Paycom

I genuinely enjoy my job at Paycom. That’s the only reason for me giving it two stars.

I have the most amazing coworkers. My direct leaders are great. I absolutely love the work I do and the projects I get to be on. Benefits are great and affordable.

Upper management cannot be trusted.

We were promised for three years that we would never go back to working full-time in office from a hybrid schedule. We are more productive at home, and I think our revenue and stock prices make that apparent.

Yet, upper management tells us in a department-wide Zoom call that we “aren’t collaborating enough,” that we are “slipping in some areas,” and that one of the main factors for the decision is “to increase productivity.”

We are being given a month to completely change our lives. Many people have built lives and families around being remote, and for a company to strip that away at a moment's notice without any support or compensation is just disgusting.

Not to mention the fact that they have absolutely no data to back up their claims. It really just seems like someone at the top had a bad day and threw a tantrum and just said, “You know what would make me feel better? Ruining lives.”

We don’t even have the space to bring everyone back, which further tells me this was a reactive decision and not a planned, thought-out one.

I’m really considering my future with this company. I’m not sure I want to continue working somewhere where the upper management makes volatile, rash decisions without any regard for the employees those decisions affect.

I feel betrayed by a company I once loved. I was lied to for three years. It’s just really sad.

Maybe think your decisions through, not just about the WFH policy. That includes the unrealistic deadlines you give your dev and QA teams. Set a deadline and stick to it. Stop changing things last minute and claiming "shifting priorities." Listen to your employees. Actually exemplify the values you set. "We Care." Yeah, right.