Don’t work at Paychex - Sales Executive Paychex Employee Review

2.0
Apr 8, 2026
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

-Great benefits (health insurance/ vision/ dental/ 401k/ additional benefits are also great)

Cons

-MICRO MANAGING!!!!!! -Leads are EXHAUSTED -Quota since day 1 (no room for failure) -Trainings did not teach product ONCE -Extremely high activity expectations - I was told 60 dials in 1 day was not enough -managers watch every single move you make and speak to you like toddlers -micro managing is beyond awful at Paychex -old leads -every division within Paychex is calling a client at the same time so by the time they answer your phone call, they want nothing to do with you - I never believed in the product -sat in a HRBP meeting with a client and the HRBP had no idea what she was doing and they were supposed to be the “certified HR professionals -had 2 sales cancel within my first 2 months of working there my my managers on the call (can’t say we didn’t paint the value of my manager was on the call) - when you book discovery meetings, NO SHOW rate is off the charts. Good luck getting these clients to show up -base pay is NOT enough for how much stress you’re put through

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5.0
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Cons

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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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