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    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    BambooHR

    Score8.3 out of 10
    N/ABambooHR is an cloud-based human resources solution that provides onboarding, payroll, and benefits management. It also offers automated time-off management and employee self-service.

    $10

    per month per user

    UKG Ready

    Score8.2 out of 10
    N/AThe UKG Ready® software suite is a centralized HCM solution designed for small to mid-sized businesses. It automates and streamlines HR, payroll, benefits, time, talent, and scheduling processes. UKG Ready's suite of tools offer actionable insights while helping to ensure compliance. Using AI, it draws on work, people, and culture data to boost efficiency and productivity. For example, UKG Ready streamlines core HR functions by centralizing…N/A
    Pricing
    BambooHRUKG Ready
    Editions & Modules
    Core
    $10
    per month per user
    Pro
    Contact Sales
    per month
    Elite
    Contact Sales
    per month
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    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    BambooHRUKG Ready
    Free Trial
    YesNo
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoNo
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    YesYes
    Entry-level Setup FeeOptionalRequired
    Additional Details
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    Community Pulse
    BambooHRUKG Ready
    Considered Both Products
    BambooHR
    Chose BambooHR
    UKG was too big of a tech stack for us, even UKG Ready was overly complex for what our organizational needs are. We picked BHR based off of user experience, simplicity, and cost. Most other HR softwares are exponentially more costly than BHR & for our organization needs and …
    Incentivized
    Chose BambooHR
    BambooHR was selected for being user friendly. This is critical as our workforce is not the most tech savvy. It needs to be easy to use.
    Incentivized
    Chose BambooHR
    I needed a system that was easy to use from an admin level as well as employee level. We run a pretty simple operation as we do not have shift diffs or multiple approval levels. Some of the systems reviewed were too much for us and, as a result, too expensive. BambooHR® fit our …
    Incentivized
    UKG
    Chose UKG Ready
    UKG ranks far above all else.
    Incentivized
    Chose UKG Ready
    It has a better user-friendly experience, better reviews, and more value for your money.
    Incentivized
    Chose UKG Ready
    UKG had so many more modules that are useful to us.
    Incentivized
    Chose UKG Ready
    So far I think the ADP products are competitive in their offerings. The new feel of Bamboo HR is much more appealing, but it doesn't do nearly enough function-wise.
    Incentivized
    Chose UKG Ready
    Much larger suite of products to utilize and create efficiencies.
    Incentivized
    Key User Insights
    Would buy again
    95%
    Would buy again
    354 Answers
    83%
    Would buy again
    161 Answers
    Delivers good value for the price
    98%
    Delivers good value for the price
    259 Answers
    92%
    Delivers good value for the price
    136 Answers
    Happy with the feature set
    95%
    Happy with the feature set
    351 Answers
    89%
    Happy with the feature set
    171 Answers
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    93%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    170 Answers
    75%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    92 Answers
    Implementation went as expected
    96%
    Implementation went as expected
    194 Answers
    62%
    Implementation went as expected
    90 Answers
    Features
    BambooHRUKG Ready
    Human Resource Management
    Comparison of Human Resource Management features of BambooHR and UKG Ready
    Feature
    BambooHR
    7.9
    389 Ratings
    4% below category average
    UKG Ready
    7.7
    264 Ratings
    6% below category average
    Employee demographic data8.3345 Ratings8.8235 Ratings
    Employment history8.1342 Ratings8.1226 Ratings
    Job profiles and administration8.1354 Ratings8.1230 Ratings
    Workflow for transfers, promotions, pay raises, etc.7.7319 Ratings7.5213 Ratings
    Organizational charting7.8366 Ratings5.7175 Ratings
    Organization and location management8.1342 Ratings7.7201 Ratings
    Compliance data (COBRA, OSHA, etc.)7.4205 Ratings8.3172 Ratings
    Payroll Management
    Comparison of Payroll Management features of BambooHR and UKG Ready
    Feature
    BambooHR
    7.6
    268 Ratings
    7% below category average
    UKG Ready
    8.3
    256 Ratings
    1% above category average
    Pay calculation8.1200 Ratings9.0236 Ratings
    Support for external payroll vendors7.0149 Ratings7.0143 Ratings
    Off-cycle/On-Demand payment7.4147 Ratings8.1129 Ratings
    Benefit plan administration7.2207 Ratings8.1190 Ratings
    Direct deposit files8.3200 Ratings9.0199 Ratings
    Salary revision and increment management7.9217 Ratings8.2179 Ratings
    Reimbursement management7.6133 Ratings8.67 Ratings
    Leave and Attendance Management
    Comparison of Leave and Attendance Management features of BambooHR and UKG Ready
    Feature
    BambooHR
    8.8
    338 Ratings
    7% above category average
    UKG Ready
    8.0
    231 Ratings
    3% below category average
    Approval workflow8.7338 Ratings8.1213 Ratings
    Balance details8.5324 Ratings7.5221 Ratings
    Annual carry-forward and encashment9.2129 Ratings8.4190 Ratings
    Employee Self Service
    Comparison of Employee Self Service features of BambooHR and UKG Ready
    Feature
    BambooHR
    8.5
    375 Ratings
    3% above category average
    UKG Ready
    8.1
    244 Ratings
    2% below category average
    View and generate pay and benefit information8.5259 Ratings8.4225 Ratings
    Update personal information8.9375 Ratings8.4232 Ratings
    View company policy documentation8.5324 Ratings7.9192 Ratings
    Employee recognition7.9243 Ratings7.88 Ratings
    View job history8.8338 Ratings7.9199 Ratings
    Asset Management
    Comparison of Asset Management features of BambooHR and UKG Ready
    Feature
    BambooHR
    9.1
    74 Ratings
    12% above category average
    UKG Ready
    8.4
    93 Ratings
    4% above category average
    Tracking of all physical assets9.174 Ratings8.493 Ratings
    HR Reporting
    Comparison of HR Reporting features of BambooHR and UKG Ready
    Feature
    BambooHR
    7.3
    274 Ratings
    4% below category average
    UKG Ready
    7.8
    245 Ratings
    3% above category average
    Report builder7.4268 Ratings8.0240 Ratings
    Pre-built reports7.5265 Ratings7.9240 Ratings
    Ability to combine HR data with external data6.9201 Ratings7.512 Ratings
    Onboarding
    Comparison of Onboarding features of BambooHR and UKG Ready
    Feature
    BambooHR
    8.2
    307 Ratings
    2% above category average
    UKG Ready
    7.5
    173 Ratings
    7% below category average
    New hire portal8.4293 Ratings7.8172 Ratings
    Manager tracking tools7.9266 Ratings7.2144 Ratings
    Performance and Goals
    Comparison of Performance and Goals features of BambooHR and UKG Ready
    Feature
    BambooHR
    7.9
    227 Ratings
    3% below category average
    UKG Ready
    8.0
    109 Ratings
    1% below category average
    Corporate goal setting7.0168 Ratings9.07 Ratings
    Individual goal setting7.9219 Ratings7.2101 Ratings
    Line-of sight-visibility9.169 Ratings8.69 Ratings
    Performance tracking7.6215 Ratings7.2107 Ratings
    Performance Management
    Comparison of Performance Management features of BambooHR and UKG Ready
    Feature
    BambooHR
    7.8
    245 Ratings
    2% below category average
    UKG Ready
    7.8
    135 Ratings
    2% below category average
    Performance plans7.3232 Ratings7.7123 Ratings
    Performance improvement plans7.3199 Ratings7.5111 Ratings
    Review status tracking8.697 Ratings8.0120 Ratings
    Review reminders8.1101 Ratings8.0126 Ratings
    Multiple review frequency7.7219 Ratings7.9110 Ratings
    Succession Planning
    Comparison of Succession Planning features of BambooHR and UKG Ready
    Feature
    BambooHR
    9.1
    81 Ratings
    14% above category average
    UKG Ready
    7.7
    56 Ratings
    2% below category average
    Create succession plans/pools8.946 Ratings7.348 Ratings
    Candidate ranking9.067 Ratings7.629 Ratings
    Candidate search9.068 Ratings8.034 Ratings
    Candidate development9.359 Ratings8.029 Ratings
    Recruiting / ATS
    Comparison of Recruiting / ATS features of BambooHR and UKG Ready
    Feature
    BambooHR
    7.9
    249 Ratings
    0% below category average
    UKG Ready
    7.9
    139 Ratings
    0% below category average
    Job Requisition Management7.6189 Ratings8.0120 Ratings
    Company Website Posting7.6205 Ratings8.5115 Ratings
    Publish to Social Media9.291 Ratings7.888 Ratings
    Job Search Site Posting7.3200 Ratings8.095 Ratings
    Duplicate Candidate Prevention7.588 Ratings6.790 Ratings
    Applicant Tracking8.0221 Ratings8.3120 Ratings
    Notifications and Alerts8.1237 Ratings7.8128 Ratings
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    Likelihood to Recommend
    8.3
    (410 ratings)
    8.2
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    10.0
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    8.0
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    Usability
    8.7
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    8.2
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    Availability
    9.3
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    5.0
    (4 ratings)
    Performance
    8.7
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    5.0
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    Support Rating
    8.2
    (175 ratings)
    5.0
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    In-Person Training
    -
    (0 ratings)
    7.8
    (2 ratings)
    Online Training
    8.2
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    6.0
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    Implementation Rating
    8.6
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    5.0
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    Configurability
    7.4
    (5 ratings)
    5.0
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    8.4
    (3 ratings)
    -
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    Ease of integration
    9.6
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    6.3
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    Product Scalability
    8.9
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    3.0
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    Professional Services
    9.2
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    -
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    Vendor post-sale
    8.9
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    5.0
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    Vendor pre-sale
    9.1
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    5.0
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    User Testimonials
    BambooHRUKG Ready
    Likelihood to Recommend
    BambooHR
    Pros: You can handle multiple time-off requests from your team members at once. A complete list of directories is available to all the employees of the organization. As a result, communication with other employees is easier. All the important documents and agreements are available in one place. Cons: You need to manually check how many team members are on leave on a given day and whether there are any conflicts.
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    UKG
    UKG is great for storing personal information and is easy to use for clocking in and out. And you can easily find the next payday at the bottom, your calendar with requested time off, and the available hrs. UKG is less user-friendly and more difficult when editing your personal information, like your phone number, and requesting time off is a little confusing to me.
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    Pros
    BambooHR
    • Ease of use for established staff and admins, all the way down to brand new hires.
    • Integrations, especially for posting and managing jobs during the hiring process.
    • Making regularly occurring things like meetings and assessments easy to customize and to action easily.
    • Being able to assign out tasks for onboarding and offboarding.
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    UKG
    • The mobile app experience is terrific. Once the employees figured out the navigation, they now prefer the app over the web version. The app mirrors the web version, although the navigation is somewhat compressed due to the mobile view. Other than that, the tools in the app work exactly as the web.
    • Reporting - there hasn't been a time when I couldn't run a report on the information I needed. And the reports dashboard is very robust - my most important reports were already built in the system. I saved so much time because I didn't have to cobble together the data from multiple reports or contact support to build the report for me.
    • Community page - I log into UKG's Community page daily. I learn so much from experienced UKG users and the UKG moderators are quick to provide answers and best practices. When I have a question about how to use a feature in UKG Ready, my first stop is the Community - I almost always find what I need without the need to submit a ticket/case or call Support. When I can't find what I need using Community, I can trust that Support will be responsive and helpful. For example, I needed help learning how our onboarding process was configured and submitted a case for assistance. The representative scheduled multiple meetings with me to help me not only navigate the onboarding setup but also to teach me how to revise the associated workflows and test the changes. I was also able to ensure our onboarding was set up correctly as well as modify it as needed.
    • Employee Self-Service - Once employees were trained to find their HR Actions tool, they quickly adapted to submitting their requests through UKG Ready rather than asking for help from an admin. Now, they readily submit change requests to update their direct deposit, address, and withholding. Sure, they still need a little help from time to time, but employees are initiating these changes without the need for payroll or HR to chase down signatures or paperwork.
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    Cons
    BambooHR
    • I think it could display PTO in number of days, as well.
    • I wish that the benefits page was easier to navigate.
    • I don't like that the pay stub area is hidden, since I am typically alone at home when I review that data.
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    UKG
    • Custom reporting is not intuitive
    • Learning and training is poor and has not provided our team with a way to approach our problems in a cost-effective and meaningful way
    • Consistent glitches in some areas result in errors that persist through multiple payrolls despite a thorough review of all settings
    • Reports don't live in the same place, multiple types of reports exist in multiple places with little explanation of the difference. We often build custom reports only to have them disappear or have to spend a long time trying to find them.
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    Likelihood to Renew
    BambooHR
    There's nothing wrong with this platform. I would recommend it to any business starting with more than 10 employees. I will continue to use the program for as long as I need to, hoping they continue being tremendous and finding other ways to incorporate more technology.
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    UKG
    We plan to renew our support and use of UKG Ready each year unless it becomes unavailable or the district seeks another vendor. As of now, there are no plans to changes vendors. The district staff is now familiar with using UKG. Another vendor will need to meet the same expectations we have come to enjoy with using UKG
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    Usability
    BambooHR
    I often have trouble finding where a setting or task I need should be. It's gotten better since we started using BambooHR®, but it's still hard to find things. Support chat is ALWAYS unavailable when I do have a question, even during their posted business hours.
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    UKG
    We have been very happy with the product. Occasionally, there are things we run into that do not seem so clear, yet the customer service provided by UKG community and service cases is unparalleled. Their specialists have been great to take the time to walk us through how to properly set up open enrollment and we appreciate the written follow up from the service cases so we can save the instructions.
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    Reliability and Availability
    BambooHR
    Yes, there is a huge team in the back of the online platform or it looks like it because I have never been left without an answer when I have a question or waiting from a response on my chat .... There must be a huge team, this is so great and I always seem to have someone that is very knowledgeable too. So many times in the past I had to leave with customer service that would connect you with someone else because of the expertise, here everyone seems to be some kind of an expert in the HR function.
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    UKG
    The system seems very stable. Being hosted in the cloud, we are vulnerable to internet speeds and busy times. The system has been down a couple times over the 3 months we have been live, but Kronos resolved the issues very quickly. To have access from a desktop, tablet, time clock, or phone app is one of the best features....users have almost NO REASON they can't clock in.
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    Performance
    BambooHR
    I love BambooHR. Reports are easy to run and download and it usually covers any types of requests I get from the management team. You get excel or .csv downloads/reports and it is fast and simple, not too crowded so it is easy to read through. We don't integrate the tool yet but again, soon we will. we just did not had the time to utilize it yet but that's the plan.
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    UKG
    We were always told that Kronos was the best, but there are reports that we got out of ADP and other payroll providers that we cannot get out of Kronos. One example is a report of Productive/Non-productive hours by department. We also need the dollar amount associated with the hours. This is information that is required on our cost report and we were told that that report is unavailable. It is very frustrating when I can't get what I need.
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    Support Rating
    BambooHR
    I think that the Bamboo customer support team is great. I've only had to contact them twice, but both times they were very easy to work with, assisted me quickly, and made sure I fully understood the solution and that it worked the way I needed it to.
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    UKG
    If I was only rating support itself that would be a 10. Every support case I have entered has been addressed efficiently and with the desired result. On the implementation and transition to support there were multiple issues that those doing the implementation or transition could not answer or workflows and various settings left undone only to be discovered later. We implemented 3 different modules and the expertise we got for each one varied widely.
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    In-Person Training
    BambooHR
    I didn't have in-person training besides teaching my managers how to use the program. However, I couldn't omit this question (maybe a system glitch).
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    UKG
    Our in-person training was a hybrid. Live online training with an instructor. They were very knowledgeable of the product & the area they were training on. I asked several specific questions and if they didn't know the answer immediately they followed up after class.
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    Online Training
    BambooHR
    Overall this training was great and our implementation specialist was wonderful and very helpful. We felt really prepared once our training was completed, But we could get additional help immediately even when we were live. The continuation Support heros after implementation are wonderful and you can always get a LIVE person each time you call into their office.
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    UKG
    Pretty good online training, you have many how to options and can watch them several times. It can be hard at times to dig through the amount of data online but can usually find what you are looking for. Also you can download documentation for setting up the profiles and policies.
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    Implementation Rating
    BambooHR
    We implemented bambooHR in Fall, 2023 then implemented Payroll 1/1/24. A vital piece of information was not known or missed in that we are exempt from State Unemployment Tax and have a Reimbursement Set-up, so bambooHR did not send Payroll Reports to the State. Those reports need to be sent regardless if we are exempt or not.
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    UKG
    Make sure the people who are doing the build have extensive knowledge on employment law and asking the right questions. I would bet that the people who helped with our builds did not read any of our employment contracts or ordinances; and when I asked questions about how other companies handled certain basic dictates from federal employment laws, they didn't have any idea what FMLA, FLSA, etc were.
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    Alternatives Considered
    BambooHR
    Compared to other software, Bamboo is more modern and intuitive, especially in terms of user experience. But there is other software with more capabilities and features; maybe Bamboo is pretty good for a small- to mid-sized company.
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    UKG
    UKG is much easier to use and customize for our business needs. I enjoy that the time piece is directly connected with the payroll function. This is something that we didn't see when working with Paylocity. There was a manual time data upload that we needed to process into the Payroll function to process payroll. UKG has this setup and it's just a click of a button, so simple!
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    Contract Terms and Pricing Model
    BambooHR
    Since my organization has dropped with employees, I always find ways to reduce costs. I thought there would be a cheaper option, but I was glad that my package included a lot for the price, and downgrading would cost more. The rep could have let me downgraded and taken me to a higher package. I am thankful that didn't happen.
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    UKG
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    Scalability
    BambooHR
    There is so much you can do with this platform, it is incredible and so welcoming. We don't utilize it 100% yet just because we are growing and the HR team has not been able to concentrate on other areas offered to us but but we will soon. Which is also why we got the product, specifically because what BambooHR can do to help us meet our growing business needs.
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    UKG
    Thus far we are able to add as many users as necessary, implement 3 different bargaining units, 5 different types of user groups. Very flexible.
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    Professional Services
    BambooHR
    VERY professional!
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    UKG
    No answers on this topic
    Return on Investment
    BambooHR
    • We were able to cancel our ATS monthly subscription with another provider to use the Hiring module with BambooHR®. We save on average $600 a month!
    • We cancelled another monthly subscription that we were using for time off tracking saving hundreds a month.
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    UKG
    • The system has allowed us to understand what goes into background vendors and helped us transition in a troubled time.
    • The system has allows us to move forms to custom forms vs using Docusign.
    • The system has helped us cut back on paper usage and storing folders.
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    ScreenShots

    BambooHR Screenshots

    Screenshot of the Job Info tabScreenshot of Onboarding TasksScreenshot of a New Hire PacketScreenshot of an Employee Performance ReportScreenshot of Employee Satisfaction (eNPS®)Screenshot of Open Enrollment

    UKG Ready Screenshots

    Screenshot of the employee mobile interface.Screenshot of trust index survey results.Screenshot of the manager dashboard.Screenshot of payroll analytics.