Paylocity reviews

The cons have started to rear their ugly faces in every day life at Paylocity. Middle management has no idea of what’s going on during the day to day business operations. In addition, the pay transparency that we pride ourselves on is such a useless tool as for most roles, they will keep you at the minimum end of the spectrum regardless of performance. I was OK with the pay as I was hired on as a full time remote employee and now they’ve placed a RTO order for 5 days a week for all operations employees within a 50 mile radius. Paylocity loves to claim to support employee wellbeing, “the future of HR,” and the such, but then they follow suit to literally all corporate policies that employees hate. The CEO drinks his own koolaid too. Don’t forget that one! Last, but not least, the work load is absolutely insane and turnover is high.

More recently hired leaders from competitors bring the same culture we left by coming to Paylocity in the first place. Their strategies so far have unfortunately been either ineffective or unclear after taking a very long time to develop at all. The level of transparency is seems to become more limited as it travels downward; and everything feels "spun" or scripted a lot of the time when it is shared. We miss that authentic connection we used to have. Newer Senior VP of Operations unfortunately hasn't made a noticeable impact in the positive direction, only taking us backwards. This has also hindered career advancement opportunities. Years of honing skills and building relationships within our previous culture seem wasted at times as external hires fill open leadership positions, blocking internal promotions that would have naturally occurred. Paylocity championed remote work for a long time, something our executive leaders proudly boasted about. Newer policy requiring in-office presence for previously remote promotions creates further limitations for internal candidates. This shift feels ironic given that some senior leaders implementing the change live far from an office themselves. This inconsistency has been observed on multiple occasions, where external applicants are hired remotely even after the change in policy was announced. The inconsistency and lack of transparency about all of the above constantly raises questions about the fairness and spirit behind these shifts, which is a topic they seem content avoiding at this time. This may be what other companies do regularly but Paylocity only recently began demonstrating these practices, and it is an awful shift to experience after knowing something different for so long.