Paycom reviews

This position is kind of like the lottery, you could make some great money, but instead of just losing, the other side is usually spiraling depression and never feeling any job security even if you’ve been with the company 10 years. Most reps last 6 months on average, the turnover even in management and VP positions is really unheard of, and it really feels like a constant panic attack the entire time. I remember being told my first week that I would be fired if I didn’t make enough appointments. Chad is trying to hit very aggressive sales numbers the next couple of years in order to vest a couple billion and doesn’t really care how he gets there. Their strategy the past years really seems like they prey on new grads, work them to the bone to make a sale, then throw them away. This job really is 90% cold calling people who have already talked to 3-4 paycom reps that sat in your same seat before leaving or getting fired. Throughout my few years here I saw roughly 15-20 reps get fired or leave in my office alone. Overall some advice would be not to sign a lease or move to a new city just for this job, you will never feel secure and always feel like you might lose your job next week. This really shouldn’t be your career, maybe make some money here if you can but always have a backup plan and don’t drink the Green Kool Aid.

4 years after my time at Paycom & many horror stories from previous colleagues & people from the Paycom world, I think it is important to run through my experience to hopefully sway young, hungry sellers to other sales orgs. This company was very proud of being cult-like & will chew you up & spit you out when they are done with you. They were obsessed with physical looks, requiring females to have their hair & makeup done every day & to wear high heels (the former "Chief Sales Officer" would brag in training about the team being mistaken for models when checking into hotels. The "Chief Sales Officer" would say that his training was a mini Master's Degree & while the topics covered were very informative on how businesses operate, it was not a Master's Degree...it was 2-3 days of training a few times a year. There was incredible pressure that trickled down from Regional VPs including analogies along the lines of "Pretend we are on a date, is your confidence really going to impress me?" when running through mock cold calls. They are a dinasaur of an organization that does not operate with a modern sales culture - they build every tool in-house instead of investing in a strong tech stack. Sales is a very challenging career but please find an org with a soul...there are plenty out there.