Solid company, lacked advancement opportunities - Analyst Paychex Employee Review

3.0
Oct 24, 2013
Recommend
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Pros

A fortune 500 company, it was very satisying going to work everyday knowing I had job security, never having to worry about layoffs, etc. Very professional environment, and I was very proud to tell others you work for a rock solid company.

Cons

Unbalanced work loads at times, the harder you worked, the more you get. Pay was frustrating when tied into your work load. Lower level management is very corporate driven, employees seem to fall between the cracks and lack recognition and I never had a feeling of fulfillment. Job "promotions" turn out to be lateral moves, and pay never seems to catch up with you unless you're with the company for a long time.

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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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