Positive environment, supportive managers, nice colleagues - Anonymous employee Paychex Employee Review

5.0
8 Oct 2014
Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

Leadership listens and does not micromanage. Large company and many opportunities for growth. If you are driven and self sufficient, you are afforded a lot of freedom and flexibility. I feel encouraged to take time off and have an actual work life balance. I feel I'm part of a team and valued which is huge for me. People who work here are generally cheerful, positive and nice. I like that there are lots of people I work with who have been here for 20+ years. Goals are reasonable and reachable. Overall very satisfied!

Cons

Some hiccups in process, some additional training needed at times, but mgmt. has been receptive to my requests for help.

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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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