ATOSS Staff Efficiency Suite vs WorkForce Suite

Likelihood to Recommend

ATOSS is well suited for companies working with different work patterns and on different sites. It is also possible to block the changes for the past, which is really useful if payroll is centralized. The interfaces work with multiple systems as well. But in order to avoid having a huge database, it has to be carefully cleaned from time to time by a system admin, especially if you give access to multiple persons.

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Employee in Human Resources

Airlines/Aviation Company, 1001-5000 employees

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EmpCenter is really well suited for companies with minimal variety in time keeping needs. Certainly somewhere that has fairly regular work schedules and operational needs the system would be programmed for and meet those needs quite well. I think they assert themselves as a product specifically for those more complex companies, and I believe it is one of a few products available for companies with many employee types and complex work schedule and pay needs, but because of those complexities each have their own specific customizations I feel it is difficult for the company to then manage the different products that end up existing. Each ends up being unique so applying large scale changes doesn't work well as something we may request and need if applied over EmpCenter in general may cause problems for another company. Therefore everything has to be done on an individual basis and is more time consuming and costly.

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Traci Yates

Auxiliaries and Activities Business Center Payroll Coordinator

Oregon State UniversityHigher Education, 1001-5000 employees

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Pros

Flexibility on the configuration
Security role access management

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Project Manager in Human Resources

Airlines/Aviation Company, 1001-5000 employees

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A lot flexibility in configuration of the system
works well with other systems. We were able to collect data from another time system, Avaya phone systems and even a point of sale system with not a lot of difficulty.
They know their product and integration points. They were able to troubleshoot problems with hardware time collection devices quite quickly. We found the devices they sold to be quite durable.
Out of the box they have more reports than I would have anticipated. Creating new reports was sometimes a task if it was complex but there were usually similar reports you could use as a starter template

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Jeff Pohl

Sr Systems Analyst

Identity Theft 911Insurance, 51-200 employees

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Cons

Reports are not so easy to use.
No document upload.
Some specific balances needed for our business are not easy to manage.

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Employee in Human Resources

Airlines/Aviation Company, 1001-5000 employees

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One feature I would like to see on EmpCenter is a vacation calendar that monitors all vacation requests for all employees within a group.
EmpCenter is not wholly compatible with other softwares and there are occasions when time data does not properly translate.
Moreover, I would like EmpCenter to automatically provide timekeepers with delegations from managers. This way if a manger does not want to grant the timekeeper authority it is easier to rescind, rather than tracking down all managers to grant timekeeping privileges.

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Shelby Royce

Department Administrator

Baker HughesOil & Energy, 10,001+ employees

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Likelihood to Renew

No score

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WorkForce Suite 8.7

Based on 4 answers

After spending close to 5 years to decide on which payroll product to acquire for our University, I cannot image we would switch now that we have it in use.

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Analyst in Human Resources

Higher Education Company, 1001-5000 employees

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Support Rating

No score

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WorkForce Suite 10.0

Based on 1 answer

Extremely knowledgeable staff that truly care about our business processes

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Jeff Pohl

Sr Systems Analyst

Identity Theft 911Insurance, 51-200 employees

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Alternatives Considered

This tool is suited for any airline company and based on a market benchmark done in 2009, we selected it as it was the only software that meets our requirements.

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Project Manager in Human Resources

Airlines/Aviation Company, 1001-5000 employees

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I did not make the decision to select EmpCenter and only know our university also considered Kronos although I assume there were other products considered. My use of Kronos was only at an employee level and I am not sure how it all stacks up for sure. What I do think is that EmpCenter is more customizable than other products and was seen to be able to adapt to fit all of our needs so it was a system that could be used by everyone. I think it is good we have one time keeping system and don't have some employees using paper or a different system because the one could not meet our needs, but as I said this also makes it more difficult to network with other users and to get improvements made quickly.

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Traci Yates

Auxiliaries and Activities Business Center Payroll Coordinator

Oregon State UniversityHigher Education, 1001-5000 employees

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Return on Investment

Less paper/Excel sheets: everything is centralized in the system
Time saving
Better communication: information is accessible faster and everywhere for the employees

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Employee in Human Resources

Airlines/Aviation Company, 1001-5000 employees

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Employees can now better track their hours and ensure they are paid accurately by payroll.
Timekeeping is faster and smoother for most administrators.
The system does need to be slightly more compatible in translating its data from the home software to another software.

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Shelby Royce

Department Administrator

Baker HughesOil & Energy, 10,001+ employees

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Pricing Details

General

Free Trial

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Free/Freemium Version

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Premium Consulting/Integration Services

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Entry-level set up fee?

No

General

Free Trial

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Free/Freemium Version

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Premium Consulting/Integration Services

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Entry-level set up fee?

No