Paychex reviews

3.1

47% would recommend to a friend

(5,966 total reviews)
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John Gibson

48% approve of CEO

46% positive business outlook

Paychex has an employee rating of 3.1 out of 5 stars, based on 5,966 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 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.

1.0
May 30, 2026

Absolute 🗑️

Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Coworkers were good. Nice office space.

Cons

Leadership - was laid off after a year because of “business decisions” - meaning 6 months in they acquired paycor, a horrible acquisition and their stock dropped 50%. They then decided for whatever reason to keep all of the very expensive paycor employees and real estate and get rid of local Rochester employees.

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