Good Sales Experience, Nothing More - Channel Sales Representative Paychex Employee Review

3.0
17 Sept 2024
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Unlimited PTO, Flexible WFH, a lot of freedom to find what works for you as a sales person

Cons

Working with CPAs and getting business from them can be really difficult. They want you to be able to solve problems and have basic knowledge on taxation and how businesses operate at a tax level but Paychex does not train you in that at all. They train you in how to sell. Your success is very dependent on the level of training your manager puts in and how good they are at solving those complex problems because if you can't solve a problem for a CPA they will not refer you. Comp plan was much better in previous years but has since been completely slashed. They also laid off a lot of good people who were in the organization for many years so they could outsource their jobs to India. Not very true to what their values were as a "People first" company.

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5.0
2 June 2026
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Pros

- Sales training - Team support - Goal oriented work

Cons

Day to day misaligned with company values

1.0
1 June 2026
Recommend
CEO approval
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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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