Impossible Work Load and Low Pay and High Turnover - Payroll Specialist Paychex Employee Review

1.0
13 May 2014
Recommend
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Pros

It is an entry level position company.

Cons

Expectations to manage over 500 clients, this means 110 calls a day, in between these calls you must take branch call in payrolls. The pace is non stop. Most new hires go back to prior jobs to escape after the first month. The calls are only half of your job somehow you have to find time to do the rest of your work while you are entering payroll and not make errors. Your scored in a way that everything is against you, if you do your work you lower one metric if you don't clients give you a B on your surveys and B's are treated as a F. Your scripted and monitored, if your client is in a rush you are held accountable for a poor call. If you have to fix another persons mistake the error is held against your performance scores. Pay is very low and annual raises are a joke, often under twenty five cents. Run unless you are desperate!

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5.0
28 Jun 2026
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Pros

People and the overall environment is a positive one. If you do your part, definite long term career potential. It’s not easy- but stable, growing. Worth serious consideration for early career looking for sales experience with a great training program. Also good for mid-career consideration if base salary isn’t the primary reason you are in sales.

Cons

Very fast pace that doesn’t suit everyone. If you are looking for easy or just a job to “hang out”, this probably isn’t the right spot for you.

1.0
1 Jun 2026
Recommend
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Pros

Nothing is good about working here.

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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