Why This Blog???

Eye On Paychex is NOT attempting in any way to damage the business of Paychex. In fact, most customers I speak with have many good things to say about the company and its services.

The purpose of this blog is to shine a spotlight on "Employee Experience" of working for Paychex. 

You see, Paychex makes a LOT of noise about how they are ranked by Forbes magazine as one of the Top 100 Best Companies to Work For. But the truth is not quite so rosy. 

I am convinced that many good people have accepted or are seeking employment with Paychex becasue they are certain that this is a "Great Place to Work". This is blatently untrue and is unfair to the current and future employees of the company.

So, through this blog, we will explore what it is REALLY like to work at Paychex. We will look at the good (the training is excellent) and the bad (absurd policies). 

All readers are encouraged to participate by posting, or, if you prefer, email your comments to me at eyeonpaychex@gmail.comand I will post them for you. 

ALL POSTINGS WILL BE ANONYMOUS!!! 

Thursday, January 29, 2009

Paychex Paints a Pallid Picture

Paychex Paints Pallid Picture <~~~ Click for full article

  • Q2 revenues grew 3% over last year's second quarter, a slight deceleration from the already anemic pace set in Q1.
  • Profits per diluted share declined 3% to $0.39 -- once again, a worse result than in Q1.
  • And guidance for the rest of the year is no better. Management predicts that we will cruise through fiscal 2009 on a 3% year-over-year rise in revenues, even as profits continue trending downwards by about 6%.

Monday, January 12, 2009

Paychex Cheats Employees of Overtime!!! LAWSUIT!!!

Well, so much for being "The Most Ethical Company" or "Best Places to Work"!!! Ethical companies do NOT cheat employees out of earned overtime and any company that is truly a "Top Place to Work" certainly would gladly pay for time worked.

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New York Employees of Paychex, Inc. Seek Overtime Compensation


Case ID: 3101 | Employment |


A statewide class and collective action has been filed in New York against payroll giant, Paychex, Inc. The action is brought on behalf of all current and former employees who, since December 22, 1997, worked in either inside insurance sales or payroll service sales and were not paid overtime compensation. The action is brought under both New York labor law and the federal Fair Labor Standards Act and seeks back pay, statutory and liquidated damages as well as injunctive and declaratory relief. As a collective action, all potential claimants are required to voluntarily "opt-in" to be a considered a member of the class. The employees have requested that the court issue notice to all potential claimants. This action arises from what employees claim is a systematic and intentional scheme to deprive hourly employees of proper statutory overtime compensation. Under both the federal Fair Labor Standards Act and New York labor law, all "non-exempt" employees are entitled to, at a minimum, time and a half for all hours worked beyond 40 per week. The Paychex employees, who worked inside sales positions in payroll and insurance service, claim that they were non-exempt, were paid hourly. They assert that Paychex, one of the nation’s largest payroll and tax service providers, was well aware that they were entitled to overtime compensation. The employees allege that Paychex willfully and intentionally failed to pay overtime, that it was, in fact, corporate policy. This, they claim, entitles them to liquidated damages under the Fair Labor Standards Act in addition to compensatory and statutory damages under federal and state law.

Paychex Unfair Gas Reimbursement Policy

(Received via email)

Hello,

I have been working at Paychex the past five years and I agree entirely with your viewpoint, so I thought that I would take a moment and share this little nugget with you.

I am currently working at Paychex as a Client Trainer. I travel between client sites installing the payroll software and then delivering the payroll training as well. Our mileage reimbursement has been locked in at 0.37 cents per mile even after gas prices climbed to over two, and then three, and then four dollars a gallon. Paychex understood the impact on our net pay because we asked the corporate office on several occasions to reconsider the current rate and raise it according to the increase in gasoline prices at the pump and they never budge from their position. On November 1st, of this year, 2008, a memo came out finally changing the policy and thereby increasing the rate to 0.43 cents per gallon. What's most interesting is now that gas prices have fallen, a memo released late last week has reinstated the previous 0.37 cents per gallon. Funny how it took over two years to increase the rate at they expense of their employee's and then within a matter of several weeks were able to act expeditiously, when it was in their own best interest to lower the rate once again.

Doesn't sound like the Paychex brand really values their employee's after all, does it?

(Editors note: IRS guidelines place reimbursement for fuel at 55 cents per mile. Paychex has many reimbursement policies. Depending on the employees position at the company, Paychex pays as little as SIXTEEN cents per mile for employees who use a personally owned car for company purposes. Shameful!)

Sunday, January 11, 2009

Golisano a Megalomaniacal Fruitcake !!!

(Received by Email):

I just found your site by accident. I worked for Paychex for four years, and I must say their management in my local office was the least competent group of people I have ever been associated with in any capacity. To a man, the entire team was undereducated, completely devoid of logic and the ability to reason, and they were the most indecisive group of people in the world. In leadership at any level, it’s necessary to make decisions, and even when a bad decision is made, a certain measure of respect must be given just for having ‘pulled the trigger’ – When all in leadership refuse to make a decision surrounding business needs as they watch their client base shrink, it’s a pathetic site to behold. I watched as business walked out the door and went to ADP (Where I have now worked for 7 years). Now, I take Paychex’ business away from them almost effortlessly – they may have clients who are satisfied, but they have MANY who are eager to terminate their services and sever their ties with Paychex.

On a side note, I personally witnessed Mr. Golisano verbally dress-down and berate an entry-level employee, swearing and cursing at him, just because he did not like the gentleman’s necktie – I saw this, and heard every word while onsite in Rochester, NY for training. When a company is run by a megalomaniacal fruitcake, how can one expect it to be a good place to work?