Best place to work in IT? if you work for pennies - Field Support Specialist Paychex Employee Review

2.0
Jul 9, 2008
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

The best reason to work for Paychex is because it is a stable large company. It is currently spending loads of money on technology and will have a large demand for technical individuals for years to come. The company helps pay for tuition and offers 401k, medical, dental and pharmacy benifits.

Cons

The downside to working at paychex is the compensation. There are many opertunities for advancement in IT from support to third level and up. But moving up from within the company does not pay the same as being hired from out side. Advancements to other departments are considered lateral and there is no increase in compensation. This is dictated from upper management. Annual raises don't keep up with inflation. They are said to be based on performance but at best you get a 3% increase. Though 6% is theoretically possible you have to walk on water and tell the future to get that increase.

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5.0
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Pros

- Sales training - Team support - Goal oriented work

Cons

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1.0
Jun 1, 2026
Recommend
CEO approval
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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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