Paychex Reviews

3.1

45% would recommend to a friend

(5,995 total reviews)
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John Gibson

47% approve of CEO

45% positive business outlook

Paychex has an employee rating of 3.1 out of 5 stars, based on 5,995 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The Paychex employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Information Technology industry (3.9 stars).

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6K reviews
3.0
1 Jul 2026
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Pros

Great benefits, great PTO and flexible and I liked my bosses

Cons

Company definitely not what it used to be, it used to be a great place to work… now there’s lay offs employees are over Work, the penalty team requires an insane quota to be met…

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