Paychex reviews

3.1

46% would recommend to a friend

(5,982 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 5,982 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
2.0
Dec 22, 2025
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Great benefits. Car allowance and cell reimbursement

Cons

All sales , didn’t matter what was right for client goal was sell a plan at all costs

2.0
Dec 22, 2025

Doesn’t pay well enough

Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Idk.. most people are kind

Cons

The pay sucks for what you have to deal with

1.0
Dec 22, 2025

File engineer

Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

It used to be good till June 2024

Cons

Very poor and toxic leadership. Too much micro management and lot of racism towards india employees by US leadership

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