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What do you like best about Paychex?

Paychex flex is easy to use. If I have questions, I can get them answered quickly. If I need tax documents, I can easily access them on the platform. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Paychex?

I did have one hiccup about withholdings from an employee's paycheck. It took a while to fix, but Paychex eventually resolved it. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Paychex solving and how is that benefiting you?

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Paychex Overview

What is Paychex?

Paychex Flex® is an all-in-one HR solution designed with simplicity in mind. With technology that grows and changes with your business, Paychex has the right combination of innovative business solutions and dedicated support to help you reach your goals, wherever your business is going.​ •Hire, pay, manage, and retain employees with confidence​ •Get experienced, award-winning support where and when you need it with our 24/7/365 live support team​ •Stay ahead of changing laws and regulations with our compliance experts​ •Access your information on the go with the Paychex Flex Mobile App Talent Management: Recruit, retain, and develop top talent from a single HR platform and streamline your hiring and onboarding process. ​ Workforce Management: Improve employee efficiency and productivity with our vital workforce management resources. ​ Payroll and Financial Support: Easily pay employees and manage taxes, expenses, and more, so you can continue to focus on your business. ​ Employee Benefits: Attract and retain top talent by offering valued employee benefits while simplifying your plan administration. ​ PEO and HR Outsourcing: Support your business throughout the entire employee lifecycle with our comprehensive HR outsourcing solutions. ​ Employee Experience: Save time and improve accuracy by giving employees access to self-service HR, training, and financial tools. ​ Integrations: Automatically and accurately connect and share data between your software and Paychex Flex.​ Choose the right level of technology and support for your business now — while keeping the ability to grow as your needs change. See why Paychex is the largest HR company for small to medium-sized businesses and let us simplify your payroll experience.

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Product Description

Paychex reduces the complexity and risk of running your own payroll, while ensuring greater accuracy with up-to-date tax rates and regulatory information.

How do you position yourself against your competitors?

Unlike other human capital management solutions that are cobbled together on the back end, or rely on third-party “powered” solutions to tap into multiple databases, Paychex Flex delivers one of the most comprehensive mobile and cloud-based technology suites available. Built around a single source of real-time employee data, updates within the solution extend across all features, increasing accuracy and efficiency while reducing manual work. Now customers have a solution that can truly support employees from hire to retire, without duplicate data entry or multiple login screens.


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Company Website
Year Founded
1971
HQ Location
Rochester, NY
Twitter
@Paychex
11,998 Twitter followers
LinkedIn® Page
www.linkedin.com
17,732 employees on LinkedIn®
Ownership
NASDAQ:PAYX
Total Revenue (USD mm)
$4,040
Description

Paychex, Inc. is a leading provider of integrated human capital management solutions for payroll, benefits, human resources, and insurance services. By combining its innovative software-as-a-service technology and mobility platform with dedicated, personal service, Paychex empowers small- and medium-sized business owners to focus on the growth and management of their business. Backed by more than 45 years of industry expertise, Paychex serves approximately 670,000 payroll clients as of May 31, 2019 across more than 100 locations in the U.S. and Europe, and pays one out of every 12 American private sector employees.


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"Not intuitive and this app has honestly gotten me in some hot water with HR"
there is a mobile app that you can download. You can also sign into the web browser on your mobile phone.
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"Trouble Free, Convenient"
The staff / customer support is always friendly and helpful in problem solving. The website is easy to use and implementing changes, adjusting my a...
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"Paychex Advantages"
Paychex covers our needs from Payroll to 401K and much more in between. We have a rep there that is more than happy to answer and/or take care of ...
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Sean S.
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What do you like best about Paychex?

The staff / customer support is always friendly and helpful in problem solving. The website is easy to use and implementing changes, adjusting my account to the various needs of my current projects and payroll. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Paychex?

In the freelance world, there are times when you are in between jobs; during those times, you have to continue to pay the full fee to keep your account valid even though you are not generating payroll. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Paychex solving and how is that benefiting you?

Flexibility in changing my structure to accommodate the specifics of each job requirement. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Response from Jill Sexton of Paychex

Thank you for your 5-star review. We appreciate your feedback. If there is anything you need in the future, please email us at reviews@paychex.com.

Mark A.
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What do you like best about Paychex?

My small business has been a Paychex client ever since opening up our Maine operation in 2005, and choosing them as our payroll provider has been one of my best business decisions. Not only do they empower their phone staff to do whatever is required to solve a customer's issues, they choose people who are consistently helpful, patient, knowledgable and competent. In one word, what is best about Paychex is their staff. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Paychex?

The only downside I have had with Paychex is that our representatives keep being moved to new positions in the company. Though all have been consistenly excellent, I prefer to deal with the same people on an ongoing basis, and wish there would be more stability in the staff I deal with ., Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Paychex solving and how is that benefiting you?

As an overworked small business owner, It puts my mind at ease knowing we are in compliance with all payroll remittances to staff, government, and worker's compensation insurance, and that if we have any questions, they are asnwered promptly and and accurately. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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What do you like best about Paychex?

there is a mobile app that you can download.

You can also sign into the web browser on your mobile phone. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Paychex?

Entering time after the fact is so time-consuming and every third entry errors out it is a huge waste of time and needs a ton of work, PTO is not recorded properly.

Every morning when I go to sign in I have to wait for a text message with a 2fa code and can't incorporate Duo Microsoft or Google auth. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Paychex solving and how is that benefiting you?

Records time I have worked throughout the week. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Response from Jill Sexton of Paychex

We are sorry to hear about the experience you have had with Paychex. If you are open to it, please email reviews@paychex.com with your Company Name/ID, your name, and the best way to contact you so we can have leadership reach out to you directly. Thank you.

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What do you like best about Paychex?

Paychex covers our needs from Payroll to 401K and much more in between. We have a rep there that is more than happy to answer and/or take care of all our questions. Every question is addressed on the same day when it is possible. I use Paychex daily and love the support we get. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Paychex?

I really have not found a downside to Paychex. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Paychex solving and how is that benefiting you?

We have a very complex payroll and Paychex handles that with ease and in a timely manner. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Response from Troy Farnsworth of Paychex

Hello, I am glad that you have found the system easy to use and were able to receive assistance when needed. If there is anything you need in the future, please email us at reviews@paychex.com.

JC
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What do you like best about Paychex?

Very easy to use, everything can be done with ease Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Paychex?

Could be a little easier to edit or add the time you use all the time. for example if i work 9-5 every day there should be a button that adds that same time throughout the week Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Paychex solving and how is that benefiting you?

I dont believe it is helping me solve anything but its ease of use and being able to find all your time off and request time off is great Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Jack L.
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What do you like best about Paychex?

Easy to use, convenient, and priced right. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Paychex?

Setup of contractors was not as simple as it could have been. I asked for, and received assistance from my rep. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Paychex solving and how is that benefiting you?

With paychex ease of administering payroll we were able to bring four contractors onboard as employees and payroll is still easier than cutting a check to them as contractors. It has saved hours each month and eliminated errors. Having access to all payroll reports also simplifies pulling info for grant management and reporting. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Response from Janet Clairmont of Paychex

Hello Jack, I am glad that you found the system easy to use and were able to receive assistance when needed. If there is anything you need in the future, please email us at reviews@paychex.com.

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What do you like best about Paychex?

I love the ease of entering payroll information! It is very intuative, and very easy to navigate. My dedicated specialists are also very attentive and always help in a pinch very quickly!

I love the fact they also offer so much more than Payroll including 401k and HR services! Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Paychex?

Nothing. I've not come upon anything I do not like! Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Paychex solving and how is that benefiting you?

I have been able to automate many of my processes and migrating away from spreadsheets! Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Response from Janet Clairmont of Paychex

Hello Dawn. I am glad that you find the system easy to use and were able to receive assistance when needed. If there is anything you need in the future, please email us at reviews@paychex.com.

Linh V.
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What do you like best about Paychex?

Paychex lists all paystubs under .pdf format by date order. It is very convenient as it allows me to print out a copy of paycheck when I need it. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Paychex?

Sometimes, it is hard to navigate in Paychex to look for a specific item. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Paychex solving and how is that benefiting you?

At my organization, Paychex Flex integrates payroll and retirement benefits under 1 website. Therefore, it is very convenient for me to log in 1 account (Paychex) and be able to access my payroll record and my retirement account at the same time. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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What do you like best about Paychex?

Paychex Flex is easy to use. Paychex takes care of all our tax submissions, garnishments, etc., which takes that resposibility out of our office. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Paychex?

Not sure of a downside. Our rep is helpful when needed. If I cant reach her there are always others to help with my questions. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Paychex solving and how is that benefiting you?

Filing our payroll taxes Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Response from Janet Clairmont of Paychex

Hello Karmin. Thank you for your 5-star review. We appreciate your feedback. If there is anything you need in the future, please email us at reviews@paychex.com.

Benita J.
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What do you like best about Paychex?

It is easy to use has great securty rigth at your fingertips Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Paychex?

No dislikes paychex helps simplifies life has great features for use Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Paychex solving and how is that benefiting you?

Paychwx helps keep my time card active and up to date helps keeps up with hors worked Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Response from Donna Di Pasquale of Paychex

Good morning Benita. Thank you for your 5-star review. We appreciate your feedback. If there is anything you need in the future, please email us at reviews@paychex.com. ^Laura