Can be better - Anonymous employee Paychex Employee Review

3.0
15 July 2014
Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

The pros of working here are that bonus checks are normally pretty decent. Paychex as a company is doing well it seem and they like to share that with their employees. Also the 401k and employee benefits are great, I love my health benefits and have no complaints. Most employees are nice and there is a great mix of ages here. Also great health programs with Amazon gift cards as rewards and free flu shots and health screening on site.

Cons

There is a lot of channels you have to go through to move up in the company, while they promote and encourage your growth in the company you have to jump through a few hoops to get there depending on how low on the totem pole you are it is hard to transition from your position due to lack of mid range supervisory positions. Also there is no work-life balance, yes you do get time off but accrual rates are low and it is frowned upon asking to leave early or taking more than 2 days off in a row on PTO. Flex scheduling is non existent and it is hard to fit in life when 8 hours of it is spent at your desk. Also technology is behind here, but it is moving in the right direction.

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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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