Overall great company and awesome job... - Senior Human Resources Generalist Paychex Employee Review

4.0
Apr 2, 2018
Recommend
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Pros

Ability to develop and strengthen my knowledge of federal and local law and deepen my ability to consult clients through challenging employee relations. I'm constantly learning and growing. Tools - Paychex gives us all the tools we need - access to legal updates, WIFI for traveling, mileage/expense reimbursement, Skype for staying connected while remote, etc. Flexibility - This is a huge plus. We can set our own hours (generally surround the M-F 8-5 shift) and work from home when we don't need to see clients. We have infrequent internal meetings. The HRG role is paid hourly - so we are eligible for overtime.

Cons

The pay is about average for an HRG role, and below average for an HR Manager role. Some of the work we do feels more at the HR Manager level, but we are paid at the HRG level. Workload - we carry a heavy workload at times. I've been working about 50 hour weeks lately, but that can vary from year to year and team to team.

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5.0
Jun 28, 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
Jun 1, 2026
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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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