Where do I even begin... I'll start with the childish, "I can't believe that's actually a thing" crap that they feed people.
1) You are told that you cannot wear red... especially to a meeting with senior leaders or the CEO. See, red is the color of Paycom's biggest competitor and you will quite literally be put on a "watch list" for wearing the color red.
2) You will be judged HEAVILY on your appearance. When you are working for a company that has a business casual dress code, you expect people to dress nicely and look put together... but if you have a bad hair day or a wrinkled shirt, expect to be pulled aside and questioned about your professionalism. Sometimes, they won't even give you the decency to have that conversation one on one and will call you out in front of your peers. I was in a meeting one time where a higher up told all of us that she pulls people aside who have expensive looking wardrobes and spends extra time with them because they "look" like they should be management. No wonder they have bumbling idiots running some of their departments. I was fortunate enough to never receive such criticism, but I can recall at least 4 instances where some of my co-workers were called out and the word embarrassed doesn't even begin to explain how they felt.
3) You will work your tail off and promised opportunities that will never come. As soon as you start gaining the courage to speak up and ask about those opportunities that you deserve, they will do something to knock you down or tarnish your character/reputation that will make it almost impossible to recover from.
4) If you don't participate in EVERYTHING that Paycom has going on (LEAD program, volunteer opportunities, Toastmasters, etc.) you will be looked at as an outcast and will automatically be uninvited from everything going forward.
5) The gossip is worse than what you experienced in grade school. Your character will be questioned based on whatever the rumor mill is churning out that week and your supervisor(s) will threaten to do some SERIOUSLY unethical things to prove their point.
6) Paycom is proud to tell people that they value their employees and that they have a great work-life balance... but it is all just a crock of crap. If you want to take some time off, expect for every little thing to be brought up and used against you as an excuse as to why that time off was not approved. Another thing that was a hot-topic around the time I left was mental health issues and the importance of taking personal days to decompress and start fresh. MANY of the positions at Paycom are very stressful, demanding and require longer hours to get the job done correctly. It can be very taxing at times and over the years I had heard of several people struggling with depression, anxiety, low self-worth and worse, brought on by the job, their co-workers/supervisors and even sometimes things that were happening at home that were just to difficult to keep secret. Every single person I spoke with said they were judged when they shared their struggles and that there was a noticeable change in the way they were treated moving forward.. and not in a good way. I am all for keeping your work-life and your personal-life separate, but sometimes the challenges that we have to go through can sometimes be too much for us to bear. If you have problems, don't expect sympathy, compassion or for anyone to understand what you're going through... and especially don't expect to be able to take the much needed time off to work on getting yourself better.
I could go on and on but I will spare everyone an even lengthier review.
