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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4K reviews
2.0
May 24, 2016
Recommend
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Pros

Good benefits. Expensive; but good... and [some] good hard-working people who are trying to make it a great environment despite how horrible the pay and work load is.

Cons

Horrible pay for the amount of work demanded. Absolutely NO overtime! Like seriously, don't even think about it! If things get too busy, work faster. The supervisory team is nice up front but if you don't appease them, hell is unleashed. No transparency; the supervisors don't want employees talking about how much they earn, they don't give fair breaks so you can't talk about that either, and they form clicks around their favorite employees. I know 'cause I was a favorite... and my special treatment was disgusting. Paychex does NOT care about their clients one bit. My job was to find ways to charge the hell outta clients for common mistakes or things gone overlooked. Amended returns that take 5 minutes for us to generate? Oh yeah, Cha-Ching!! $$$! "Sorry Mr. Client, that project will take about two weeks to complete..." Paychex says it specializes in clients having "dedicated payroll specialist specifically assigned to their account;" That's BS, we moved clients around more than we changed our underwear! Ask any Paychex client! To keep the morale up in the office they load the office with candy and random sweets. They say they promote healthy living through their "step counting challenge" but everyone just lies about their steps to get the $30 amazon gift card every three months. Paychex prides itself in the many career opportunities within the company, but what they don't say is that ALL the positions within the company pay substantially less than the same position elsewhere. SMH.. This company is so deceitful I cant even begin to scratch the surface!

1.0
Feb 5, 2011
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

For the temporary assignment, I was able to work 1st shift, 8-4:30 daily which was nice. Nice cafeteria. Somewhat clean bathrooms

Cons

I worked in a typical call center environment. Every phone call was monitored and bathroom breaks were timed. There was very little chance of getting time off when needed and not much opportunity for advancement. I didn't even get my own desk to work at. I worked in a temporary position with several others. One day after lunch in the middle of the week, they told us all that our assignment was over without any warning.

1.0
Nov 25, 2025
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Potential remote work if no branch in your area.

Cons

Health coverage changed and is more expsensive, You can earn a great amount of PTO BUT are never allowed to take it. Poor increases that don't reflect positive reviews. Forced into position that they deem "lateral" when they are demotions. Lying about job duties, then changing them every month. Micromanagement by AI and leadership is out of control. EE's are not allowed to speak amongst themselves. Leadership is pushing India partners on all aspects and its ruined the quality and customer satisfaction. Clients are aware and are leaving in mass. I don't know what, why or even who thought this was a good direction to go! Since Gibson is in charge the issues fall on him. The future for Paychex is very cloudy and quite honestly if they continue this path the company may be bought out or go under due to the amount of client turn over. No accountability even though its one of their "core values". Sr leadership leaving in mass as well.

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