Just Another Company - Anonymous employee Paylocity Employee Review

2.0
10 Feb 2023
Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

The person you work with, side by side, day by day is going to be great. You will feel like a team and it’s you against the rest of Paylocity. It’s like having that special connection with you prison cell mate. They give out free food in the office, snacks are good and the swag drops are constant.

Cons

Look at all the changes in their senior leadership in the last 15 months. Two CEOs, how does that even work? One is creative and a nice person that wants Paylocity to deliver amazing products. The other cares what the shareholders say and how big his bank account gets. Read the writing on the wall, Paylocity is scaling up to be a large HCM company that lacks culture or care for their employees. They keep brining in leaders from Paychex and ADP that only care about the bottom line and increasing profits. If you think the culture is going to stay the same as all of these changes are happening, you’re delusional. If you think they won’t do layoffs or stop hiring and expect you to work more if the economy takes a turn, you’re delusional. They did that already to us during COVID. But if you’re used to these large companies where you’re just a cog in a wheel that will crush you at any moment, then this might be the place for you.

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Paylocity Response
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We appreciate your feedback! At the start of the pandemic, our Executive Team was transparent in sharing that we would avoid layoffs and make decisions to protect our employees to the best of our ability. Through this day, they have continued to put employees first and share state of the business updates bi-weekly, during the live Q&A sessions. We strongly encourage employees to attend these sessions or view the recording which is shared afterward. We are proud to be a rapidly growing company. Culture and the employee experience continues to be top of mind as we work to support each other in an evolving environment. We appreciate your time at Paylocity!

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Cons

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