Over worked and under paid - Payroll Specialist Paychex Employee Review

3.0
28 Jun 2013
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Pros

When asked how I like my job the first thing I always say is that I love the people I work with. It is a very positive work environment and we make the most of it. Decent potential for extra income through sales referals. Most of the clients are very nice to deal with and make the success of the day very rewarding

Cons

Pay scale does not reflect the amount of work we do. Management is very out of touch with the actual opperations on the floor. Company rolls out these new manditory procedures and then never follows through on anything. Extremely high stress envorimnent with time sensitive material. Your pile of work never gets any smaller. Get one task done and two more are waiting for you. Did I mention the pay doesn't reflect all that we deal with?

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5.0
17 Jun 2026
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Pros

Paychex is a great company to work for. I’ve held multiple roles over 20+ years. There are always ups and downs, but for every position, manager, decision I disagree with, there are ten others that are outstanding.

Cons

It’s a large company with many opportunities to grow, but smaller companies may offer higher compensation.

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2.0
30 Jun 2026
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Pros

Literally just being able to work fully remote, but not much else

Cons

Pay is ridiculously low for the expected effort and tasks needed to handle client sales and after sales nurturement. About 1/3 of sales team ever hits the monthly quota. You get 13% commissions of deal size which typical deal size is anywhere from $700-$1500, 13% of that is less than $200 gross for huge amount of work load per deal for the client to just end up canceling and commissions gets clawed back.

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