If you like ADP you will love Paylocity - Senior Consultant - Human Capital Paylocity Employee Review

1.0
Dec 22, 2022
Recommend
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Pros

-Technology is decent for middle market space -Work from Home -Decent Support for Sales with Solutions Consultants to do product demonstrations -Low base salary but higher commission tiers -Good Vehicle /Mileage/Reimbursement

Cons

--The biggest con for me is the lack of care for any of the service/implementation folks. Sales continues to overload these poor people who are brand new, poorly trained and completely overworked. It is not a dedicated service model it is a call center in which the person you get is struggling to provide answers for the client. Way to many departments creates a complete lack of accountability from initial setup to service. No wonder why turnover is SO high. -Extreme Favoritism is senior leadership roles, the majority of senior leadership came from ADP without any prior Paylocity or Mid-Market experience. The leaders seem to only know the SMB model and began to make extreme changes in a short period of time. -I can't tell you how many qualified middle tier managers were passed on promotions for a personal connections of the former ADP leaders. The career path is almost non-existent unless your are in the ADP network. The new regime could care less about "culture" as they were not there for it and not afraid to say it. -Headcount/Segmentation again and again. Good luck getting actually territory data and if you do expect a quick change of course. You now have inside sales, current client consultants, emerging markets, mid-market, Enterprise, Enterprise Current Client Consultants. Oh and RESELLERS in your own territory who can sell the same product line for about 50% of what your book cost is. Sound familiar? ADP Run?. -There is absolutely no explanation of quota assignment and very little transparency into national quota's which was never the case in the past as the entire organization worked towards a goal. -Cheesy mid year incentives and back end qualifiers for lack luster rewards trips that are now too large to host at a nice location. These events went from first class to a risky path for HR nightmares. These often got manipulated which diluted the actual achievement of the original qualification. I can recall one year managers qualified on logging field calls. -It's ALL ABOUT the stock price, growth at any and all expense. RSU pool has become so large it barely offsets the low base salary and you have to pay taxes on them when they vest.

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Paylocity Response
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We appreciate your feedback! At Paylocity, we realize that we are consistently growing at a rapid rate. With growth fueling opportunity, our Talent Acquisition team is working hard to hire in areas in need of added support. Growth also allows for internal opportunities, and we are proud to hire so many employees from within. Should employees need any support related to their role or would like to explore career pathing and new opportunities within, we strongly recommend connecting with their corresponding HR Business Partner or manager. We guarantee fair and equitable opportunities for all and strive to foster a culture where all employees can thrive and grow. We thank you for your time at Paylocity!

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