Paychex Software Developer reviews

3.9

78% would recommend to a friend

(69 total reviews)
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John Gibson

86% approve of CEO

79% positive business outlook

Software Developer employees have rated Paychex with 3.9 out of 5 stars, based on 69 company reviews on Glassdoor. This indicates that most Software Developer professionals have a good working experience there. Paychex is rated in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) by Software Developer professionals compared to other employers within the Informationstechnologie industry (3.9 stars).

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69 reviews
2.0
Oct 28, 2019
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Pros

My immediate team, new office building

Cons

My time at Paychex was spent feeling isolated and depressed. Within my first two weeks, I realized I was the only Black person in a building filled with hundreds of people and started feeling like I had made a serious mistake. Felt dis-empowered, seeing something wrong that I couldn't do anything about. After awhile, the lack of diversity in PD-and-IT started to seem intentional. Many Testers, Scrum Masters, Requirements Analysts, and so on come from non-technical roles in other departments. Those other departments are more diverse but it seems like the only people who ever transfer into PD-and-IT or get hired are White or Asian. Most offensive thing was on their career portal, posting a picture of a black guy coding in a building that I had never seen another a black software engineer. Only exception to this was a black female intern. Seems like diversity is a fashion statement to them and not an actual value. They are not aware and/or they don't really care about the moral or absolute consequences of not having a diverse and truly inclusive environment. Furthermore, why would you advertise something that is false? Quit after I realized that my employment at Paychex had made me stop trusting my ambition.

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Paychex Response
6y
Paychex is dedicated to fostering a culture of inclusion and diversity by embracing individual differences, life experiences, knowledge, innovation, self-expression, unique capabilities, and talent. We also value integrity in all that we do, including using photos on our careers page of our actual employees. Although we are on a journey of increased efforts to be more intentional around inclusion in all aspects of business, we are disappointed to hear that your experience has let you down. We will be sharing your feedback internally to our inclusion and diversity team, as well as our leaders in PD and IT. In addition, we would like the opportunity to further discuss your experience in more detail, and invite you to contact us directly at glassdoor@paychex.com.
2.0
Oct 24, 2019
Recommend
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Pros

A good company with a vision but not in the IT sector.

Cons

They are PRETTY laid back people juggling legacy 30 years old software, and have no plans to rewrite. Boring work and you won’t gain any knowledge. Managers are PITA and want to save their rears by giving hard time to people who are ambitious.

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Paychex Response
6y
Thank you for the several years of service, as well as taking the time to leave us feedback. Paychex was born of the philosophy that one great idea can change the world, and we continue to thrive on that same principle by enabling our employees to be visionaries, especially as technology powers everything we do. We’re disappointed to hear you didn’t find the work challenging during your time here with us. However, we welcome the opportunity to connect and address any further feedback on your experience. You can contact us directly at glassdoor@paychex.com.
4.0
Oct 24, 2019
Recommend
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Pros

Good work-life balance, fun events and team building opportunities are fairly frequent

Cons

Compensation is not as competitive as you will find elsewhere, does not fully embrace agile methodology (although it is improving)

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Paychex Response
6y
Thank you for sharing your experience with us!
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