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Paychex Employee Job Reviews in the United States

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3.8
Average Rating
(based on 72 Paychex Review Ratings)

Ratings by Category

Company Culture
3.7
Growth Opportunities
3.1
People You Work With
4.3
Person You Work For
3.9
Rewards You Receive
3.5
Support You Get
3.8
Way You Work
3.9
Work Setting
3.9
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New Client Specialist

"60 hours of work that you must try to squeeze into 40."

What do you like about working at Paychex?

"The people are genuinely good people, from all aspects of life."

Do you have any tips for others interviewing with this company?

"Investigate a position to the Nth degree before promoting into it."

What don't you like about working at Paychex?

"Corporate failing to lead the company in a positive direction."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Listen to the voice of your employees and your clients before you listen to the needs of your shareholders."

Receptionist

What do you like about working at Paychex?

"the hours and pay"

Do you have any tips for others interviewing with this company?

"be your self"

What don't you like about working at Paychex?

"that if two family works there only one can be full time"

Sales Representative

"Paychex is a good place to start your career but few salespeople stay on very long."

What do you like about working at Paychex?

"Great brand equity."

What don't you like about working at Paychex?

"Poor senior leadership, lack of vision. Paychex handcuffed by board to deliver dividend which has held the company back from reinvesting for growth."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Update management infrastructure. Update Sales Training. Re-organize salesforce."

Inside Sales Representative

"Paychex is a great place to gain superior sales training and basic sales experience as a foundation for a future in any sales position."

Intern

What do you like about working at Paychex?

"The work environment was excellent"

What don't you like about working at Paychex?

"There is nothing I disliked about PayChex"

Sales Consultant

"This is a very honest assessment of Paychex."

What do you like about working at Paychex?

"It was a great place to learn sales skills."

Do you have any tips for others interviewing with this company?

"Keep to the expected activity levels and you will be very successful."

What don't you like about working at Paychex?

"The product had become very much a commodity."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Pricing was far above the competition at Paychex."

Benefits Sales Consultant

What do you like about working at Paychex?

"It's a good organization with good products"

Analyst

"Excellent place to work for with unlimited benefits"

What do you like about working at Paychex?

"Fellow employees"

Do you have any tips for others interviewing with this company?

"Confidence"

What don't you like about working at Paychex?

"Industry itself is not the most interesting"

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Keep up the good work"

Outside Sales Representative

What do you like about working at Paychex?

"Flexibility"

Do you have any tips for others interviewing with this company?

"Sell yourself"

What don't you like about working at Paychex?

"Advancement Opportunity"

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Become more active and be a trend setter, not a follower"

Payroll Specialist

"No worth the time and energy"

What do you like about working at Paychex?

"my coworkers"

What don't you like about working at Paychex?

"Unsympathetic to family, no promotion opportunities, favoritism, lousy pay for the hours and skill required, no interest in hearing feedback from employees."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Get new management into the region and pay your employees what they are worth."

Senior Account Manager

"I would never work for ADP or Paychex inc they are a Micro management Night mare!!!"

What do you like about working at Paychex?

"Absolutley nothing"

Do you have any tips for others interviewing with this company?

"run away and seek other employment"

What don't you like about working at Paychex?

"They completely Micromanage their employees and have the what have you done for me lately attitude and will often lay you off if you get too successful."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"You ned to treat your employees better"

Senior Payroll Specialist

"Don't waste your time...."

What do you like about working at Paychex?

"The people I worked with (Clients)"

Do you have any tips for others interviewing with this company?

"Don't. It's not even worth your time here in Fresno, CA."

What don't you like about working at Paychex?

"The people I worked for (management)."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Yes, learn to manage people, not situations. Until you figure out how to handle your staff, no one will ever be happy in there jobs. And actually manage, don't just wait for it to work itself out."

National Account Manager

"Only work for Paychex if there are no other jobs available"

What do you like about working at Paychex?

"Their benefit package"

What don't you like about working at Paychex?

"They have tried to formalize managing people and training them into sales people. As if people are part of an assembly line."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Stop hiring people who have no connection to the people or jobs underneath them"

Assistant Sales Manager

"Companies were a great starting point into sales"

What do you like about working at Paychex?

"I like the team atmosphere"

Do you have any tips for others interviewing with this company?

"work hard and you will acheive sucess"

What don't you like about working at Paychex?

"Sometimes you get lost because of to many people working"

Payroll Specialist

"Great job, if money is not a priority."

What do you like about working at Paychex?

"Number one thing that I enjoyed about Paychex was the work/life balalnce. Also very nice group of people and great training program."

Do you have any tips for others interviewing with this company?

"Be organized and keep track of your time, every client's payroll must be processed on a timely manner."

What don't you like about working at Paychex?

"Compensation could have been better."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Compensation, compensation, compensation...besides that they did a very good job. Management was supportive and treated the payroll specialist as team members. Very good working environment."

Paychex Reviews FAQs

Is Paychex a good company to work for?

Paychex has an overall rating of 3.8 Average Rating out of 5, based on over 72 Paychex Review Ratings left anonymously by Paychex employees, which is 3% lower than the average rating for all companies on CareerBliss. 92% of employees would recommend working at Paychex.

Does Paychex pay their employees well?

Paychex employees earn $47,000 annually on average, or $23 per hour, which is 29% lower than the national salary average of $66,000 per year. 40 Paychex employees have shared their salaries on CareerBliss. Find Paychex Salaries by Job Title.

How satisfied are employees working at Paychex?

92% of employees would recommend working at Paychex with the overall rating of 3.8 out of 5. Employees also rated Paychex 3.7 out of 5 for Company Culture, 3.5 for Rewards You Receive, 3.1 for Growth Opportunities and 3.8 for support you get.

What is the highest paying job at Paychex?

According to our data, the highest paying job at Paychex is a Independent Contractor at $181,000 annually. Browse Paychex Salaries by Job Profile.

What is the lowest paying job at Paychex?

According to our data, the lowest paying job at Paychex is a Claims Adjuster at $18,000 annually. Browse Paychex Salaries by Job Profile.

What are the pros and cons of working at Paychex?

According to reviews on CareerBliss, employees commonly rated the pros of working at Paychex to be Company Culture, Growth Opportunities, People You Work With and Person You Work For, and no cons.

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