ADM reviews

3.7

71% would recommend to a friend

(1,876 total reviews)
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Juan R. Luciano

71% approve of CEO

56% positive business outlook

ADM has an employee rating of 3.7 out of 5 stars, based on 1,876 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The ADM employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Manufacturing industry (3.7 stars).

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2K reviews
3.0
Dec 4, 2012
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

The organization expects you to preform and employees are given a good degree of responsibility early on. Prsents the opportunity to learn and develop skills in the one area you work in. The company is very diversified in product production and is constantly growing and reorganizing to adapt to market changes. Salaries are below the industry average and raises are based on a faulty review system.

Cons

Although the organization is a Fortune 28 company, they have a number of internal struggles. Including promoting leaders who do not possess leadership skills. Often, promotions are based on who is wearing your T-shirt, who you know and who is in the private meeting to speak on your behalf. The company is good at what they do but suffer from being a bit arrogant in their relationships. There is a lack of commitment to diversity and inclusion. Leaders are not committed to true development of the general population of employees. They prefer to hand pick those whom they believe deserve to be developed. Others are left in the cold wondering why they were left off the list.

2.0
Nov 11, 2012

If you are smart and like to grow find something else.

Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

There is a lot to learn.

Cons

Your input is not welcome, or welcome with a struggle, does not matter how it best benefits the company. What the company portrays on the outside is the complete opposite from the inside. A lot of the managers are hypocrites and unfair. If you suck up you get better treatment and performance, if you are hardworking and honest expect otherwise.

2.0
Nov 8, 2012

Unstable company

Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

There were many wonderful, hard working folks I met while working at ADM. By now, most have moved on to better opportunities at other companies or have been affected by the RIF in February 2012. ADM was known for its dedication to employees, but as the Andreas family has moved on, the dedication to employees has disappeared. In the past, professionals would start and retire their careers at ADM due to the stability and family-like environment; therefore, employees were proud to work at ADM. I hope for the greater good and sake of the company that the stability and commitment to hard working employees will return soon. With good internal connections, there is ability to move cross-departmentally and change careers.

Cons

Unfair compensation (especially for women), poor work-life balance, long hours for exempt employees, no development plans for the majority (a select few are chosen for management development programs but there is no set plan and much uncertainty so trainees leave before or shortly after completing the program), no promotion track, subjective ratings/reviews (even if a professional completes all goals and has gone above expectations, the employee is rated as "meets" at the most), very low culture or diversity, located in the middle of nowhere, high turnover, corrupt acts created mandatory trainings and tests for all employees - which takes much time out of one's work day, too many initiatives that are not related to the job are enforced (much of the working day is spent on initiatives and after hours may be spent on catching up on the day work), unbalance of workload (there are many folks who cruise and waste time while other hard working professionals pick up the slack, especially middle management - who are known as "working managers" – has to do their direct report's work and their own work), reported harassment and discrimination cases may be reviewed but are rarely in the favor of the plaintiff and result in an unjust conclusion (many times the employee that was harassed or discriminated against was later demoted, asked to seek external opportunities, or nothing was done to resolve the issue), sr. management continues to shift from their ever changing plans, very unstable with no clear direction or focus, always cost cutting and then spending money where there are no returns, the service groups are treated poorly compared to commercial or profit centers, stock price continues to slip even with sr. management's initiatives (RIF, cost cutting contests, etc...), and downsizing continues to happen today.

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