If you're looking for great customer service, or just customer service at all, Paylocity isn't for you.
Updated December 02, 2022

If you're looking for great customer service, or just customer service at all, Paylocity isn't for you.

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

Overall Satisfaction with Paylocity

I am in charge of all the data input & payroll for three companies within our organization. A few of the business problems are as follows from my experience. 1.) Untrained & inexperienced Paylocity employees. 2.) The timeliness to resolve issues is unacceptable, weeks to months. 3.) The "Verify Tax" system is incorrect & unreliable. 4.) I have never spoken with my so-called account representative the entire time I've been with this company totaling almost 3 years. 5.) Getting a hold of anyone outside of the service department is unheard of. For instance, speaking with someone in the tax department. 6.) Never get to speak with the same customer service representative so you have to go over and explain yourself multiple times if it doesn't get resolved in the original call. 7.) The website is not user-friendly for administrators or employees using the Self-Service Portal. 8.) The look or organization of screens isn't easy on the eyes. Meaning it's hard to review screens as the information is way too spread out. Reviewing timecards is a great example of this. 9.) Following the benefits balance history is very unclear. 10.) Reviewing multiple checks individually on the pay tab is a complete hassle, you can't just click next. I could go on, but this is plenty of instances/experiences I've had using Paylocity as our payroll TPA just within the last 3 years of my 9 years in total, using their service.
  • Payroll processing is quick for my size company, around 60 employees.
  • Getting W-2 previews throughout the year.
  • The help section when adding new states to your payroll but should keep up to date when websites or phone numbers change.
  • Customer Service Representatives knowing how the system works
  • More help to resolve issues in a more timely manner.
  • Being able to actually communicate with someone in a specific department, examples would be IT, Tax and GL departments.
  • I can't say there is an ROI because of the time you end up spending on fixing issues/data, etc. on a continual basis.
We choose not to use all of the services currently offered. We're very dissatisfied with the customer support as it is. If we could, we would have already changed providers.
We've only used the survey tool one-time. It wasn't consistent in the message delivery but other than that was is was okay.
The prices may be cheaper, but you get what you pay for.

Do you think Paylocity delivers good value for the price?

No

Are you happy with Paylocity's feature set?

Yes

Did Paylocity live up to sales and marketing promises?

I wasn't involved with the selection/purchase process

Did implementation of Paylocity go as expected?

I wasn't involved with the implementation phase

Would you buy Paylocity again?

No

I'd say they would be better with smaller companies that are less than 500 employees, but we only have around 60 employees and I have issue after issue. I have had misinformation time and time again. This morning I was communicating via email with someone in customer service and they told me that a new state that was recently set up was in an "Applied for" status, but when I logged onto the Paylocity website that was incorrect. I would not recommend Paylocity to anyone.

Paylocity Feature Ratings

Employee demographic data
7
Employment history
7
Job profiles and administration
Not Rated
Workflow for transfers, promotions, pay raises, etc.
7
Organizational charting
2
Organization and location management
7
Compliance data (COBRA, OSHA, etc.)
Not Rated
Pay calculation
7
Support for external payroll vendors
Not Rated
Off-cycle/On-Demand payment
Not Rated
Benefit plan administration
Not Rated
Direct deposit files
7
Salary revision and increment management
7
Reimbursement management
7
Approval workflow
7
Balance details
1
Annual carry-forward and encashment
1
View and generate pay and benefit information
7
Update personal information
3
View job history
1
View company policy documentation
Not Rated
Employee recognition
Not Rated
Tracking of all physical assets
Not Rated
Report builder
3
Pre-built reports
3
Ability to combine HR data with external data
2
Performance plans
Not Rated
Performance improvement plans
Not Rated
Review status tracking
Not Rated
Review reminders
Not Rated
Multiple review frequency
Not Rated
Create succession plans/pools
Not Rated
Candidate ranking
Not Rated
Candidate search
Not Rated
Candidate development
Not Rated
Not Rated
New hire portal
Not Rated
Manager tracking tools
Not Rated
Corporate goal setting
Not Rated
Individual goal setting
Not Rated
Line-of sight-visibility
Not Rated
Performance tracking
Not Rated
Job Requisition Management
Not Rated
Company Website Posting
Not Rated
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