SHAME on you, Paychex - Strategic Account Manager Paychex Employee Review

3.0
Dec 19, 2025
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Well known brand, so some people get inbound leads REALLY great colleagues

Cons

Pay is GROSSLY below average for the industry, and they don't pay more for tenured employees. Pay at Paychex is GROSSLY below the pay for equivalent roles at Paycor. Operations is completely disconnected from sales, so they make changes that can drastically impact your income with absolutely no thought for you or your family. They allow managers to hire for roles with one set of expectations (territory, comp structure, training schedule, ramp period), and then change those expectations after you start. You have a quota from BEFORE day one in some divisions. If you join a mid-month training class be sure to ask and get in writing when your quota will start!

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5.0
Jun 2, 2026
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Pros

- Sales training - Team support - Goal oriented work

Cons

Day to day misaligned with company values

1.0
Jun 1, 2026
Recommend
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Pros

Nothing is good about working here.

Cons

Nobody is ever held accountable. Pay is awful. Benefits were all moved out of state, so all providers in the area are all out of network. Jobs are being moved to India. The list goes on. Sales is the absolute favorite department in the entire company. Nothing sales can do is ever wrong, even when they give false information to clients and then the support team has to deal with the fallback. Don't get me started on Payroll.... the entire department has gone to the wind. I honestly don't know how this company ever did good with payroll services. The #1 complaint i got from every single client I interacted with was they could never get ahold of their Payroll Specialist. The company's response to this was to start making other departments learn payroll duties. This year they moved insurance benefits to a plan out of Arkansas, which made every provider I was already seeing become out of network. I had my first major medical scare of my adulthood and ended up paying a few grand out of pocket because U of R was out of network. Promotions are non existent. They make you apply and interview for any role you want to move into. There is nothing good about working here, and i would advise anyone to stay away from them.

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