Started off well, ended horrible - Payroll Specialist Paychex Employee Review

2.0
May 23, 2017
Recommend
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Pros

Some of the relationships you build with your clients as a payroll specialist make your job a bit more tolerable.

Cons

Pay is horrible for the amount of work you put in. Lied to from the beginning, was told you would be able to "senior" (go through training) at your own pace, that was a lie. You are constantly rushed through your training because supervisors want to get a bonus. Work load is outrageous due to people constantly quitting. Management barely knows how to do payroll them self let alone answer any of your questions. You're basically on your own unless you have some friendly knowledgeable teammates who don't mind putting their load of work aside to assist you. No home/work balance.

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Cons

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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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