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December 6, 2008
Administaff - An Employee's Prospective
I came across an interesting website this morning. It is aptly named JobVent.com .
The purpose of this website appears to be just that.
JobVent is the web site for anyone who has ever said 'I hate my job', or 'I love my job'. JobVent is the web site for people who are about to start a new job, and want to see what other people think of working there.
Topping the list for most hated employer was the Progressive Insurance Company, who scored a resounding minus -7708 from no less than 1181 reviewers. Coming in second place was, of all companies, the worlds leading human resource management and outsourcing organization, Hewitt Associates with a score of minus -4331. There were 269 Hewitt employees who took the time to let their feelings be known. By doing the math, I calculate that the level of dissatisfaction among Hewitt's employees is much greater than at Progressive.
Guess you might call this a case of the blind leading the blind.
While were on the topic. I was surprised to find a posting from an employee who apparently works for Administaff, a leading professional employer organization based in Kingwood, Texas. I say apparently because all postings on JobVent are anonymous. Here is one insiders view of Administaff, another HR outsourcing company who claims to be an employee management expert.
You be the judge.
Posting on JobVent 12/06/2008 - Administaff
The pay is the most I've ever had and they can afford that because they charge more than any other PEO. The benefits are better than most, but not the best I've ever had. I'd like to have better, but honestly we're struggling in our economy. I rated the job security as 0, but that's because this company prides themselves on never having a layoff....however they will drive you to the point to where you quit or they'll make reasons to let you go. Work/life balance is pretty good. They are really involved in the community. The PTO is decent. Just a couple of people with a few loose screws that try to control when you take your time off and how. They preach how you can grow with the company, but all I've ever seen is friends of friends get promoted and praised. The few supervisors I've seen that weren't friends with anyone, ended up leaving. The location is good for me because I live so close, but that's with anyone who works around the corner from their job. My coworkers know their work, but this is all they know. They have never worked with real software or in a professional environment. This place is pretty similar to putting a bunch of hillbillies in suits and asking them to be pro's. The work environment is the worst. The management claims they don't want to micromanage, when they very well do. They walk around the work area to spy on you and see if you're at your desk. God forbid you have to use the rest room because they'll question where you have been.
It appears to me that Administaff knows how to "Talk the Talk", but do they really "Walk the Walk"?
5 comments:
Left that terrible work place because it is exactly as you say. The worst part is that they are very tricky with how they operate. One of the biggest problems with the sales part of the company is that nothing is real until the money is paid by the client. Seems okay but the managers will tell their sales people to make things up to meet quotas and so nobody really knows for sure what is real and what is not until the client runs their first payroll. Then if the managers get caught they just blame the sales rep and everyone who is in sales knows that this is the way things go and so nobody is honest and everything is built on politics.
Then it is pretty ironic how Administaff is on the Best Places To Work list every year. It is the best company I have ever worked for and if you didn't like your job it's probably because you have horrible work ethic. You also failed to mention that the sales consultants have a base pay higher than any other sales job I have heard of. Administaff is very open to an employees desire to be in a new position but just like any other successful company you have to earn that right, you probably think so highly of yourself that you think everything is owed to you. I am glad both of you are no longer employees and can no longer bring down the best culture that only continues to get better. Go start your own company, run it successfully for 23 years and be debt free, and then you just might have a leg to stand on. The funny part is you would probably need Administaff's help to run your business because intelligence is something you obviously lack.
From Administaff's customer point of view: I have so much bad experience with Administaff that I hate that company. Frequent errors with their pay accounting and constant issues with benefits. Lately (12/31/2009), they failed to deposit payrolls to banks which caused so much inconvenience to their customers. A lot of employees were on holiday vacation during that period.
This is something that never fails. Administaff is incompetent and I hope that my employer get rid of them.
From Administaff's customer point of view: I have so much bad experience with Administaff that I hate that company. Frequent errors with their pay accounting and constant issues with benefits. Lately (12/31/2009), they failed to deposit payrolls to banks which caused so much inconvenience to their customers. A lot of employees were on holiday vacation during that period.
This is something that never fails. Administaff is incompetent and I hope that my employer get rid of them.
The management claims they don't want to micromanage, when they very well do.
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