Paychex reviews

3.1

48% would recommend to a friend

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John Gibson

48% approve of CEO

46% positive business outlook

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4.0
Oct 12, 2025

Good place to start your career

Recommend
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Pros

- Well-established company. - The people are very nice. - New opportunities to learn.

Cons

- The pay is quite low for interns.

2.0
Oct 8, 2025
Recommend
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Pros

Structured well if you are INVESTOR. Leverage cheap labor and outsourcing practices in order to maximize profit. They do allow remote work. Very technologically advanced in managing their applications using high level automation.

Cons

If you are looking for an employer that will pay you what your market value is then this is not the place. Kind of similar to working at some other big companies where you are squeezed with amount of work but minus the pay. Almost every team has India offshore employees and you will be expected to handle and juggle multiple aspects outside of just your team. You typically have 1 or even more delivery teams on top of your standard team and at a pretty low salary in today’s market. Dont expect raises or bonuses and most of the positional promotions are hard to come by because there is a lot of ppl that are entrenched within the company positions for quiet a long time. The HR is absolutely useless and can hardly be relied upon in case you decide to get them to intervene. Also the culture has changed completely in 2025 where they are more focused on micromanaging using metrics to track everything you do in detail even to the point where they track your camera time on meetings.

4.0
Oct 4, 2025

Honest Review - Current Employee

Recommend
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Pros

When you are successful, there is no micro-managing. I have been with the company for 12 years. Most reviews on here with negative insight are from people who haven’t been at the company for a year. They are always looking, asking, and listening to us when we tell them what we need.

Cons

Base salaries are not the best as I make the same as new employees in the role. However, the comp plan is one of the best in the industry and benefits are better than most competitors as well. Tiers of conference are not attainable at current goals. Incentive trips and contests shouldn’t be based on % to quota. Example - 3 people hit fast start trip who did less in sales than I needed to even be eligible for the trip.

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