Paycom is a sales organization that operates on the fringes of a cult. Money, Status and Fear is the fuel that drives the Paycom engine forward. These are the fundamental pillars Paycom uses to gain control over their employees.. and trust me.. control over their employees they have.
First of all, throw any semblance of a work like balance out the window. When you become a Paycom employee, you are on the clock 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. Another thing to make clear.. Paycom will tout their 'amazing culture', and their work life balance... but it's all an illusion. For example, women in the office I worked out of repeatedly expressed their fears of getting pregnant, because they knew the pressure that puts on them. Managers "jokingly" talking to their employees how starting a family isn't a good idea, because.. you know... the manager needs to hit their number. Get used to working from 6:30 am - 8:00 pm regularly, and even when you leave the office your manager bombards you with a series of group text messages recapping what happened during the day.
Paycom loves to talk about money in 2 ways:
1. How much money they give you
2. How they think you should spend said money
The encouragement to live a "luxurious lifestyle" comes at a serious cost that goes beyond money. Directors encouraging you to buy "stuff". Nice suits, nice cars, nice watches, nice houses.. You know.. That whole outdated sales approach where you have to look the part in order to be the part. Where this backfires is when you have employees who over stretch their lifestyle and can't afford to leave Paycom. This creates an entire culture that is solely focused on making money to buy stuff, yet everyone is absolutely miserable. You can see it in their eyes when you talk to an employee who's been there for a while.
Do you want to make good money? Than work at Paycom. Do you want to spend 70 hours a week in toxic environment where no-one champions their peers and everyone is out to achieve a hollow version of success... No? ... than Paycom isn't for you.
