Sales Consultant - Anonymous employee Paychex Employee Review

1.0
13 Feb 2018
Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

Training in Rochester, NY was intense. Content was good, and consisted of a wealth of information about small business structure, taxation, payroll and benefits, etc.

Cons

"Churn and burn" environment with a fast-spinning revolving door, so reps tend to gravitate toward a "cut-throat", "gotcha" mentality in order to survive. As a result, teamwork is out the door. During training we had to share a hotel room with someone we had not met before. A low base salary keeps reps lean and mean and hungry for the first few months until the commission check rolls in or the rep rolls out. Company overemphasizes sterile classroom image - think "fishbowl" at Corporate Headquarters and do not ever use the glass elevator. Use the stairs.

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1.0
1 June 2026
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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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