Dissappointed with the toxic degredation of a company I once loved - Analyst CDK Global Employee Review

1.0
Mar 24, 2018
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

None. My position was one of the few available at this company that allowed remote work. It was not a perk. Communication between teams or even members on my own team was nearly non-existent. If you weren't in the office you weren't in the club.

Cons

Where to start? This company had great benefits and culture under ADP. ADP cared about retaining its talent and treating them like they were valuable. When CDK split from ADP, we began focusing on attracting a new buyer rather than working in the car dealership business. Benefits went up significantly or were stripped away altogether. Internal websites are horrible and difficult to navigate; they look like a kid created them. The performance review process is awkward and again, done on a cumbersome online section of our internal website. Job processes are mind-numbingly boring because automation is non-exsistent. There was no ownership of process improvement and 90% of my "technical" job was filling out paperwork, emailing it manually and then uploading it. Rinse and repeat. Breaking down silos? This company is one giant silo city. Management has zero investment in employee relations or retaining their their talent. Paycheck...what paycheck? Left this company and got a 30% raise to go elsewhere after 15 years of being told "you're average." Right...and the monkey pushes the button. There is no career growth and if you want to work in tech this place pigeon holes you into roles that are difficult to translate to "the real world." I honestly feel like I just got out of an abusive relationship and found out that not all companies treat their people this way, that's how bad this place is. I wasted years of my life on a "career" that doesn't exist. Keep looking if you're considering a job here. If you still work here, you CAN get out. The grass IS greener elsewhere.

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Cons

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Pros

Competitive pay and benefits (if that outweighs a toxic culture for you. My time at CDK has shown me what good leadership does NOT look like.

Cons

Leadership and management culture were the biggest issues. Poor managers are protected and good employees are left carrying the consequences. There is a strong culture of micromanagement, shifting expectations, and documentation over development. Honest feedback wasn't valued and accountability seemed to stop at management. Over time I watched team morale suffer, trust disappearing, and fellow talented employees leaving in sake of their sanity.

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