ADP Payroll Services

ADP Payroll Services Reviews

ADP Payroll Services Reviews
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About ADP Payroll Services

ADP helps companies manage payroll, employee benefits, taxes, retirement and other services. The company has solutions for small, medium, large and multinational businesses. Its specialists work with businesses to reduce costs and develop human resources (HR) strategies that align with the business’s goals.

Pros & Cons

Pros
  • Flexible options and HR add-ons
  • Mobile app
  • Easy to use
  • Lots of employee self-service features
Cons
  • No free trials
  • No pricing info without a quote

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Our editor’s take

ADP offers a wide range of options for businesses of all sizes and industries. ADP is probably best for businesses needing a highly customized payroll service experience, since it emphasizes customer service from dedicated reps and provides a lot of options.

This service doesn’t publish pricing online, so it’s hard to make direct price comparisons and determine what you’ll pay for specific features. For businesses with no-frills payroll needs, ADP might offer more services and features than you’ll actually use.

ADP products

ADP’s payroll service software allows businesses to pay employees and keep track of payroll data for tax filings and compliance. The features and costs of ADP products depend on the plan you choose, the size of your business and the level of customization you need in your plan.

ADP services

ADP offers HR and payroll software. Many different products are available and can be accessed through a centralized platform:

  • Payroll: Run payments for employees, navigating any applicable tax and regulatory standards.
  • Time and attendance: Track clock-in and clock-out times as well as attendance and total hours worked.
  • Talent: Organize recruitment, hiring, talent management and employee experience.
  • Benefits and insurance: Administer employee benefits, business insurance, workers’ compensation, health insurance and retirement plans.
  • Professional employer organization (PEO) and human resources (HR) outsourcing: Contract with ADP to have its team support your business with HR and payroll outsourcing.

These and other functions and features are available through ADP packages. Here are payroll and HR packages ADP offers its customers:

  1. ADP Essential Payroll: Businesses get basic payroll, taxes, compliance and people management features online, over the phone and through mobile access. It includes 24/7 customer support, tax filing, reporting, an employee portal, new hire reporting, payroll delivery, automatic payroll, direct deposit, a debit card program for consumers, multicompany management and multijurisdiction payroll functionality. You also get background checks, state and federal resources, employment verification, new hire self-onboarding, employee discount and wellness programs, a digital HR storefront and Google Ads setup and management features.
  2. ADP Enhanced Payroll: Everything in ADP Essential Payroll is included. Also, you get compliance posters you can post at your business, integration with ZipRecruiter software, payment service for employees with wage garnishment, state unemployment insurance management and ADPCheck checking. This package also helps you track and review expenses associated with particular jobs.
  3. ADP Complete Payroll & HR Plus: Everything in ADP Enhanced Payroll is included. You also get access to live support, software that helps you build an employee handbook, ideas to help with finding the right salary ranges for jobs, templates you can use in your human resource activities, a compliance database that’s updated regularly so you can follow laws and regulations in your local area, a tool that helps you create job descriptions, human resource forms and documents, human resource tracking, alerts and notifications, and a collection of forms and ideas you can use in hiring and managing your team.
  4. ADP HR Pro: Everything in ADP Complete Payroll & HR Plus is included. You also get an applicant tracking system, employee assistance program; learning management system, business and marketing tools with live advice; access to Upnetic legal services software; and access to a proactive HR support team.

In addition to these packages for payroll, ADP offers other apps and custom features. Many of ADP’s features are designed primarily for enterprise business needs. If your organization has other needs that aren’t listed in existing packages, you can ask ADP about its additional services.

How much does ADP cost?

Although these plans are detailed on ADP’s website along with information about your options as a customer, ADP doesn’t publish pricing online for its software and services. According to ADP, pricing isn’t published because quotes are customized based on features, package choice, number of employees and other factors.

You can contact ADP through its website to get specific pricing for your company. After submitting a few details such as how many employees you have, your ZIP code and your contact information, a representative from ADP will contact you to schedule a demo and provide a quote.

ADP FAQ

What is ADP payroll services?

ADP is a global company providing HR solutions for small, midsize and large enterprises.

How does ADP work?

ADP payroll and HR software helps companies manage payroll, employee benefits, taxes, retirement and other services. Users can log into ADP’s platform to access employer information and features.

Where is ADP available?

ADP offers services in more than 140 countries and markets to help organizations pursue their talent strategies.

Is ADP legit?

ADP is a global HR solutions provider offering payroll, benefits, taxation, retirement and other talent services support.

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    Reviewed Sept. 5, 2024

    I am being told by my employer that ADP is not working with them to give me my full PTO that I signed an Addendum for when I agreed to work. I can not talk to a human at all when I try to call, no option for this. All I want is what I was told I would get when I agreed to the employment.

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    Response from ADP Payroll Services
    Hello Suzan,
    You appear to work for a company on ADP's National Accounts platform. I can't think of a reason why ADP would be involved in providing or determining how much PTO you receive, other than via systemic processes. The parameters used by these systems are chosen by your company's leaders.
    I will forward your review to the Account Manager of your employer's ADP account. They will partner with the authorized ADP contact(s) for your company to help address your inquiry.
    You are correct, ADP does not typically provide direct support to the employees of your employer’s type of account. You should contact your employer’s Payroll or HR leaders with any questions/concerns.
    Kind regards,

    RP - ADP Client Experience

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      Reviewed Sept. 2, 2024

      I engaged ADP several years ago for simple payroll services (I am an wholly owned S Corp with quarterly payroll to myself only and no other employees). From the first month of the engagement to date (I terminated my engagement with them almost a year ago) I started receiving (and still receive to date) notices from the IRS and the state government for failure to file the payroll tax returns (part of the ADP service which I paid for) and failure to pay the tax. I have received collection notices, levy notices, warrant notices for the sale of my assets as a result of the failure on behalf of ADP to pay the proper taxes (although they certainly had no trouble debiting those amounts timely from my business account). I have complained all the way up to the CEO, CFO and General Counsel of ADP. I even filed a complaint with the New York State Attorney General.

      In response I have received numerous emails from ADP stating that they have resolved the matter but I continue to received notices of default. Clearly ADP is trying to settle the penalties with the state and federal government only to my detriment and to the detriment of my financial landscape. I would avoid this company at all costs. Having been in business for myself and as someone who doesn't normally submit reviews about a company I can safely say that this is the worst customer service experience I have ever had and I find it appalling that a company this large exercises such negligent and frankly fraudulent behavior while causing irreversible damage to a small business owner such as myself. Please avoid ADP if you can. There are dozens of other payroll service providers out there and the company that I am currently using has been perfectly smooth with no issues.

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      Response from ADP Payroll Services

      Hello Michael,

      I'm sorry to read of your tax challenges. I will forward this review to the leadership team of your ADP Service Center, but it appears that they are already aware of this situation and actively working toward resolution.

      Kind regards,

      RP - ADP Client Experience

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      Reviewed Aug. 20, 2024

      This is the worst company I have ever used. They don't keep historical records, they are horrific at reporting taxes and they have no supervisors that are ever willing to help. I have never worked with a company so bad in my life.

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      Response from ADP Payroll Services
      Hello Courtney,
      We're very sorry to hear about your experience with our services. I've relayed your review to our service leaders and asked them to look into this and reach out.

      Thank you, NW-ADP Client Experience

      Customer ServicePunctuality & SpeedStaff

      Reviewed Aug. 7, 2024

      ADP is horrible! The customer service is slow and not helpful at all. I cannot get information on who to contact above my account rep, who doesn't respond timely. Every time I use the chat or call in, they refer me right back to my account rep. I can't get anywhere. It is 4 PM on Wednesday - I have to get my payroll in today for direct deposit to go out correctly by Friday, and zero response from the rep. I'm going to have to send a payroll through to get people paid, then go back and do adjustments on my 401K match accumulators because ADP can't figure out my very simple match table. so frustrating!

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      Response from ADP Payroll Services
      Hello Glenda,
      We're very sorry to hear about your experience with our service. I'd like to have a service leader look into this and reach out. Could you email ask_adp@adp.com with your name and contact number, company name and location, and company ID if available? We will get this in front of the proper leadership.

      Thank you, NW-ADP Client Experience

      Contract & TermsStaff

      Reviewed July 30, 2024

      RUN. ADP is the worst system that I have ever used in my 20+ years in HR/Payroll. Over the past year, it has progressively gotten worse. Most of the client representatives will tell you anything and not fix the problem. For the past 2 weeks, I have been talking to the client rep team about a tax withholding issue. Today, I had the pleasure of talking to Brandon (Manager) and Allison (Team Lead) regarding the issue that ADP put a default state in our account that affects the employees' state deduction. I was told that it was a part of a reciprocity agreement with MD and Tennessee. When I told them that Tennessee cannot be a part of the reciprocity and read the states that have reciprocity with MD they basically told me that what is on the MARYLAND COMPTROLLER WEBSITE is wrong.

      I have since called the comptroller's office and they have confirmed that I am correct; TN does not have a reciprocity agreement with MD. I also immediately downloaded and sent to Brandon and Allison the two regulations from Maryland that identifies the states that have reciprocity taxes which does not include TN. I have over 50 employees that live in states other than MD that are being charged MD taxes because ADP refuses to fix the problem in their system. We were looking to upgrade with ADP, but that is very unlikely now.

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      Response from ADP Payroll Services
      Hello Sonia,
      We're very sorry to hear about the frustration our services and support have caused. We have relayed your feedback to our service leaders and asked them to research into this and reach out.

      Thank you, NW-ADP Client Experience

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      Reviewed May 13, 2024

      Not a very honest and transparent company. I should've checked Google or BBB reviews before signing up with ADP, but I did not. And now, after just one month of being with the company, I have to move my payroll again. The following is very demonstrative. ** Or you can just Google "adp payroll services reviews".

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      Response from ADP Payroll Services

      Hi Timur,

      It is not a threat or suggestion. Just notifying you that we have received your complaint and have asked a service leader to look into this situation and reach out to connect with you to get more details.

      Thank you, NW-ADP Client Experience

      Hello Timur,
      I'm sorry to hear about your experience with ADP so far. I have relayed your message to our service leaders and asked them to look into this and reach out.

      Thank you, NW-ADP Client Experience

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      Reviewed March 8, 2024

      This Company, as I said before will BEAT the little guy up with excessive and enormous fees, please stay away from ADP services. There are so many companies out there. Do your research. This will run you in the ground.

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      Response from ADP Payroll Services
      Hello Giovanni,
      We apologize for your experience with our services. We appreciate you taking the time to leave your feedback and have relayed it to our service leaders.

      Thank you, NW-ADP Client Experience

      Staff

      Reviewed March 5, 2024

      We started with ADP in January of 2023. They used to be the best. Unfortunately, their software is antiquated and services are disconnected. Two payrolls, some employees did not get paid because the benefits were set up incorrectly. To complete a payroll, could take up to 7 hours because of a software "glitch" If you have an HR situation, someone might get back to you in two weeks. Most importantly, my state payroll taxes were never paid.

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      Response from ADP Payroll Services
      Hello Alicia,
      We are very sorry to hear about your experience with our payroll service and the lack of follow-up. I've located your account and asked our service leaders to look into this and reach out.

      Thank you, NW-ADP Client Experience

      Staff

      Reviewed Feb. 19, 2024

      Received a so called paycheck for a minuscule amount and the buffoons there don’t know why. People at the company don’t know why. Then it was the weekend so no one bothered to continue to research WHY this happened. Another company I worked for the same thing happened and YOUR EMPLOYEES were STEALING money from people. You REALLY NEED TO TAKE MORE PRIDE IN YOUR WORK ETHICS. Getting paid for working is a person’s livelihood, paying rent is something you have to do every month. Hard to do when you don’t get paid correctly. I would NEVER RECOMMEND YOUR COMPANY you must be part of Bidenomics, STEALING FROM PEOPLE TO PUT MONEY IN YOUR POCKET. Waiting 30 days to get an issue fixed is unacceptable, 2 days is unacceptable, it should be taken care of immediately. If it’s that hard for you to figure out then you shouldn’t be on business. I don’t want want to hear about the 100’s of companies that use your service I’m talking about 1 and that should be sufficient.

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      Response from ADP Payroll Services
      Hello Terry,
      We're very sorry to hear about this issue with your pay. Please have your company's HR/Payroll person contact their ADP Service Team. They can look into what is causing the pay issue and go over available options to get pay corrected and distributed.

      Thank you, NW-ADP Client Experience

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      Reviewed Jan. 24, 2024

      This company just drains your wallet. They do have hidden fees and when you ask about them, they try to come up with some reason that was never discussed beforehand. Don't use if you're a small business. I hired them because I thought they knew what they were doing. Instead, they put some 21 year old kid as our billing manager who messed us up so bad they had to debit our account back for his lack of accounting knowledge. They didn't send us our health and safety place-cards which are required in California until way later. Use Gusto or some other payroll service, this company is just profit hungry and will drain your wallet one way or another.

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      Response from ADP Payroll Services
      Hello Breanna,
      We are sorry to hear the frustration our service has caused. I'm relaying your message to a service leader and asking them to look into this and reach out.

      Thank you, NW-ADP Client Experience

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      ADP
      Address:
      One ADP Boulevard
      City:
      Roseland
      State/Province:
      NJ
      Postal Code:
      07068
      Country:
      United States
      Website:
      www.adp.com

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