Not your next HCM sales career - Account Executive Paylocity Employee Review

3.0
1 Jul 2022
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

- generous commission structure - fully remote - work/life balance

Cons

Paylocity has changed immensely over the past several years. Executives are thirsty to grow and grow fast. Territory compression has made it near impossible to make decent money. Base salary is no where near competitive for industry. Same base regardless of geography, success or tenure. I’ve seen this materialize in low caliber talent coming into the organization the past couple of years and high attrition due to territory compression. Unless you’re coming in to an established territory with strong referring partners and large label count, expect dismal total compensation. Less than 5% of sales reps at this point in time have an opportunity to make decent money. Unfortunately Paylocity lacks brand recognition and falls short in tech stack sophistication. 4-5 years ago it was a different story but PCTY has not been able to keep up. Worst point being, PCTY had tarnished their reputation due to inadequate implementation and service management and is continuing to lose a great deal of market share.

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5.0
9 Jun 2026
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

Work remote. Fantastic leaders, Definitely a place I have enjoyed working.

Cons

Pay is slightly less than competitors but work life balance and culture make up for it.

2.0
19 Jun 2026
Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

Great benefits; 90% of the ppl that worked there were the best and really did great work.

Cons

Made employees choose between having MLK Day off or Juneteenth- both which are federally recognized holidays. Excuse was that our customers are open on those days so we need to be open. So as a company, we had to pick which would be a paid holiday and everyone chose Juneteenth because it was in the summer. I think we got a floating holiday to use for any other holiday we wanted off that wasn’t recognized by the company. As you can imagine, this racism was prevalent in management/leadership. My team was the most diverse team and we all got restructured/laid off. There’s a lot of ego and control issues in this company, especially in Talent Acquisition.

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