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

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
5.0
Jun 9, 2014
Recommend
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Pros

I started working as a Sales Rep and was signed on to an awesome team. They gave me all the support I wanted. After a few months, I came to the decision that I didn't want to be in sales any more, and the local management worked very hard to transfer me to operations in the same branch - where I still am today. I love it on the back side, and I loved it on the sales side too! The people are fantastic, there is a big teamwork vibe. I've worked for several other large corporations, and each branch seemed to talk down about the others. Not the case with Paychex. I even had the opportunity to personally meet the CEO in my first 2 months on the job. He came to our training class and did a Q/A session. The work/life balance is great, even as an hourly employee management is flexible if you need time off for something. They really value the people here.

Cons

The sales jobs is challenging because it is mostly outbound; you generate your own leads. Sales has a great support system with a national telemarketing arm to help generate leads, but you get most of your money yourself. It is WORTH IT if you can keep the momentum up, but that can be hard to do. In operations, it can be frustrating dealing with customer issues, but your team will more than make up for the frustration. The pay is less than the base salary for sales, but to me it's worth it to not have a quota.

4.0
Jun 7, 2014

Long term happy employee!

Recommend
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Pros

The people are great to work with. The company believes in their values and ethics and try's to always do the right thing for the client and Payx.

Cons

The company pushes our sales team too hard for high growth numbers which results in them selling products to clients that aren't a great fit. This results in clients being upset at the Ops team when the actual product or work involved in the product isn't disclosed to the small business owner.

4.0
Jun 4, 2014

Ok

Recommend
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Pros

Great Training and great benefits.

Cons

Low Pay - Management needs improvement

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