Awesome Company, Bad Group Management - Business Operations Programmer Paylocity Employee Review

4.0
Jul 10, 2023
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Overall, this company does a great job treat its employees well. Steve Beauchamp and the other C-Level staff were very transparent in changes organization. They did a phenomenal job handling all the industry changes due to covid - no layoffs and we even had bonuses after the fact because we did well. The company does a ton of ERGs and really knows how to get folks excited about the hype. I worked with multiple departments due to being in operations and nearly every group had a great 'get work done' attitude and still maintained being personable. Benefits were great and the work was always exciting in ways that really accelerated my career portfolio and experience. There were some projects that were extremely demanding of time, but those periods only lasted a few weeks and were maybe once a year.

Cons

Ultimately, I left the company because new management took over our group. The culture they brought with them was completely different and it led to over half of our group leaving within the year that they came in. There were a lot of changes requested, which is normal. However, there was extreme lack of communication and decision making that didn't make sense. Projects that were necessary for growth or system stability were shut down without any reason. Newer team members were taken advantage of when the tenured staff advised differently. The team was told to stop following established processes that led to a lot of confusion. There was a lot of passive aggressive recognition given to team members for smaller projects that eclipse those that worked on larger projects. Credit was taken from members that completed the work and given to someone who wasn't involved. One on ones with management were often unprofessional or cancelled at the last minute. Multiple often led to intense heated arguments with some highly unprofessional things said. I was also advised that there would no longer be any career growth for me, because I wasn't willing to blindly follow a deicsion without minimizing impact on business users or the system. I got HR involved later on, but nothing ever became of it.

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Paylocity Response
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Thank you for sharing your experience at Paylocity. We appreciate your positive feedback on employee treatment, transparency from our Executive Team, and effective handling of organizational changes during the pandemic. We're glad you enjoyed the work environment, exciting projects, and growth opportunities. We recognize the impact of leadership changes on team dynamics and hear your frustrations regarding communication, decision-making, and disregarded processes. HR is here to support all employees, so please know that we are actively looking into this. Your feedback is heard, we value a supportive work environment and are committed to improvement. Thank you for your contributions to PCTY.

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