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      Paychex

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      Paychex reviews

      3.1

      48% would recommend to a friend

      (3,874 total reviews)
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      John Gibson

      49% approve of CEO

      47% positive business outlook

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      Paychex has an employee rating of 3.1 out of 5 stars, based on 3,874 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The Paychex employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Information Technology industry (3.7 stars).

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      4K reviews
      2.0
      Aug 17, 2014

      It should be a stepping stone to bigger and better things

      Anonymous employee
      Recommend
      CEO approval
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      Pros

      Stability, decent benefits, some good people to work with during the time there. They have a joke that nobody ever gets fired from there. It's not true, but it does take a lot to get fired.

      Cons

      Which leads to the cons. Sometimes it takes *a lot* to get canned, just because of the size of the company and the implications they have to deal with concerning UI and other legal costs of letting people go. Some states are easier than others though, so it depends on where you are, as always.

      2.0
      Aug 17, 2014

      Stress Overload

      Payroll specialist
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      Great training in payroll and payroll taxes

      Cons

      Pay does not match responsibility and work load, micromanaged

      3.0
      Aug 16, 2014

      Potential, but afraid to pay for important resources - like people and technology.

      Implementation supervisor
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      Benefits - 401(k) + match, PTO (if you don't feel guilty about making your coworkers cover you and don't mind working double before and after said time off). Training for your career after Paychex

      Cons

      Views employees as disposable. They hire you on for cheap, train the crap out of you. The incentive is that you have a 10% raise and an annual review for the standard 3%. After your first year you have very little opportunity for growth/development/advancement. They take advantage of the creative and ambitious by giving them "learning opportunities." These are of course just things of arbitrary nature to pacify and buy time. They admit to paying below market value and are strategically placing themselves in markets that have lower costs of living in order to overcome stagnate growth. Their philosophy on compensation isn't competitive and is the reason why they have an atrocious turnover rates year over year. They won't pay for talent that will keep them relevant.

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