Ran By A Team of Modern Day Gordon Gekkos. - Anonymous employee CDK Global Employee Review

1.0
Oct 23, 2018
Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

There once was decent insurance, a pension, IRS limit mileage reimbursement, carry over vacation, management that cared about employees and clients over profit...I could go on and on. It’s all gone now.

Cons

Corporate raiders swooped in the moment we spun off from ADP to install their puppet CEO and his henchmen. Almost all benefits are gone...In fact, they don’t even call them “benefits” anymore...They are called “rewards”. Turnover rampant, except at the very top. Unable to hire and retain decent people because they treat employees so poorly. Gave up caring anything about clients and employees a while ago. Now it’s just about profits...Shipping support and development jobs overseas to employees who are completely clueless about how the automotive business actually works in North America. Clients constantly upset over billing issues, the worst support ever and being lied to by telling them “everything is going great”. The snake is rotten from the head down.

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Pros

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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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