Theres a Reason 20% of the Sales Staff Quit From 8/2018 - 10/2018 - Sales Representative Paychex Employee Review

1.0
Oct 31, 2018
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Great benefits, lots of PTO

Cons

Pay is so low that even managers need a second job to make ends meet. Incredibly low pay. with no raises ever, regardless of performance. No motivation to work due to low pay. Incredibly low commission structure. No residuals. One time 11% commission paid for a sale, nothing more. Base pay stays at $31,999 and you are NEVER given a raise. This means employees actually lose 3% of their base salary every year due to inflation. I DO NOT RECOMMEND WORKING FOR PAYCHEX. GO TO THEIR COMPETITORS IF YOU WANT TO BE PAID!!!!

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5.0
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Pros

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Cons

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1.0
Jun 1, 2026
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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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