Has the potential to be a five star company - Marketing Paychex Employee Review

4.0
16 Sept 2015
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

The company is very stable and financially strong. There are great career opportunities if you are in the right locations (Rochester, Phoenix, etc.) If you are not in a corporate location there are fewer opportunities. It is easy to advance if you are willing to put in the time and work. We have great benefits: insurance, tuition reimbursement, etc. Most of the people I work for/with have been great and very supportive. I have the flexibility I need to have great work-life balance.

Cons

My main issue with the company is pay. Entry level roles pay very low wages. Some of our front line employees like Payroll Specialists don't make enough money considering how much they are responsible for. I am not an entry level employee but I still struggle with pay. If you qualify for a yearly raise don't expect much. You'll be lucky if you get a 3% raise and I mean really lucky. The long term career stability is starting to lose out to my desire to be fairly compensated. It is difficult to attract and retain top talent when people can make more money doing way less work. There are too many overworked front line employees. Whether it's a Payroll Specialist handling too many client accounts or a call center working mandatory overtime for two weeks straight. There needs to be more resources given to these teams. Some of our departments consistently have high hold times in their call centers. This is not created an ideal environment for employees or clients.

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Cons

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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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