Paylocity reviews

3.1

45% would recommend to a friend

(3,226 total reviews)
avatar

Toby Williams

47% approve of CEO

40% positive business outlook

Paylocity has an employee rating of 3.1 out of 5 stars, based on 3,226 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The Paylocity employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Information Technology industry (3.7 stars).

Reviews by job title

3K reviews
5.0
Oct 20, 2025
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Freedom to build your business how you want, but the methods they train you on are tried and true. Follow the process, do the work and the rewards will follow!

Cons

None, I've had the same director for 7 going on 8 years and it's been great.

3.0
Oct 20, 2025
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Still some amazing perks, the people are amazing and the teams work together well

Cons

It's just exhausting constantly going into company wide meetings about how entire slices of the company are losing high-value perks ranging from compensation to schedule flexibility. Even when you're not the target, the mood in those meetings is HEAVY. People naturally have a lot to say, but are only given platitudes about how much they value feedback (that is never formally solicited and is never addressed again). Lot of "top-down" mandates that change things for everyone, yet were decided on by a closed door meeting in secret. They're really speed-running trimming off anything from the company that makes it above average.

3.0
Oct 19, 2025

Not the worst

Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Great coworkers, decent commission, potential to move up, good managers,

Cons

It’s hit or miss, you could get an extremely good manager or just an ok one. The ones that are good are beyond exceptional. However, as a whole it’s an extremely political environment and a popularity contest. I don’t really have anything against the directors, I just wish one in particular wasn’t so disrespectful, sassy, and dismissive, but luckily I’m not involved with that one. Even with that said, they all know what needs to be done. They are heavily influenced by those above them to promote a bit of micromanagement, and that’s where the real problems emerge. The higher up you go on the totem pole the more out of touch you discover they are. Expectations have slowly crept away from protecting reps and is getting into dangerous territory with your run of the mill bs sales org. What do I mean by that? More and more will slowly be thrown onto your plate as a rep, not because things are going poorly in the department, but because this company is greedy beyond belief. The CEO has driven morale into the dirt company wide. Nothing matters more than siphoning out every penny humanly possible from sales. What this has caused for someone like me is the realization that we are nothing more than a number, and it wasn’t like that before. Steady growth isn’t acceptable, it has to be record setting or bust. Pacing isn’t realistic, you need to dial more, set more meetings, close more deals, hit more goals, but you maintain the same resources as before, so figure it out. Your life will be consumed by the fear of slipping up and ending on a PIP. You have a finite set of clients, yet infinite set of expectations. If you bleed your territory dry, you are done. I’ve seen people finish a fiscal with over half a million dollars sold and get placed on a pip with 60 days to find a way to keep their job because they started out the new year struggling just ever so slightly, regardless of how much money they made the company in the past. This will push away some real winners. Poor leaders will say “that’s the reality of sales” when it’s their own doing, their own lack of support that causes that. When quotas inch higher and higher, yet the amount of accounts and opportunities stay the same, it’s inevitable. In addition to the above, higher ups have failed to protect client reps by allowing outside sales access to the same accounts they work. The two departments are constantly fighting over the same deals and same clients. While outside sales is tasked to bring in new business, they are somehow allowed to also sell to CAE clients, and if they do, you cannot touch those accounts for months. They will take your revenue, so be aware of them. Service is also another rather large annoyance. The recruiters will hire a sweet potato as long as it has a name tag, so understand they will likely lose you revenue as well. The only thing they care about in service is closing a case, not getting a resolution. This all boils down to higher ups. Id probably be a dumpster diver before considering working for that department. Go read those reviews, it’s even worse than that. I don’t see myself being here much longer. The company I once loved is no longer the caring one I joined years ago. I felt lucky to work here, now I feel lucky to make it to 5pm.

Viewing 169 - 171 of 3,226 Reviews

Glassdoor has 3,282 Paylocity reviews submitted anonymously by Paylocity employees. Read employee reviews and ratings on Glassdoor to decide if Paylocity is right for you.