-up the bottom line, but at some point cost cutting can only go so deep, and that is when a lack of top line revenue will be exposed. There was a time that your success and contributions at ADP equated to sustainability- that is no longer the case. Very sad indeed.

Wow, so angry. Take your incredible skills and start your own company into the future and guide us all into the promised land . Please speak the the name of your company. Thanks.

Why should you relax and work hard if you are in the crosshairs of being laid off? Sounds more like having your head in the sand, thinking everything is fine. It isn't.

Management wants you to work hard and produce, thinking everything is fine and nothing is going to happen. Then when the axe falls, you are out of there.

This doesn't mean that you should get scared and panic. No, just keep your eyes open and prepare to leave. Your way, not ADP's way.

And we are not disgruntled, just realistically looking at this situation. Oh, and by the way, the real disgruntled few are the ones that don't want this information to be disseminated. They want people to work happy until they are safely moved out of the company.

Everyone relax, work hard as you have been and you’ll be be fine. If you’re unhappy with ADP start looking elsewhere. Please do not be intimidated by these disgruntled few. I’m not suggesting ADP is perfect but it’s common in the corporate world. My best to all, including those that have been hurt by ADP and the way they have been pushed into this ‘stock price’ trumps all world we live in. Absolutely no offense to those that feel otherwise.

I have been hearing for awhile that anyone in the VP, senior director, director role who did not have enough direct reports would be in the line of fire. NJ, will get hit, only a matter of time. This has nothing to do with underperforming. Good luck to those who are now looking. I've stopped worrying about whether or not HR will call me in. I suggest others take the same approach, or find another job. This will certainly continue.

Seems like people who aren’t located in Roseland were targeted.

I guess the talent pool in the cesspool of a state NJ is so hot they don’t want anyone who is located remotely.

The line about "underperformers" is total bs. 99.9% of the folks who are or were forced out in the past 3 years as part of this grand execuse of a plan by Carlos and his thugs were not in any way under performers. The 100% truth is they were targeted solely because of their salary, length of tenure (pension), and age. They were higher paid over the years not because they were under performers, but because they were the ones who brought the value and solutions to keep the company running.

If the desire is to really understand the "underperformers" and classify them, look no further that the inexperienced, whiny millennials that the company is trying so hard to coddle. They are the underperformers, but they are cheap, and so they get jobs so the execs can peddle the lies to wall street that the company is doing better and prop up the stock price so the execs can swindle more money. Pretty simple to understand if you ask me!