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Payroll Officer Reviews
What is it like working as a Payroll Officer?
November 2016
How Stressful it would be.
Payroll Officer:
Don't do it.
September 2016
Unappreciated/stressed.
Payroll Officer:
Make sure your position has a backup individual. When you're ready to take a vacation, if you're sick or a loved one passes will you be able to take off if a payroll is due or will you be required to work. Do you have to live your life around your job? I've had no backup for 13 years and I'm at work after hours and during holidays when my bosses are at home with their families. I have 3 weeks of vacation time but I've been able to take a whole week 6 times in 13 years. Family members have passed and I've not been able to take off because a payroll is due. Ask if deadlines for payroll processing is enforced. I'm constantly having to process exception payrolls due to late paperwork. I am the payroll department and I do half of my supervisor's job. The job is stressful because I understand I'm dealing with an individual's wages. It's how they take take of themselves and their family. If you don't love what you do, you won't last in this job.
April 2016
INTERESTING AND NEEDS ALOT OF GOOD INTERPERSONAL SKILLS.
Payroll Officer:
Pros: PAYDAY AND JUST GETTING TO LEARN NEW THINGS IN THE FIELD OF HR.
Cons: TO LITTLE WORK SUMTIMES AND NO INCENTIVE.
February 2015
Dead End Job - No Growth Prospects.
Payroll Officer:
I Wished I knew that the company will not prioritise increasing capability and resources for this function.
January 2015
Stand Alone Process, Management reporting, End to End.
Payroll Officer:
Long Hours especially when returning from Leave as your whole job is never completed by a replacment, its much harder working stand alone as taking time off work is very hard, especially sick leave.
Im 36 and I have wrist injuries due to the extreme manual processing of my companies Journals and timesheets.
Stick to Larger companies with a team environment or automated/semi automated processes, everything I do is exel based and non profit entity wont spend the money to automate these.
Its a thankless job, but if someone is missing $1 they will complain, nature of the beast really, and as its all about the employees income they dont care if you have to work 24hours 7 days aweek on your own it must be all correct and on time every time. Can be very frustrating at times.
January 2015
The ups and downs of Payroll.
Payroll Officer:
Pros: Less workload, flexible hours.
Cons: Stressful, high accuracy needed.
August 2014
Pressure!
Payroll Officer:
Working as a payroll officer can be very stressful, working in a pressurized environment where deadlines need to be met regularly and people need to be paid correctly pay run.
It can also be very rewarding as you are continuously helping others with their pay and giving advice.
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