You need to be cut out for stress - Payroll Specialist Paychex Employee Review

2.0
Feb 23, 2020
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Culture is great, company cares about its employees and definitely big on internal promotions and development. Coworkers were great and most of leadership was cool. Good benefits.

Cons

Workload is unreasonable. If you are good at your job you end up doing the work of everyone around you too. Favoritism is real. The stats you are expected to adhere to are crazy and most of them are not even based on things that are directly in your control. Good work goes under appreciated, management tends to push off things they feel they are above doing to their best employees. It’s a great job if you have a VERY high tolerance for stress.

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Paychex Response
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Thank you for the positive feedback on our culture, growth opportunity and employees. That said, know that all of your feedback is important to us. We have shared your review internally to shed light on your concerns. If you would like to provide any additional feedback, please reach out to us at glassdoor@paychex.com.

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