Low Salary, long hours, treated as disposable material - Anonymous employee ADM Employee Review

2.0
Mar 5, 2014
Anonymous employee
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Pros

Good learning environment. Friendly colleagues. Although this is a 30k headcount company it feels a lot smaller.

Cons

Below average pay (pay level ok compared to a small family owned local business, not to the international organizations in the area). Being treated as disposable material. Many examples of people being forced to other locations, or face resignation. Middle management is mainly occupied with pleasing their bosses, and have little regard for the wellbeing of the people on the floor. HR is purely a hiring/firing machine, don´t expect any support when in conflict with a manager or in search for a training budget. Still an American passport is your ticket to success, and don´t expect any flexibility if your family situation would (temp.) require that.

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