MBA Executive Speaker Series - Sreeni Kutam
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President of Global Product & Innovation, Automatic Data Processing
Search every verified Sreenivasa Kutam interview, podcast appearance, and on-the-record quote — each transcript cross-checked by AI and human review to confirm speaker identity. In a February 2023 appearance at Montclair State University’s MBA Executive Speaker Series, Sreenivasa Kutam, then serving as chief human resources officer at Automatic Data Processing (ADP), discussed career advancement and workforce trends. He advised that success depends on being skilled at one’s work, ensuring influential people recognize that skill, and helping others along the way. Kutam described his own approach as an introvert as focusing on asking questions and offering assistance to colleagues, building relationships that lead to reciprocal support. Kutam also addressed concerns about the gig economy, stating that as an HR practitioner he worried about the societal impact of gig workers lacking the health and retirement benefits provided to full-time employees. He noted that ADP, as a public company, faces pressure to maintain margins and stock price, which can influence decisions about retaining staff during business downturns. Additionally, he commented on immigration’s role in national GDP, arguing that countries must either increase birth rates or attract immigrants to sustain economic growth.
“As an HR practitioner that worried me — what's the impact if more people work in the gig economy where full‑time employees have health and retirement benefits but gig workers are on their own? What's the societal impact — who is picking up the tab for that?”
“We're a public company — if we keep all the people when business deteriorates, investors will be unhappy because we won't make the margins we promised and the stock price will suffer.”
Learn how's it going so i'm your marketing major but um i actually do have an interview with adp next wednesday. Awesome you ...
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