Paychex reviews

3.1

46% would recommend to a friend

(5,971 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 5,971 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
Jul 24, 2019
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

The only pro is the benefits.

Cons

There are too many to list...Paychex has recently undergone some major changes leaving all employees very unhappy. My advice-do not work here! Take a higher paying job with less stress and much more work life balance-you will ultimately be much happier!!!

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Paychex Response
6y
We're glad to see our benefits hit the mark for you. Our employee experience is extremely important to us. We'd like an opportunity to chat with you to see how we can improve. Please email us at glassdoor@paychex.com so we can set up some time to chat.
1.0
Jul 20, 2019
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Medical benefits are good!

Cons

Mgmt only cares about numbers! Emails multiple times per Day freaking out about sales numbers! Customer service is awful on the backend and they don’t care at all about the clients. Payroll specialists complain that they have too many calls to make so who cares. Sales is not allowed to contact operations. They must send an email to advise that a client is upset or needs help. Pay for sales is the worst in the business. Paylocity and ADP pay way more! Layoffs are coming! Watch in 2 years Paychex will have half the sales staff they have now!

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Paychex Response
6y
Thank you for taking the time to leave a review. We'd like to invite you to contact us to discuss your feedback in more detail. Please email us at glassdoor@paychex.com so we can set up some time to chat with you.
1.0
May 22, 2019
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Get to play with lots of technology, blessing and a curse because not everyone uses the same tools for automation. Benefits are decent and there's food left over from meetings every day plus frequent donuts and candy cart. CEO seems to know what he's doing and the business is strong.

Cons

Most changes have to be done off hours so lots of unpaid work. Mega stress because so many environments, we struggle with standards, and if something goes wrong with your change management goes crazy. If management likes you you're ok, but they need their scapegoats. Management wants to move up so nothing can make them look bad. Most people including front line managers are walking on eggshells. You can't trust management. They give lip service to values but they are power hungry and vindictive. Best to keep your ideas to yourself. They can be downright childish. We spend too much time trying to figure out the dozens of goals per department, constant meetings, constant interruptions and politics. We don't finish goals, but spin the story. We can't finish because priorities change, projects don't get finished because we have to figure out and support what we build as we build it. Everybody seems to do Agile their own way. It doesn't fit what some of the teams do so people are confused. Our tools and repos can be slow and sometimes go down. Again, hard to get the work done on time. Operations issues / testing can turn into all hands events. There seem to be gender, age, race issues some subtle and some not. Women go into management and then they leave. Older folks have been getting pushed out for years. Ethnic impressions are laughed off.

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Paychex Response
7y
Thank you for your candid and direct feedback about areas of Paychex you feel need to improve in order for you to recommend employment here. Honestly, these comments are hard to hear but important because we value the opinions of all of our employees as we strive to be a premier employer. We want our employees to know that we value diversity, commitment to our company values, and mutual trust; where they enjoy working and communicating with their management team. I want to offer an opportunity to talk through your concerns more fully. If you would like to set up some time to speak, please reach out to dave@paychex.com. We hope to hear from you soon so that we both can feel better about your feedback through open and honest dialogue.
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