High pressure, high volume cold-call, shady morals - people crying in office weekly - Outside Sales Representative Paycom Employee Review

2.0
Feb 6, 2019
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Pros

Earning potential (commissions take months (3-6 mos) to pay out after a deal is closed , strong training program, leading product in market, $1 healthcare

Cons

In before 7am every day, rarely leave before 7pm, expected to work additional time on weekends for administrative tasks, high pressure (job security threatened repeatedly), fake interactions with colleagues, everyone is secretly dying behind the scenes and talking behind people's/manager's back, managers are all ex-sales reps and don't know how to manage a team effectively, high turnover, very limited career path, extreme micro-management of activities (sending snail mail "gifts" & handwritten letters, cold calls, dropping unannounced into buildings), highly pushy sales methodology. Local businesses hear the name "Paycom" and shut you down immediately due to previous reps burning the relationship to the ground. People crying in office weekly

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Paycom Response
7y
We regret to see your experience with us was not more positive and would like to learn more about your feedback. Please email our HR team at tiffany.gamblin@paycomonline.com with any details you’d like to share. We will share your comments with our leadership team and wish you well.

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Cons

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Paycom Response
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We're proud of the compensation and benefits we offer, and it's great to see those making a positive impact on your experience. Your leader is available if you'd like to discuss your feedback further.
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Jun 17, 2026
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- Base salary - PTO - Awesome colleagues - $1 Medical PPO offering

Cons

- Upper leadership seem to not value the operations department as much as they do with sales. They are not consistent as well, which causes them to change the entire department's job description, expectations, & commission structure every few months. Change is good but huge change every 3-4 months is so exhausting. - They overload you with too many clients to handle while increasing the number of internal calls. When asking for support from sales or middle management, its typically a hard negotiation or non-existent. Expect to work way over 40 hours/week and juggle 10-20+ clients at a time. - Sales will oversell on product & implementation expectation which makes the job 1000% harder. Turnover with sales is extremely high so don't expect for even the best reps stay as they either leave, get fired because quota was not met, or the new manager will cut them if they're "not the vibe". You get left with the newbies who does not know how to sell or support you when you need them. - Every role in this company has high turnover in general. Making it very hard to cross collaborate with other departments as everyone is either extremely swamped or new to the role and cannot support as well, - Being forced to go to Oklahoma for training every year, sometimes twice a year.

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Paycom Response
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We operate with clear expectations across teams, and collaboration is essential to delivering strong results. As the business evolves, decisions are made with purpose, and our structure supports teams in managing workloads and staying aligned. Connect with your leader to discuss your feedback further.
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