ADM reviews

management, constant being cursed at, working odd hours, working 13 days in row just to get 7 day pay, rotating every week on weeks we go to nights or days its a 7 day stretch with 2 half days in it(12 hr shifts, normal day is 8hr shifts), no real seniority system, job changing constantly, no family life, forced mandatory overtime for "cleaning" upper management has God complex and reminds staff on how expendable we all are, not honest to employees, not replacing broken equipment to have process work correctly, not giving employees proper wage after working job for a few months (underpaying)... I could be typing all day and still never scratch surface...

The ag-industry is slow growing, has tiny margins, and doesn’t really change, hence ADM lacks a dynamic atmosphere, and more resembles an inefficient government bureaucracy. When you also consider that most CFO-group jobs are in Decatur, Il (a polluted, rundown industrial town), this leads to several negative factors: -Minimal career development. They don’t develop their own employees, so most senior-level employees are recruited from competitors who DO develop employees. -Low pay. Only top managers are eligible for any form of bonus. Salary is known to be far below industry standard. -Ancient IT systems, think 1980’s DOS system. Seriously. ADM isn’t Apple. -Brain-drain/less qualified employees. No qualified person really wants to live in Decatur. The 'leftovers' are more focused their multiple out of wedlock children and the Kardashians. -Nepotism. It’s amazing how many people have a relative that were ‘helped.’ Many many people have the same last names, and not by coincidence. Simply put, the CFO group is not for intelligent, hardworking and career-minded individuals. To further attest to ADM’s status, there have been several recent high profile departures, including the head of IT, while in the middle of a huge IT transformation project. The C-suite routinely brags about its high-margin acquisition strategy, but no tiny bolt-on purchase will really ad that much value when compared to ADM’s behemoth corn/oilseeds/grain divisions. The CFO group at ADM is a place to go for a job, for a paycheck. If you are ambitious, or want at least moderate career development, AVOID any finance/accounting job at ADM. If you are interested in a merchandising role, then ADM is definitely the right place.