Toxic culture and poor practices harm development careers - Software Developer Paycom Employee Review

1.0
Jun 30, 2026
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Pros

There are absolutely no pros to working at Paycom. Steer clear of this clown show

Cons

There are too many to comprehensively list, but I will mention a few from the standpoint of a dev. 1. Business model is to burn and churn new grads and this reflects in the code base. It is a hot mess. You will inevitably pick up terrible habits and practices in software development that will harm your future prospects. 2. Unrealistic deadlines. Regardless of whether you push to meet them, you will be let go. 3. Obsolete tech stack (mostly PHP) 4. It is mandatory to blame someone- literally name drop- on every bug ticket. If you do not point the finger at someone, by default, the dev who picks up the bug is blamed. This creates a toxic environment of pointing fingers. While this is mostly at the team level, the culture of throwing others under the bus to save face resonates through the company. 5. Micromanagement and 0 flexibility. There could be a snow storm with all school districts closed and you will be expected to be at the office on time.

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Paycom Response
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We operate with high standards, clear expectations and a professional environment where accountability is expected at every level. We equip our teams with top-tier technology and structured processes to support consistent results.

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5.0
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Pros

Great environment to be working in

Cons

Job security was really scary

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We’re glad to see your experience reflect the collaborative, high-performance environment we maintain at Paycom.
2.0
Jun 17, 2026
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Pros

- Base salary - PTO - Awesome colleagues - $1 Medical PPO offering

Cons

- Upper leadership seem to not value the operations department as much as they do with sales. They are not consistent as well, which causes them to change the entire department's job description, expectations, & commission structure every few months. Change is good but huge change every 3-4 months is so exhausting. - They overload you with too many clients to handle while increasing the number of internal calls. When asking for support from sales or middle management, its typically a hard negotiation or non-existent. Expect to work way over 40 hours/week and juggle 10-20+ clients at a time. - Sales will oversell on product & implementation expectation which makes the job 1000% harder. Turnover with sales is extremely high so don't expect for even the best reps stay as they either leave, get fired because quota was not met, or the new manager will cut them if they're "not the vibe". You get left with the newbies who does not know how to sell or support you when you need them. - Every role in this company has high turnover in general. Making it very hard to cross collaborate with other departments as everyone is either extremely swamped or new to the role and cannot support as well, - Being forced to go to Oklahoma for training every year, sometimes twice a year.

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Paycom Response
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We operate with clear expectations across teams, and collaboration is essential to delivering strong results. As the business evolves, decisions are made with purpose, and our structure supports teams in managing workloads and staying aligned. Connect with your leader to discuss your feedback further.
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