Paylocity reviews

3.1

45% would recommend to a friend

(3,220 total reviews)
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Toby Williams

48% approve of CEO

40% positive business outlook

Paylocity has an employee rating of 3.1 out of 5 stars, based on 3,220 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The Paylocity 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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2.0
Apr 15, 2022
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Pros

- Competitive total compensation, assuming 4 full stacks of RSU and stable/growing stock price - Solid benefits package - Phenomenal work/life balance... maybe too good? - Steve is seriously awesome, and would be amazing if not for the middle management ruining his vision

Cons

Historically, Paylocity has been able to attract talent. For a while, they were able to retain it. Unfortunately for the past few years, the trend has been spiraling. First, talent acquisition. Paylocity has repeatedly lowered hiring standards. Historically the motto was "we only hire senior developers," since the company operated with the intent to trust front line delivery with the philosophy of a "collection of startups." When restructuring for titles and career progression, they started hiring mid level engineers. Then they started hiring Associate level. They now have the NCG program, standing for New College Graduates. I would not be surprised if this was the largest source of new hires now. Now, accepting junior talent is actually fine, and a positive thing but only if you have strong guidance and mentorship in place. That's where we get to retention. The company has almost nothing to offer talented developers. They want to feel empowered to solve hard problems, but when you keep hiring green developers to the point you're forming entire teams around brand new employees, you simply can't operate on a model of trust and empowerment. So Paylocity has shifted to a point where frontline developers have practically no significant freedoms. And talented individuals are the ones leaving Paylocity (which takes a lot of courage or competence to leave behind such high TC and benefits). Those with potential that do stay are trending away from competence and towards complacency... just do the minimum to collect RSUs, and enjoy the work/life balance. They're voluntarily stagnating. This culture is not only incapable of training junior developers properly, it's likely ruining their expectations of what a healthy development organization should even be. Even the talented junior developers now have no chance because their guides are hollowed. If you want to feel empowered, challenged, and engaged, run. This is not your employer. If you don't care about career growth, are okay blindly doing what other people tell you to (through RFC, LADR, Tech Practice, etc), and just want great pay and benefits, welcome to Paylocity!

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Paylocity Response
4y
Thank you for sharing your thoughts. Throughout the recruiting process, our Talent Acquisition team carefully reviews applicants and conducts interviews to find top talent to join our teams. Our Talent Acquisition team has continued to recruit top talent throughout the pandemic as they partner with leadership teams throughout the business to ensure that they recruit the appropriate talent needed for each opportunity. We also ensure that our new hires are equipped to successfully do their job at Paylocity and are supported along the way. At Paylocity, we take pride in our hiring standards and work to ensure that we’re fostering a healthy environment for all who join Paylocity.
1.0
Sep 7, 2019
Recommend
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Pros

The company culture is progressive with great people to work with. Their use of technology and Social Media is amazing. They really do provide a great product and service to their customers. Personally, I really had a great time working with my coworkers on the job we were assigned to do. Executive Leadership was extremely friendly, approachable and even engaged in a great debate about business identity and the importance of a brand, which was a refreshing change of most interactions I have had with any executive leadership.

Cons

A Director that is disconnected from reality, impossible expectations and questionable moral (and even morale) techniques to "motivate" employees. The same leader mentioned often brags that their lack of empathy is their best quality when providing leadership to their team. Talk about missing an opportunity to foster trust in your team, how can you count on someone who doesn't empathize with you? Also, you can count on your metrics to vary with the leader's mood (or antipathy towards you) to levels that are either unattainable or unrealistic due to the "moving target" nature of the things still to be done. Objective results are often viewed through a subjective lens, which makes confidence in your abilities falter badly. As much as this saddens me to say, there was also a fair amount of "Gaslighting" committed by this leader, further eroding any confidence or trust in this leader. When this was brought up to HR - it was either quickly squashed, or ignored as hearsay since other team members were apprehensive to corroborate in fear for their future with the company. Unfortunately, all you have to do is look at the department's turn-over over the course of the last 18 months, and you will see a pattern of this. During my short tenure there, we were a team of 8 employee's including myself under this individual. Now only 2 employee's remain from the original team - after a 14 month period, this honestly should be a red flag to any executive leadership team. I can honestly say that after this experience, I gave up on Knowledge Management for a career path. If you are looking at getting into Knowledge Management and this company comes up - give it a hard pass, it looks great at first, but the cracks in the veneer start showing rather quickly (and alarmingly) once you get a better look at things.

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Paylocity Response
6y
Thank you for taking the time to write this review and provide feedback. So glad to hear that you enjoyed the company culture and coworkers. I'm sorry to hear that you did not have a great experience with certain aspects of your employment with us. I will be sure to share your concerns, and encourage you to reach out to me to discuss further. I can be reached at tknopf@paylocity.com.
1.0
Aug 5, 2019

Stay away

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Pros

At one time this was a great company to work for and I hope they can go back to being that way. The greatest thing about Paylocity is the employees in the day to day roles. They truly care about their jobs and their clients.

Cons

I'm not providing any details that can identify because I still work here currently and I know the company tries to find the employees that leave negative reviews. Paylocity takes advantage of how much their employees care and continue to give them more work. The volume of work is not reasonable and it never slows down. Management and upper management are aware of how many hours above a standard work week are being worked. Just a simple google search of Paylocity lawsuit will show why you do not want to work here. The company has shifted from caring about its employees to purely caring about the price of the company's stock as they have taken a grow at all cost mentality. No matter how many employees they burn out in the process.

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Paylocity Response
6y
Thank you for taking the time to provide your feedback. I am glad to hear that you have a good experience working with your coworkers. We are always looking improve and have been implementing different ways to help balance workloads and allow employees to take time off even during busy periods. We do value your feedback, and I would like to discuss further if you have additional ideas to share. Please reach out to me directly at lrivera-haire@paylocity.com.
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