Not as much of a meritocracy as some might want, and inflexible policies can be frustrating. - Anonymous employee Paychex Employee Review

4.0
11 Dec 2008
Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

Paychex is a very stable place to work and they have a great product sold and supported by people who really care about what they are doing. Salary could always be higher, but one needs to consider the local job market and general economy as well; given this salaries seem fair.

Cons

Vacation time policy is poor and quite inflexible. There is no consideration for flex/comp time unless excessive hours worked. Flexible work arrangements difficult except for those "grandfathered" in. Anyone working less that 50 hours/wk considered a slacker by those that do. Lots of rules are followed for the sole reason that "it's policy". Many are satisfied with the "status quo" and are not interested in improvement.

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1.0
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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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