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: 8.2
Candidate development
Candidate development is the ability to assign learning and development goals.
Category average: 7.9
Publish to Social Media
Software provides ability to publish postings to social media sites
Category average: 7.5

Corporate goal setting
Corporate goal setting is the ability to define corporate goals, and/or vision statements in the system.
Category average: 7.7
Support for external payroll vendors
Support for external payroll vendors is the ability to integrate with 3rd-party payroll services.
Category average: 7.7
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

Karina Alvarez View profile

Administrative Manager in Human Resources at ACR1.COM Commercial Roofing (51-200 employees employees)

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

We use BambooHR for all HR and Payroll facets now. We use the ATS system, the HR Management and just recently added Payroll, Time Tracking and Benefits. We love the ease of use and the way the system flows into each module. Payroll has made a huge difference in our process, and we enjoy it.

Pros

The Applicant Tracking System is pretty good. Has a couple flaws but over all it's a really great module.
The HR management system works really well and we love how much we can customize things we need.
The Reporting feature is one of my favorite things about BambooHR. I can create any report I want and I love that.

Cons

I would love to see a DARK mode in BambooHR. The white is super hard on my eyes, and as the admin, I spend a lot of time in BambooHR.
The Rehire protocol in BambooHR's ATS system is non existent and needs addressed.
Need to have the ability to have more details on the Benefits module. Not being able to download or email an election sheet to our agent is frustrating.
On approvals of Time off requests, it would be nice if the approval inbox notification would show what the employees current balances are for PTO, Vacation, Sick Time, etc. so we know if their request is valid. Right now we have to open another window to review their time off tab to see if it's okay to approve their requests.

Return on Investment

This has impacted our cost savings overall in respect to better management of our Time Off policies and not overpaying on benefits.
This is a time saver for administration and managers and helps them be more productive in areas that are of more urgent need.
It provides a huge resource for our company in reports that we didn't have before.

Usability

Alternatives Considered

ADP Workforce Now

Other Software Used

Employee Navigator, QuickBooks Desktop Enterprise, PandaDoc

NATALIA ROA BARRERA View profile

Client Partner in Marketing at exte (201-500 employees employees)

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

In my case, I used Bamboo as a human resources management tool. Vacation requests, days off, recording work hours, document requests, etc. It's incredibly useful and user-friendly, with always timely responses and very comprehensive information.Although I didn't use it regularly or constantly, whenever I needed to manage any kind of request, it was always available with up-to-date information, so you can fully trust what it says.

Pros

asking for time Off
keep record of work hours
Communication with HR dep

Cons

it could be a more used tool with the corrrect onboarding

Return on Investment

improved onboarding
time efficient

Usability

Alternatives Considered

Deel

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Deel

Karen Chatelain View profile

Office Manager in Finance and Accounting at Diversify Wealth Management (11-50 employees employees)

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

I manage a team of about 20 via the BambooHR® system. I review and approve time cards biweekly including approving time off requests. I help team members use the Goals area for setting personal improvement goals as well as team goals. I also am in charge of hiring for our branch office, so I am familiar with the Hiring/Jobs section of the software.

Pros

Digital Time Card Tracker
Automated Emails for Hiring
Automatic PTO Balance tracker based on submissions.

Cons

Sometimes employees who have overtime and PTO in the same pay period...I find it confusing to make sure they have everything submitted correctly. Wish there was an easier way to do this.
I've noticed some bugs with the Hiring Emails not coming to my actual inbox. It seems hit and miss...and the status of "opened" or "delivered" etc...isn't syncing with the ACTUAL last email that I've sent to a potential hire or they've sent to me.

Return on Investment

It has definitely improved onboarding! We were doing so many manual forms. It felt like it took a whole week to onboard someone. Now they 're doing most all of the requirements before they even have their first day at work
I would say yes, overall HR efficiency has been stepped up a notch. We do have a couple of new employees in HR, but it has taken a time-suck...load-off of me as the office manager.

Usability

Other Software Used

Zoom Workplace, LastPass for Business, Zinnia SmartOffice

Alex Docekal View profile

VP, Operations & Senior Consultant in Information Technology at Jolt Technology (11-50 employees employees)

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

Prior to moving to BambooHR®, we were using a collection of File shares, spreadsheets and none of it was well maintained, updated or accessible to the correct levels. We now use it for all hiring/termination documents, background check, contact data, emergency contact data, pay tracking, employee timekeeping, employee feed back and company policy access. There is probably even more items I am not currently listing.

Pros

Clean design
Very easy to use
Good support

Cons

Feature improvement always includes additional charges
Some fields/ areas are a little to shallow
Would like more depth to augment or add fields.

Return on Investment

Single Source of Truth for information related to HR
Much better access to data at all staff levels
Easy access and more efficient onboarding/offboarding

Usability

Other Software Used

Huntress, Quotient, Addigy, NinjaOne

Anne-Sophie Pouliot

Controller in Finance and Accounting at Kimoby (11-50 employees employees)

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

We are using BambooHR® mainly for HR purposes, such as quaterly assesment and performance meeting. This is also where all our employee request time off and we store all their informations in their personnal file, such as salary, CV, and other important documents. We also export some vacation reports for pay purposes.

Pros

Request time off
Store company-wide policy
Vacation reports
Store employee informations (salary, CV)
Performance assesment

Cons

Vacation reports (correct number of days for a period instead of the whole request from the employee)
Integration with other pay system (ADP)
Honestly we love BambooHR® and don't have much bad things to say!

Return on Investment

Help manage vacation request faster by 50%
Better management of company wide policy

Usability

Alternatives Considered

Zoho People and Collage HR

Other Software Used

Xero, Maxio, ClickUp

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Annual carry-forward and encashment

Candidate development

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Corporate goal setting

Support for external payroll vendors

Ability to combine HR data with external data

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