Don't fall for the sales pitch. They did not deliver on any of the promises.
December 07, 2021

Don't fall for the sales pitch. They did not deliver on any of the promises.

Andrew V | TrustRadius Reviewer
Score 1 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User

Overall Satisfaction with Paychex Flex

Switched from a smaller Payroll company to Paychex to handle our Payroll. Initially, they made a lot of claims from ease use, easy importing, and exporting, but after 1 minute of logging in, I noticed whoever inputted my employees' info made a few errors and I had to fix it. Also, I've been getting a lot of sales calls from Paychex. [I believe the] Rep was using scare tactics about new CA laws to get me to upgrade and buy new services.
  • Calculate Taxes
  • The user interface is buggy and lags, when entering hours, there is a huge lag between forms.
  • Printing manual checks is very complicated. [I feel that] even their reps don't know how to do it.
  • [In my experience] they don't sync with Homebase despite what their sales rep claims.
  • To many drop-down boxes, and lag. To enter credit tips you need to click a drop-down box for each employee. This takes up so much time.
  • Lost time. Takes more time to use their website when compared to previous Payroll.
  • Printing Manual Check involves several steps, several hoops, and [I feel that] a lot of their reps don't know how to do it.
  • Buggy and laggy interface. When you type in a number, there is a slight delay.
Web interface [can be] buggy and lags after inputting data. Takes up more time than it should. Overly complicated user interface. Printing manual checks is an overly complicated process. I even called several reps, all of whom [I believe] did not know how to do it. Only 1 rep was finally able to walk me through it after hours wasted. Some reps even claimed it cannot be done.

Do you think Paychex Flex delivers good value for the price?

No

Are you happy with Paychex Flex's feature set?

No

Did Paychex Flex live up to sales and marketing promises?

No

Did implementation of Paychex Flex go as expected?

No

Would you buy Paychex Flex again?

No

[In my opinion] the website is horribly designed and overly complicated. [... I believe] that even their reps don't know how to manually print checks. When entering payroll info, there is a slight delay before you can go to the next field. If you go too fast, the delay will cause you to enter the wrong amount. For example, if employee A has 45.89 hours. If you type too fast, due to the lag, it will type 4.58 hours 9 out of 10 times. [In my experience] you have to slow down so that that their poorly designed tab can recognize your input.
After switching to Paychex from a previous smaller company with the goal of reducing the amount of time I have to work on Payroll, I have come to the conclusion that [for me] it was a bad move. Paychex overall takes me about 30% longer due to how their website performs how each section has a lag after entering data. And to add insult to injury, I keep getting [...] calls from them. I am now planning to switch back to my old company but also looking into Homebase Payroll. Both my previous company and Homebase allow Holiday Pay which is time and a half. [I believe] Paychex isn't capable of doing that!

Paychex Flex Feature Ratings

Employee demographic data
8
Job profiles and administration
8
Workflow for transfers, promotions, pay raises, etc.
8
Compliance data (COBRA, OSHA, etc.)
7
Pay calculation
9
Direct deposit files
8
Salary revision and increment management
8
View company policy documentation
Not Rated
Report builder
1
Pre-built reports
3
Ability to combine HR data with external data
1
New hire portal
7
Publish to Social Media
Not Rated
Job Search Site Posting
Not Rated
Duplicate Candidate Prevention
Not Rated
Applicant Tracking
Not Rated
Notifications and Alerts
Not Rated