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Human Resource Management
Payroll Management
Leave and Attendance Management
Employee Self Service
Asset Management
HR Reporting
Onboarding
Performance and Goals
Performance Management
Succession Planning
Recruiting / ATS
Product Details
What is ADP Vantage HCM?
ADP Vantage HCM® offers global compliance capabilities, powerful technology and expert service for users to enable their teams, enhance workforce agility and upgrade the employee experience. According to ADP, this translates into big wins for customers by lowering costs, increasing profits, increasing employee engagement and lowering overall risk.
ADP Vantage HCM® aims to offer easy-to-use technology and expert guidance that helps organizations focus on their vision while simplifying administration, managing costs, and minimizing risk.
Capabilities include:
- Recruiting
- Talent Management
- Onboarding
- ACA and Benefits Administration
- Time and Labor
- Payroll
- Analytics & Benchmarking
- Expertise
ADP Vantage HCM Features
Human Resource Management Features
- Supported: Employee demographic data
- Supported: Employment history
- Supported: Job profiles and administration
- Supported: Workflow for transfers, promotions, pay raises, etc.
- Supported: Benefits information
- Supported: Organizational charting
- Supported: Organization and location management
- Supported: Compliance data (COBRA, OSHA, etc.)
Payroll Management Features
- Supported: Pay calculation
- Supported: Support for external payroll vendors
- Supported: Off-cycle/On-Demand payment
- Supported: Payroll history for each employee
- Supported: Benefit plan administration
- Supported: Direct deposit files
- Supported: Payroll tracking and auditing
- Supported: Salary revision and increment management
- Supported: Statutory form management
Leave and Attendance Management Features
- Supported: Approval workflow
- Supported: Email notifications
- Supported: Travel absence management
Employee Self Service Features
- Supported: Employee login
- Supported: View and generate pay and benefit information
- Supported: Update personal information
- Supported: Request time off
- Supported: View job history
- Supported: View company policy documentation
- Supported: View company news and information
- Supported: Employee recognition
Asset Management Features
- Supported: Tracking of all physical assets
HR Reporting Features
- Supported: Report builder
- Supported: Pre-built reports
- Supported: Ability to combine HR data with external data
Integration with other HR capabilities Features
- Supported: Additional HR capabilities (talent management, LMS, etc.) supplied by same vendor
- Supported: Additional HR capabilities (talent management, LMS, etc.) supplied by different vendor
Performance Management Features
- Supported: Performance plans
- Supported: Performance improvement plans
- Supported: Review status tracking
- Supported: Review reminders
- Supported: Multiple review frequency
Succession Planning Features
- Supported: Create succession plans/pools
- Supported: Candidate ranking
- Supported: Candidate search
- Supported: Candidate development
Onboarding Features
- Supported: New hire portal
- Supported: Manager tracking tools
Performance and Goals Features
- Supported: Corporate goal setting
- Supported: Individual goal setting
- Supported: Line-of sight-visibility
- Supported: Performance tracking
Recruiting / ATS Features
- Supported: Job Requisition Management
- Supported: Company Website Posting
- Supported: Publish to Social Media
- Supported: Job Search Site Posting
- Supported: Duplicate Candidate Prevention
- Supported: Applicant Tracking
- Supported: Notifications and Alerts
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ADP Vantage HCM Customer Size Distribution
Consumers | 0% |
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Small Businesses (1-50 employees) | 0% |
Mid-Size Companies (51-500 employees) | 8% |
Enterprises (more than 500 employees) | 92% |
ADP Vantage HCM Technical Details
Deployment Types | SaaS |
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Operating Systems | Unspecified |
Mobile Application | Apple iOS, Android, Windows Phone, Blackberry, Mobile Web |
Supported Countries | North America |
Supported Languages | English, Spanish, French, Dutch, German, Portuguese, Chinese, French and Italian |
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Quality and effective tool
- It’s good in managing staff
- Accessibility from anywhere
- It’s easy to use
- It’s interface is bit tricky. But eventually get used to it.
- Other then that it’s one of the best tool.
- It’s manages everything
One-stop-shop for everything HCM
- One-stop-shop solution for all HR needs
- Very customizable, setup time was minimal
- User-friendliness for end consumers (employees)
- Interoperable with existing corporate systems
- User interface, still feels primitive
- Customer care is very generic, not meant for employer specific questions
- Lack predictive, prescriptive recommendations
- User Security Granularity: I can fine-tune access exactly, rather than give someone too little or too much access.
- Employee Data Security: All of our data is secure and encrypted by ADP. I do not have to manage security beyond keeping users from giving their username and password to someone. The rest is out of sight and out of mind, handled by ADP.
- Out of the Box Functionality: While we did have to make configuration decisions in implementation, the functions and customizations we make inside of ADP all function from day one and are not affected by security updates, new versions, or patches. With other highly customized products, any update to the stock system poses a threat to functionality. ADP Vantage does exactly what we want it to do, the way we want it, and without being disabled by ongoing life-cycle management by ADP.
- ADP Reporting: Let's be honest. Few managers actually use ADP. Most of the people in ADP are practitioners and techs/analysts. The canned reports likely are not being used, while analysts like myself who want to put together powerful analytics reports, do not have full access to the data through the dashboards or advanced reporting options. Give us the ability to have access to the database tables so we can run reports as needed, without having to navigate the odd semantics inside the shell of ADPR. I've seen this done with day old data dumps to SQL, but the data is not real time. My preference would be for an API or similar link so that I could create live dashboards in PowerBI or Tableau.
- Support Tickets: We live and die by our emails. Yet we have a few products, such as ADP, that require us to go to their internal ticketing system to see the status of our service requests. It would be beneficial to be able to manage status updates and communication through email, including the ability to generate a new ticket.
It works, but very complicated system.
- Separation of payroll side from HR and Benefits, which complies with the separation duties laws
- [The] tax setup section needs more work, it is unclear sometimes if we need to set up tax in Smart Compliances or somewhere else, and then the rode to make that tax active and add it to the employee.
- [The] payroll audit could be more clear and include more data from all adjustments, for example, if there is [a] salary rate change, there [are] not flags to check that in [the] audit section of the payroll.
My Vantage Experience
- Speed in Processing.
- Employee self Service is awesome.
- Quick reporting.
- We can download paystubs and w2s easily.
- Better notification of when there will be a system change.
- Have one dedicated support person instead of a team.
- It is difficult to get immediate answers when needed.
- The one-off tax service is more efficient [than] the full-service tax support.
- One-off services appear to be much more effective than full service.
ADP Vantage HCM Review
- Data Analytics
- Onboarding; it makes the new hire employee experience easier
- Time Management
- Time Module; timecards only retain the primary rate of pay for reporting. It would be great to see additional rates that are paid to reflect the secondary rate in the calculation of hours.
- I dislike having to go to different areas to access 1 employee record. Would be nice to pull up the employee and have multiple points on the record versus having to go to multiple areas for 1 employee.
ADP Review
- Ambassador Rewards is a great program that practitioners can participate in.
- MyADP has a great look and feel but needs to be rolled out and not everything is there yet for our company.
- Self Service is the best part about ADP. Supervisors/Managers can submit items to be approved. Practitioners in ADP set up the workflow for the activities they can submit.
- I like the control practitioners have when it comes to security settings.
- ADP in general LOVES to roll out new products however it is very clear the new products are not tested by people that actually would use the product. Also they tend to roll out products that are NOT ready to be rolled out. ADP Vantage in general is a great example of this. ADP wanted to be a contender in the product solutions of everything is 1 product and it is seamless. That is NOT true about ADP Vantage. ADP Vantage is not real time when it comes to benefits talking to payroll. Ben Calc still needs to run in the background and be set to payroll. ADP Vantage should have never been marketed the way it was. Unfortunately our company bought into it and we have the product we have and now have to work with what we have.
- Another example of ADP rolling out new products before they are ready is My ADP. I tested this thoroughly before and I had to send a 17 page document to my service team to fix items that were not correct. Its frustrating to say the least.
- ADP loves to change your service team on you. We have had it rough since day 1 with ADP.... our service team is who we rely on to get answers to issues. ADP will just switch them without any notices. Mary Ladwig was a great service rep for benefits and without notice Mary was pulled from my account and I was given a different rep. Not only did ADP do this without notice but they did it right before Open Enrollment the absolute worst time for ADP to pull a rep. We have had the most challenging Open Enrollment and it is purely because ADP decided to pull my rep and then give me a completely inexperienced rep for Open Enrollment implementation.
- ADP Reporting is horrible. There is nothing to say other than it is not user friendly.
- ADP loves a good release to try and fix issues. However 99.9% of the time the release causes more issues that ADP did not test for.
- Online training
Accuracy is key!!
- The dedicated service team allows for faster response to issues.
- It provides easy navigation for all employees, managers, and practitioners.
- Time cards, benefits, and payroll are all part of VantageHCM -- instead of three separate systems.
- It could provide a better reporting functionality for practitioners.
- I would like notifications from ADP when certain areas of the system are not working or are running slow.
- I would like more detailed instructions on how to do certain things, such as a new state tax setup.
- Online training
ADP Vantage HCM--the good, the bad, and the pretty
- Learning Management--this is great because team members can do required training courses online at any time. This saves us money and time because we don't need to travel as much.
- Employee self-service--team members can update their personal information without having to fill out paper forms and send them in. This has resulted in savings regarding paper purchases and ink.
- Manager self-service--managers are able to initiate some changes for their team and this has simplified processes and resulted in fewer lost changes.
- eTime doesn't always work properly. The support team is a bit slow in responding and resolving issues.
- Onboarding needs to become more user friendly, especially for managers and practitioners to audit progress.
- The mobile app needs to have the same accessibility as the mobile website.
It's getting there
- Reporting
- Payroll
- User defined areas
- Performance management
- no training
- It is very easy to learn and use, especially if you are familiar with ADP products
- The support team at ADP has been great and extremely helpful
- Employee self service portion is very beneficial
- The training information provided is definitely lacking, it is hard to find ways to learn quick tips or techniques and there appear to be no pre-recorded training sessions
- After using both Vantage HCM and WorkforceNow - Vantage is definitely a step backwards or a downgrade regarding its capabilities
- The reporting also seems to be lacking and/or the training is hidden somewhere. I am a quick learner but do not find the reporting tool to be easy to self-teach on and so I have been extremely limited in the reporting I have been able to use.
A system for your every need!
- Self-service gives our employees the ability to own the process.
- Payroll reporting is so much easier.
- Customer service could use more coaching and development.
- Online training
- in-person training
Vantage review
- Reporting
- Customized to meet our needs
- Different functions don't talk to each other - benefits, tax
- Multiple entry in various systems - tax, payroll, benefits
Six Years with ADP Vantage
- ADP Vantage has a wonderful reporting feature called "Field Grabber". This allows even very inexperienced users to create the reports they need.
- ADP Vantage has a robust security management tool. We can set up users into a standard profile or easily create unique profiles for special circumstances.
- ADP Vantage gives the client access to manage their own setup, for the most part. We can manage our setup to incorporate changes in our processes.
- ADP Vantage can improve it's effective dating options. Many users don't understand what date to use and end up selecting a date that causes a problem with the data. It would be nice if we could set parameters to this field on certain screens.
- It is not easy to audit any user activity ADP Vantage. It's a complex report to run that needs to be deciphered, not easy to read for the occasional ADP user.
- Several fields are not as they are named, so it is not as user-friendly as it appears. For example, in Garnishments, if you have a Federal Tax Levy Agreement it has to be entered as Lien Type of Child Support order with a Sub Type of Private Order. No one would figure that out on their own.
Review from HRIS Analyst
- Good for HCM employee data
- Processing payroll
- Accruals
- The Workforce reporting can be improved to allow copying for customization of reports
Once you adjust, you'll love it!
- Payroll processing
- Timekeeping
- Auditing
- Reporting
- Communication on updates to Vantage.
- Training for use of the reporting.
- We recently ran into an issue with grossing up pay and couldn't get 401k to be included.
- State/county tax information/guidance on some of the more complex states.
My Review of ADP Vantage HCM
- Benefits - streamlines the enrollment process and gets all of our benefits information over to our carriers in a smooth process
- New Hire Orientation - gets all of the necessary sign-offs all in one place for the new hires, and the manager can confirm that everything has been completed in a timely manner
- Reporting - while sometimes the reporting can be complicated, the ADPR system has been made more user-friendly and ADP provides training classes
- Reporting - this feature could be made more user-friendly especially when combining benefits and job information
- Benefits - more intersection with the ACA rules and regulations so that we don't have to get things set up as a one-off specifically for our company
- Security features for admins/practitioners - for those of us that use the system on a daily basis, we shouldn't have to get passcodes for each time that we access employee information. Or we should be given a 30-60-90 day pass to access that information before we have to get a passcode again.
Flexible and Powerful
It gives our HR/Payroll team better control over payroll-related activities provides easier access to employee / wage information simplifies reporting/compliance / record-keeping and helps employers address employee information confidentiality concerns. The system does a great when it calculates net pay, federal withholding tax, Social Security tax, Medicare, state and local payroll taxes - which flows to accounting.
This software also supports user-defined Income, Tax, and Pre-tax / Post-tax Deduction categories making it very flexible and powerful. It has streamlined HR office work into one hub. Reporting is strong yet simple to use.
- New Hire and Termination workflows
- Leave Management workflows
- Reporting easy to use
- I would like more standard reports that could be shared amoung other organizations
ADP Vantage HCM
- Field Grabber is an amazing reporting feature that allows you to select fields in employee records and extract them to a report via Excel. Very easy!!
- The platform is inconsistent. Some days some items don't work, other days they do work.
- A lot of system malfunctions are not communicated to clients until the client discovers them and reports them, only to be told it is a 'known defect'.
- ADP R is incredibly complex to use. We have to constantly call ADP R for help. A dedicated ADP R rep would be helpful so they can help manage our reports.
One stop shop for all your HR needs
- Payroll is fast
- Easy to use
- It’s basically a one stop shop for all your HR needs.
- Would be nice to have someone in our time zone, but I know our reps try their best.
ADP Vantage HCM for Payroll
- Pretty consistent in accuracy
- Up to date with federal and state laws
- Provides different solutions based on needs
- Report writing
- Access to view setups
- Speed of return calls, solving service requests, overall customer service
Simplifying Life in Payroll
- Paperless Vouchers
- Support Teams from ADP
- Ease of processing payroll
- Currently I have none.
Is ADP Vantage HCM Worth It?
- Payroll processing
- ADP mobile app
- Health & welfare platform
- Not all screens are set up uniformly.
- Issues with product enhancements are communicated quickly.
ADP Vantage
- ADP is very user friendly.
- Customer service is a main focus.
- Always stays on top of updates.
- The reporting side could be a bit challenging if you are not a little technical.
- The requesting time off can be a bit user friendly and simpler to navigate.
My Opinion
- Reporting
- Time & attendance
- Employee profiles
- Site glitches
- System goes down on payroll processing days
- Self-taught