Paychex reviews

-Pay is sooooooo weak its insulting. It takes 90% of the reps about 2 years to fully realize how bad the pay is. Once they realize this, they start working 10-15 hours a week. Their production plumets, and then they move on, usually, to someting a lot better. -Nearly impossible to make $100k plus. Top rep in region might crack 6 figures. A good year in core sales at Paychex is $80k. Even though they give you an expense allowence ($300 tax free every two weeks), it doesn't come close to covering the amount of wear you will put on your car because you will be driving A LOT. As in 30,000+ miles a year a lot. So do not allow them to sell you on the idea that a "grossed up" extra $10,000 (meaning the expense allowance with the 'tax free' factor) to your salary to make it seem as if you make more than you do (like $45,000 to $10,000 = $55,000 base). It's simply not accurate, and its a tactic managers are taught in training to keep reps happy for as long as possible. You will make $36-45k depending on where you live, plus $10-30K in commission. After 2-3 years you are burnt out, tired and ready to leave for more money. -Management is underpaid and overstressed. It is honestly a sad sight. What they do to District Sales Managers is downright unethical. These guys/gals make a few dollars more than sales reps but are constantly threatend to be fired by their bosses if their salesforce numbers aren't higher, their closing %'s are higher, their CPA visits aren't higher, their referral partners aren't happy enough, and of course, if their number is anything shy of 100% of quota. You will see a young fun manager become a grouchy, mean micro-manager inside of a year. No exaggeration. -Outside of payroll, products are not very good and anyone who has touched them (meaning client or CPA), knows that they are awful. Constantly having to clean up the mess from another division to keep a CPA happy so they will keep referring you. However, the time spent dealing with these issues isn't outweighed by the commission from the referrals. So, yes you are losing money. -Very cheap orgainization. Will make you pay for you cell phone and internet. $150 per month.

Heavy Client Load (91 clients)... Over-worked and Under paid. No real advancement opportunities. High turnover rate. Its hard to help clients at a "top service" level because the client load is so heavy. You spend most of your time putting out fires. Also the communication between other service departments under the paychex umbrella is quite poor. The HR Generalist is left to pick up the pieces with decision makers and business owners who are often dissatisfied with the service.