Paychex reviews

3.1

45% would recommend to a friend

(5,994 total reviews)
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John Gibson

47% approve of CEO

45% positive business outlook

Paychex has an employee rating of 3.1 out of 5 stars, based on 5,994 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The Paychex employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Informatique industry (3.9 stars).

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6K reviews
1.0
Jun 9, 2026
Recommend
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Pros

Ability to work from home

Cons

Toxic management culture, excessive micromanagement, and good luck getting PTO approved. Leadership frequently undermined morale, and my manager had mandatory daily 8:00 a.m. meetings EVERY DAY that cut into critical selling time. There are far better organizations for sales professionals looking to grow their careers.

2.0
Jun 5, 2026
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Great people to work with.

Cons

Toxic workplace from the C suite down. No communication, conflicting priorities, live by a "nothing to see here" mentality.

1.0
Jun 1, 2026
Recommend
CEO approval
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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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