Work hard and get rewarded with more work - New Client Specialist Paychex Employee Review

3.0
Apr 8, 2011
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Good training in Rochester Good benefits- 401k, medical, dental, stock options, vision Friendly managers/supervisors Raises for passing "level" tests Time off isn't too difficult to schedule

Cons

Poor communication between departments Lack of technical support for online clients- new client specialists/payroll specialists have a ton to do, and now we're technical support on top of it. I don't mind showing clients the basics, but I'm not trained to do tech support. If I was trained for tech support, I'd be somewhere else, probably earning more money. Corporate support doesn't really know how our payroll system works/isn't familiar with the interface, so it's difficult to communicate problems to them and for them to correct system issues. The pay is not so great- Annual raises only, based on whatever category you fit into, and the employees who screw up don't get much less of a raise than those who don't. They hold on to employees who aren't living up to the standards set by other employees/Paychex. Keep better control of the sales department- bad initial information leads to bad first payroll experiences and that leads to unhappy clients.

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Cons

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1.0
Jun 1, 2026
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Pros

Nothing is good about working here.

Cons

Nobody is ever held accountable. Pay is awful. Benefits were all moved out of state, so all providers in the area are all out of network. Jobs are being moved to India. The list goes on. Sales is the absolute favorite department in the entire company. Nothing sales can do is ever wrong, even when they give false information to clients and then the support team has to deal with the fallback. Don't get me started on Payroll.... the entire department has gone to the wind. I honestly don't know how this company ever did good with payroll services. The #1 complaint i got from every single client I interacted with was they could never get ahold of their Payroll Specialist. The company's response to this was to start making other departments learn payroll duties. This year they moved insurance benefits to a plan out of Arkansas, which made every provider I was already seeing become out of network. I had my first major medical scare of my adulthood and ended up paying a few grand out of pocket because U of R was out of network. Promotions are non existent. They make you apply and interview for any role you want to move into. There is nothing good about working here, and i would advise anyone to stay away from them.

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