Strong people culture with real growth opportunities - Senior Manager Engineering Paylocity Employee Review

5.0
4 Dec 2025
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Pros

I joined Paylocity in 2023 to build and lead a new engineering team in Prague and have since grown into a Senior Manager, Engineering role. What stands out to me most is the people culture. I have had managers who genuinely care, give clear feedback, and create space to grow. There are real opportunities for ownership. As an engineering leader I have been trusted with important products in Core HR and supported when taking on more scope. When you show consistent impact, that effort is noticed. Collaboration across product, engineering, and HR has been positive. I have worked with leaders who listen, are open to pushback, and try hard to align on outcomes instead of politics. For the Prague office specifically, there is a healthy work life balance, flexibility, and a strong local HR partner who truly helps people navigate both work and relocation topics.

Cons

Paylocity is growing fast, and that brings change. Priorities can shift and cross team dependencies sometimes take effort to untangle. Different groups move at different levels of maturity in process and engineering practices, so your experience can vary by team and manager. Because of the US and EU time zones, some roles require evening meetings, which can be tiring if not managed well.

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5.0
9 Jun 2026
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Pros

Work remote. Fantastic leaders, Definitely a place I have enjoyed working.

Cons

Pay is slightly less than competitors but work life balance and culture make up for it.

2.0
26 May 2026
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Pros

There used to be many. By the time I left all of the pros had been phased out. The only pro was allowing some people to stay remote- but if you wanted to advance in your career you would be forced back in office.

Cons

Low pay. Micromanaging. Hiring leadership from outside Paylocity and even outside of the industry. Major and extreme departmental changes rapidly. Change is a part of business but in six months my role became unrecognizable. I was there for five years and had planned to be there for much longer. This last year was terrible. Low communication from all leadership. Higher and higher expectations of employees with no bonuses or pay raises to accommodate. My regional director was forcing people out and speaking badly about employees regularly.

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