Pros
--Pay is pretty competitive --Depending on your department, work from home is an option --Nice office space --Cool swag items
Cons
Paylocity was quite possibly one of the worst experiences of my life. I cried tears of relief and joy when I got a new job (much different from the tears of depression I cried in the office, though beautifully designed, or on my way home with commuters wondering what tragedy I must have just witnessed). Aside from the problems listed below, I was made to feel incompetent at my job (to the point where I questioned my self-worth….thank goodness for therapists), didn’t have a solid leader to turn to or that advocated for what we needed, and saw people be mistreated (myself included) in ways I never thought I’d see at a large corporation. --Paylocity is a lot like college. Some people really knew what they wanted their career path to be and were dead set on it while others didn’t mind hopping from major to major, up for whatever. If you’re in the latter category, this will feel right at home for you. If you have specific career aspirations, they will be derailed pretty quickly. Sure, you can attribute some change to growth and that’s fine. But the truth is that Paylocity doesn’t know what it wants. They think they do, and move quickly to make things happen, but then can turn on a dime and say nevermind. Scrap it. And that happens pretty often. And those decisions can have a big impact on you. They move way too fast. It’s one thing to be speedy in go-to-market, but you have to have a strategy behind it. They say jump and you better guess how high. And you have to work insane hours to help them achieve half-baked ideas. But don’t worry – you’ll get a cute little recognition badge to make it all okay. --Differing opinions are not welcome, as much as they claim they are. Or maybe it depends on who you are. If I spoke up during a cross-functional meeting and offered an alternative approach or played devil's advocate just to give a different perspective, I was either dismissed or I was made to feel like I was being a Negative Nelly. Just be a “yes” man, and you’ll do just fine here. --The culture you experience strongly depends on which department you’re in and who your leader is. I saw fun happening from afar, but rarely got to experience it myself. --Be Unbeatable Together is one of the values they have plastered on the wall (one Google search will tell you that’s not how you drive home core values, but whatever, the CHRnO is the queen of the castle). However, it’s the least followed value, right behind Growth Fuels Opportunity. Departments work against each other, not with each other, to get things done. There’s duplicate efforts across the board on projects, a race to the finish line to see who can do it first and better, which causes mass confusion and frustration by the people that actually have to do the work. People here will not be afraid to step on you to get on top. --The brainwashing is nuts. I have never seen people blindly follow without questioning it for a second. Just throw some swag at the employees, make some good videos (the videos are quite good), bring in some donuts and pizza, allow rampant drinking, and they think it’s the best company they’ve ever been at, no questions asked. (But seriously, did they ever think about how exclusionary “Drink Our Own Wine” is?) --If you're a job seeker, don't look at the overall ratings or the short 5 star reviews that say "great so far!" I thought it was great too in the beginning, but they showed me their true colors pretty quickly. I've had people ask me for a recommendation to work here and did them a favor by telling them to look elsewhere. I hope you'll take the time to really dig in the reviews. I wish I had. Paylocity, stop saying “we’re a growing organization.” It’s been 20+ years. At some point, you have to enact structure. It’s been such a free-for-all for so long that the minute structure is put in place, it’s immediately discarded because someone doesn’t like it or “that’s just not how we vibe.” It’s the definition of a hot mess and one I’m glad to be away from. I don’t even want to see the responder of this try to be cute (seriously, stop. It’s embarrassing) with a response for this. Just own up to the fact that maybe not everyone has the best experience and learn from it instead of sugar coating it. It’s demeaning to the people that take the time to express how they felt. But then again, that’s Paylocity.
