Paychex reviews

3.1

48% would recommend to a friend

(3,871 total reviews)
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John Gibson

48% approve of CEO

46% positive business outlook

Paychex has an employee rating of 3.1 out of 5 stars, based on 3,871 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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4.0
Apr 15, 2011

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Pros

I love the people I work with, benefits are pretty good, management is pretty flexible if you need to take care of personal things as long as you get the work done.

Cons

Lack of opportunity for advancement. When opportunities open up, there seems to be a desire to look outside the company instead of developing internal employees.

3.0
Apr 8, 2011
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Pros

Good training in Rochester Good benefits- 401k, medical, dental, stock options, vision Friendly managers/supervisors Raises for passing "level" tests Time off isn't too difficult to schedule

Cons

Poor communication between departments Lack of technical support for online clients- new client specialists/payroll specialists have a ton to do, and now we're technical support on top of it. I don't mind showing clients the basics, but I'm not trained to do tech support. If I was trained for tech support, I'd be somewhere else, probably earning more money. Corporate support doesn't really know how our payroll system works/isn't familiar with the interface, so it's difficult to communicate problems to them and for them to correct system issues. The pay is not so great- Annual raises only, based on whatever category you fit into, and the employees who screw up don't get much less of a raise than those who don't. They hold on to employees who aren't living up to the standards set by other employees/Paychex. Keep better control of the sales department- bad initial information leads to bad first payroll experiences and that leads to unhappy clients.

3.0
Apr 7, 2011
Recommend
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Pros

Great Benefits, decent 401k. Good recognition program. Decent work enviroment

Cons

Small sall territories, "what have you dont for me this month?" attitude with no respect to past accomplishments. Senior Management is absent. Corporate rolls out new pricing, plans, direction too often :throw it against the wall and see what sticks"

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