ADT reviews

3.0

43% would recommend to a friend

(5,205 total reviews)
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Jim DeVries

47% approve of CEO

36% positive business outlook

ADT has an employee rating of 3.0 out of 5 stars, based on 5,205 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have an average working experience there. The ADT employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Administración y consultoría industry (3.7 stars).

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1.0
Nov 28, 2024
Recommend
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Pros

-Diverse workforce and management -Remote Work

Cons

This is the worst job I have ever had. I am 37. At this age, I do not need to be micromanaged to the point of telling my manager every time I need to pee. Every manager you interact with claims to hate micromanaging their employees, but ADT's structure allows for nothing else. You have to be glued to your desk and on the phone every instant of your shift, or you will be penalized. Two fifteen-minute breaks are provided daily (by law - ADT would rather work you into the ground than care about your well-being). I have to work through each of those breaks to catch up on emails and the millions of pointless messages that come through Teams. ADT does not allow a single second for CTS agents to do anything besides be on the phone. ADT puts no trust in their employees' own personal work ethic and, instead, will split hairs because you spent over two minutes in a month putting notes on an account. I have never worked for a company that distrusts its employees more. ADT has tried to copy and paste their call center operations to remote work and it is failing. The employee turnover is horrendous. It seems like the only people who can hack it are simply doing so in the hopes of getting promoted and off of the phones because it is grueling and so poorly managed.

1.0
Jun 20, 2024

Horrible

Recommend
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Pros

None. There genuinely is nothing positive I have to say about the organization.

Cons

-Significantly below market pay rates. -Deceitful leadership which deliberately engages in labor violations (Google "ADT Union Lawsuit", you'll find quite a few). Guess how they can keep the pay rates so low? -Leadership which deliberately insulates themselves from failures. In the last 6 months, many employees were laid off. Despite their failure to lead the organization appropriately in causing a layoff, they still retained their yearly bonuses for failing at their jobs. -Leadership which deliberately engages in nepotistic hiring practices. Multiple Google alum (Google owns part of ADT) have been hired since the layoffs, despite ADT alleging that the process was a REDUCTION in workforce that caused the layoffs. -Leadership which ignores the overwhelming concerns and desires of their workforce. Return to office was forced for all in person employees even if they were unable to be vaccinated around March of 2021, exposing employees to significant and unnecessary health risks. -Leadership which replaces you with the very people you were asked to train. On the day I was laid off I was to interview a candidate, and many of the interns continued into their role at ADT. This left me with the observation that I was used to replace myself with cheaper labor. -Leadership chose not to adjust raises along with inflation during one of the highest periods of inflation in recent U.S. history I could go on, but you get the gist. This place is the single worst organization I have made the mistake of working for.

1.0
Sep 8, 2023
Recommend
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Pros

The people you work with are awesome (not including management) The job USED to be somewhat enjoyable

Cons

Management cares about no one. Communication is non existent Pay is horrible You are truly just a number Only thing they care about is getting money Company doesn't care about customers after install has ben completed. No trust with employees working remote Metrics are unrealistic Quantity work over quality A lot of unhappy employees who want to leave Constant turnover due to management Sketchy decisions made on the daily by managers Work is unfulfilling more often then not.

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