Poor values and micromanagement - Anonymous employee Paychex Employee Review

2.0
8 Nov 2023
Anonymous employee
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Pros

PTO is great, that’s it.

Cons

Started working here about a year and a half ago, I was told this was hybrid, no micromanagement, for salaried employees we have unlimited PTO/sick time, and the culture/values are top tier. Unfortunately after about 1-2 months of being employed here, I found out everything above, that was also mentioned on my interview, was the total opposite and the nightmare just continued. Micromanagement began, I was limited on PTO (black out time started in dec to Feb - no pto allowed). I received zero training on my LOB, and or the duties for my job as a supervisor. I was then told I’m not going to receive training “we” don’t have that here to just do side by sides. They lied to just hire someone externally and get them in quickly. There is a-lot of cliques among supervisors and managers and If you aren’t in them you’re out! In short, I don’t recommend working here.

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Pros

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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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