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.
Is this true? Can anybody confirm?
I was a VP and left before the layoffs ever started happening. I took over a team under a GM that had no idea what they were doing - hiring too many leaders and in the wrong locations. 35% of my staff was home-shored and I knew they wanted us to cut back to 10% over the next 3 years. I had 2 directors and 8 managers reporting up through me and I knew we were viewed as "top heavy". My newer GM made another mistake by continuing to replace onshore with offshore resources. We got 3 for the price of 1, we didn't have to deal with any HR complaints, and they didn't impact our associate engagement surveys. Too good to be true - except the imbalance k--led us.
Business was good in the short term, but things quickly got stale. I knew offices were closing down and we were not allowed to relocate people to nearby locations (not even home-shored). My GM panicked a little stating that our jobs were the most at risk. My location was on the chopping block, then off, then back on... I took photos of screenshots at meetings so I could review at home in detail. The worst part of this was that I would fly out to deliver termination letters in person because it was the least I could do. I know my fellow VPs were asked to do the same - it was the worst part of our jobs and the dirty work that those on top required us to do while maintaining our associate engagement scores.
I left at the first opportunity and have only looked back to think of where I would be today should I had stayed. My role would have been eliminated for sure. Many, many of colleagues are gone. GMs and VPs that I looked up to and would have drinks with. It is truly sad that ADP is spiraling, yet continues to promote itself tirelessly on social media. I get bombarded on LinkedIn with campaigns, hashtags, and how it's the best place to work.
I hope people there wake up. No place is worth staying long term if they operate like ADP. It's a truly awful place and have no regrets leaving.
Yes, one of our Senior Director's was given notice. Funny, ADP paid for him to get his MBA so he could advance his career....advance it right up to the guillotine on June 7! What a great career development plan!!
Yes-this is true and it began last week. Suspicion is that it will continue until the end of the fiscal year.
It's common sense that management would be next in the line of fire.
Since the massive layoffs started in March of 2018 and then will all of the VERP folks leaving, they certainly don't need as many managers as they did prior.