Pluspunten
Free snacks. That's pretty much it.
Minpunten
Where do I begin? There is so much wrong with this organization. No adherence to commonly held business principles or practices; poor to non-existent management structure, leading to managers and employees frequently going on unchecked personal vendettas; a completely inept HR organization which can best be described as a cult of personality that makes Kim Jong-Il look like a benevolent leader, and finally the absolute worst of mean girl- sorority culture presided over by HR. Absolutely no one trusts HR. In fact, even the lightest of criticism of the organization was done in whispers behind closed doors. That's how pervasive the culture of fear is at this organization and with good reason. In my two years there, I saw frequent firings and lay-offs with the terminations often couched as the employee going off to other opportunities. Upon inquiry, the "other opportunities" were non-existent with the organization forcing the employees to lie in order to receive severance. This Twilight Zone style Kabuki Theater extended to the employees being forced to have good-bye parties hosted in their honor even against their express wishes. This happened to my personal knowledge, not once or twice, but at least three times during my tenure. I also saw first-hand multiple instances of people quitting or being fired within days, weeks and months of being hired. This place is absolutely toxic. I would also add that ATD has a habit of promoting, rewarding and coddling terrible people who exhibit the worst of workplace behavior. I saw frequent vendettas against employees who supposedly committed grave errors, when in reality there were either no errors committed or the errors were committed in the absence of explanation, parameters being set or education/training of any kind offered by management. The ugliest of behavior by employees to one another was acknowledged by managers and HR as being acceptable or even worthy of being overlooked because the favored employees otherwise did "good work". One of the most egregious actions by HR that I and many others experienced was outright theft of wages. ATD has a stated policy that if you do not fill out their cumbersome and poorly explained time keeping paperwork to their constantly shifting standards, you actually forfeit vacation days. That's right, time that you have earned and would be compensated for if you were to leave is outright taken from you as punishment. This happened frequently every pay period. I can't even imagine how much in wages the organization has improperly seized in this manner. In today's improved economy, there is no reason for anyone with options to choose to work here. ATD is the place where rational thinking, decency and professionalism go to die. One final note: I fully expect this review to be followed by a rash of HR sponsored puff pieces regarding how great ATD is, how disgruntled all the negative reviewers are and how it's not a place for any but the most dedicated, hard-working and passionate of job seekers. Oh, one more thing-it was widely discussed among employees that the "positive" reviews on Glassdoor are a direct result of HR finally figuring out that there is such a thing as Glassdoor. People had bets that one of the positive reviews were from HR staff.