High pay overshadowed by unethical favoritism and stress - ISR- Inside Sales Representative Paychex Employee Review

1.0
May 14, 2026
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Great base pay and an amazing industry

Cons

You see how they got a 1 star and then got SIX 5 star reviews in the same day a month later? Thats how the office is ran. Things happen and your left to wonder if it was intentional malice. Very unethical. If you know someone in the company there is room for you to grow.. your performance is not an indicator on how much success you will find. The relationships you build or don’t build will determine that. The way they are aloud to run an office with so much favoritism surprises me. Outside of that.. they do not provide you with quality leads. It is a very stressful work environment. 90% of the office does not hit their quota. Most people being fresh out of college with no experience and leaders that are also inexperienced with no real advice to offer. It could be that and not the actual job.

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5.0
Jun 2, 2026
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Pros

- Sales training - Team support - Goal oriented work

Cons

Day to day misaligned with company values

1.0
Jun 1, 2026
Recommend
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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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