BambooHR

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What is BambooHR?

BambooHR 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.

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Annual carry-forward and encashment
Annual carry-forward and encashment enables unused paid time-off days to be carried forward to new year, or paid in cash.
Category average: 8.1
Candidate development
Candidate development is the ability to assign learning and development goals.
Category average: 7.9
Tracking of all physical assets
Tracking of track laptops, pagers, phones, and other company equipment.
Category average: 8

Support for external payroll vendors
Support for external payroll vendors is the ability to integrate with 3rd-party payroll services.
Category average: 7.6
Ability to combine HR data with external data
Ability to bring data from external systems like CRM and combine with HR data.
Category average: 6.9
Corporate goal setting
Corporate goal setting is the ability to define corporate goals, and/or vision statements in the system.
Category average: 7.6

Most Frequent Users

Top 3 industries using BambooHR.

Based on HG Insights installation data

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#1 most frequent

Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services

18.7%

3,067 installations of 16,372

“Managing PTO, organizational structure, BDays, newcomers, docs, some personal info for gifts, and staff.”
— Senior Success Manager, MGID Inc. (Mid-sized Companies)

#2 most frequent

Information

9.1%

1,496 installations of 16,372

“PTO/sick days information”
— Lead cable order manager, Telarus (Mid-sized Companies)

#3 most frequent

Other Services (except Public Administration)

7.1%

1,155 installations of 16,372

“Saves time, reduced demand on human HR employees”
— Data Management Specialist, Our Children's Trust (Small Businesses)

Pros

Streamlined Time Off Management (requests, approvals, tracking)
Intuitive User Interface and Ease of Use
Centralized Employee Information Organization

Cons

Navigation and User Interface Complexity
Limited Customization Options
Insufficient Reporting Depth and Flexibility

Hannah Nettle

HR Specialist in Human Resources at Zeppelin Cleaning Services (51-200 employees)

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

Hello. Some of the HRIS problems my company has faced include a lack of the functionality we want and budget constraints. We found BambooHR to be the most cost-efficient for our business needs. We needed something to hold our employee files and allow our employees to request time off. We found that BambooHR is super user-friendly, which makes it a great fit for our company.

Pros

Being user-friendly, allowing our employees to request time off without additional office assistance.
Hold our employee files quickly and easily.
The Hiring feature works well as well!

Cons

I wish it had more integration capabilities.
The AI feature isn't working well right now; I would like to see it improve.
I would like to see more things included in the base package.

Return on Investment

Time spent with onboarding has been cut down with the efficiency of BambooHR.
This helps when we run payroll, as we have to run a report for our employees' PTO, and it is easy to read.

Usability

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Eric Fogerty

People & Culture Manager in Human Resources at Autofulfil (11-50 employees)

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

BambooHR has established a level of organisation that our company was crying out for. Before we implemented it, we had different systems for time tracking, recruitment, time off requests and even manual filing of paperwork. Now everything is done within the one system. Recruitment in particular has been amazing. It is excellent for navigating the end to end recruitment of candidates.

Pros

Recruitment
Timetracking
Record Keeping

Cons

I'd like to arrange my time tracking report by first name alphabetical order. Currently this is only arranged by surname order.

Return on Investment

The impact it has had is huge. Not sure just from myself as P&C Manager being able to stay on top of everything, but from an employees perspective being able to manage their time, time off, job history etc. It has impacted everyone at the business.

Usability

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monday.com, Adobe Acrobat

Cam MacMillan View profile

Supervising Project Coordinator in Professional Services at Transpharmation (51-200 employees)

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

Bamboo is used in my company for HR purposes, such as employee tracking and goal setting for mid-year and end-of-year reviews. We use this as a primary tool for running performance reviews, and it works quite well because everything is consolidated in one location, and the appropriate staff have access to it.

Pros

Employee Tracking.
Performance management.
Vacation tracking.

Cons

Showcase notes in list format rather than bubble/square.
Easier tools to navigate to other pages rather than returning to the home page each time.

Return on Investment

Increased staff retention.
Increased staff engagement.
Easier employee tracking.

Usability

Alternatives Considered

Payworks, monday CRM and KnowBe4 Cloud Email Security

Other Software Used

monday CRM, Payworks, KnowBe4 Cloud Email Security

Pedro Castaneda

Health Educator at The Source (501-1000 employees)

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

I use Bamboo in my organization for goal tracking and for hour tracking. We review the goals in our annual review and see our progress and can use them to help with merit increases. We also use them for one on ones with our managers and can input topics we'd like to discuss.

Pros

Bamboo helps with tracking specific hours and categories for those hours
Setting complex goals is made easier with their goal setting and tracking features.
requesting time off ahead of time is extremely helpful

Cons

I don't use employee community at all, for some reason it feels like a distraction
Forms on Bamboo are extremely difficult to use and glitch a lot

Return on Investment

this is above my paygrade I don't have access to this information

Usability

Other Software Used

S4 for Salesforce, Athena System

Kaleb Sorensen

HR Administrator in Human Resources at Direct Communications (51-200 employees)

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

For the most part I am able to keep most of our information in one area. It allows for easy integration with other apps and ATS software. It assist's us with performance reviews. It makes onboarding and offboarding a lot easier. The built in Employee Community is great for making company-wide announcements.

Pros

Easy to track the status of applicants
Easy place to store employee notes
Hosts informative learning labs

Cons

Integration with Employee Navigator for Benefit Enrollment
I can't always view certain data as a full-admin in the mobile app when I am traveling.

Return on Investment

Onboarding is clear with customized tasks to complete, resulting in quicker on boarding times.

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Top Performing Features

Annual carry-forward and encashment

Candidate development

Tracking of all physical assets

Areas for Improvement

Support for external payroll vendors

Ability to combine HR data with external data

Corporate goal setting

Who Buys & Uses BambooHR

Most Frequent Users

Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services

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Other Services (except Public Administration)

Most Frequent Users

Small Businesses

Mid-sized Companies

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Most Frequent Users

United States of America

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United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland

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