Very Hit or Miss - Senior Software Developer Paylocity Employee Review

2.0
Jan 25, 2023
Recommend
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Pros

If you are fortunate and have a good manager it is a reasonable place to work. If you have a poor manager it's a nightmare. With a lot of growth has come many new managers, many of them are poor. The good reviews reflect the company a decade ago. It was amazing then. Today, if you have the good boss, it's like working for any other publicly traded software place, nothing special and ok pay. If you have a bad boss you will suffer alone.

Cons

Middle and upper management layers appear to lack oversight. Bad managers abound and even if their entire team quits and has to be replaced, they seem to stay on forever or are promoted. Teams are heavily siloed. Majority of workers are remote, which allows the more tyrannical ones to torture people on their team at their whimsy. Don't go to HR for help, they will not support you.

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5.0
Jun 9, 2026
Recommend
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Pros

Work remote. Fantastic leaders, Definitely a place I have enjoyed working.

Cons

Pay is slightly less than competitors but work life balance and culture make up for it.

2.0
May 26, 2026
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

There used to be many. By the time I left all of the pros had been phased out. The only pro was allowing some people to stay remote- but if you wanted to advance in your career you would be forced back in office.

Cons

Low pay. Micromanaging. Hiring leadership from outside Paylocity and even outside of the industry. Major and extreme departmental changes rapidly. Change is a part of business but in six months my role became unrecognizable. I was there for five years and had planned to be there for much longer. This last year was terrible. Low communication from all leadership. Higher and higher expectations of employees with no bonuses or pay raises to accommodate. My regional director was forcing people out and speaking badly about employees regularly.

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