Pros
The training program is strenuous but well-structured and you gain a lot of insight and material. - that's if they don't fire you before corporate training. Also the benefits and pay are good. You are promised an amazing compensation structure and have fantastic earning potential. Granted, it only counts if you stay long enough to see any of it. Compared to competitors, the technology is well-developed and easy to sell. The marketing department is awesome and gives great materials to help you.
Cons
I don’t blame you for being enticed by this company. I was. They take hungry recent grads or young professionals and promise them the world if they work hard. They tell you that those with negative reviews/experiences were the ones that couldn’t survive and were failures. This is not true. I thought that the potential for ridiculous earnings was worth sacrificing my work/life balance, my personal time, and eventually my health and mental well-being. At the end, I questioned my self-worth and my intelligence which is crazy because those who get hired are extremely qualified and have to pass a rigorous hiring process. They rule with fear and there is NO job security. You will hear about people from your training class or your co-workers’ classes getting fired or quitting every week. Paycom has a cult-like mentality that acts like an abusive boyfriend. They will place you under unbearable stress, alienate you from your life (they told us to forget about our friends because we will be making too much money for them to relate to us), and indirectly threaten your stability, then dangle the carrot of wealth. They brainwash you to define your worth by your success at Paycom and your financial status. The sales department is derogatory towards others, refers to people as “peasants” and even looks down on other positions within Paycom. I definitely drank the Kool-aid and didn’t recognize myself by the time I left Paycom. At some point, everyone is stretched thin and burns out. We were easily working 70 hour weeks because 8-5 was strictly for revenue-generating activity. Early mornings, late nights and weekends were for conducting additional research, getting potential leads and contacts, updating your demo system, preparing drops, sending emails/inmails, and building business cases (that contained fabricated equations). You were supposed to prepare your week on Sunday which would take hours even though managers said it shouldn’t take long. It was a micromanaged position with a strict schedule of office days and 2 call blocks/ wk at the same times every week, manager constantly checking in on field days/off days and you should never be the first one to leave the office. Anytime I finally had a moment of free time, I felt guilty and like I should be working otherwise I would fall behind. Yes, sales positions naturally come with pressure, but that combined with an unhealthy environment is a disaster. Leaving this company was the best thing to happen to me. I am grateful for all the training I received, however I am happy to utilize my talents elsewhere.
