Paycom

Great people to work with. Communication among my team is fantastic.

Predatory dev points system. Catered lunches (which come out of your paycheck) you'd be better skipping.

Sleazy management.

Details below.

Yesterday, we had a meeting for the entire Tech department over Zoom. Chat was disabled. Facecams were disabled, except for management speaking. I guess it's a lot easier to deliver a slap in the face to employees when you don't have to see their faces or hear their voices.

Management announced that we are ending remote work (which Paycom has been doing SUCCESSFULLY for the past 3 years). The reason? "We're seeing a little slippage. Nothing major."

Will we still use Zoom for meetings? "Yes, I actually prefer Zoom" -CIO.

Now, how will this move improve communication when teams still have half of their members in OKC and half in Dallas? How will things be any different if we're still using Zoom for all meetings?

Not to mention the timing. Immediately after Paycom is announced as a top workplace in Oklahoma for the 10th year in a row. Funny how that works.

The timeframe for this massive change from 4 days remote/1 in office to full-time in office? 1 month if you're QA. 1 month. During the holidays. With not even rumors of this move before it was announced.

Good luck.

Now, I haven't been here long. But one of the main selling points of my recruiter was the hybrid schedule. There was no indication this would change. It's one of the main reasons I accepted the job. It's one of the things I brag about about my job.

I have zero desire to move to a big city. For my one day a week in office, I commute an hour and a half to a friend's house the night before. We then commute 45 minutes there and, depending on traffic, an hour and a half back.

Now, instead of having to spend one day a week in a place I don't want to be, I may have to spend upwards of 5. My reward for all of this? Benefits, salary increase to offset travel and additional costs? Nothing. Absolutely nothing. I get to keep a job.

I feel as though I was sold a false bill of goods. Way to crush the trust I had and the culture I was beginning to buy into.

Paycom is just as disgusting as all of these other corporations. They view us all as expendable. They even locked comments on the Confluence page where employees were expressing concern. Absolutely disgusting.

Remove "We Care" from your values. It's obvious you don't. Oh, and if you want to be a leading innovator in the tech industry? Maybe at least catch up to where the industry is at (hint: it's not 5 days a week in a dimly lit gray cubicle).

Amazing that even interns can see this yet top brass cannot.