brutal layoffs - Anonymous employee ADM Employee Review

2.0
17 Aug 2017
Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

The company is a broad company with interesting opportunities. They offer excellent benefits. They have opportunities across the world.

Cons

After having layoffs in 2012, just experienced another round of layoffs targeting employees and managers with long service records. Most of the layoffs were targeted at employees with 25 to 40 years of service. They were excellent managers, employees and veterans. It was simply cost cutting. Rumors says that there is another round coming within 6 months

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