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BambooHR

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Overview

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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Pricing

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Core

$250

Cloud
per month

Pro

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Cloud

Entry-level set up fee?

  • Setup fee optional
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Offerings

  • Free Trial
  • Free/Freemium Version
  • Premium Consulting/Integration Services

Starting price (does not include set up fee)

  • $250 per month
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Product Demos

Full BambooHR Demo 2024

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Product Overview of BambooHR Employee Records

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Product Overview of BambooHR Paid Time Off software

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Features

Human Resource Management

Organizing, tracking and providing instant access to critical employee data, job profiles, transfers, promotions, and benefits information.

8.3
Avg 7.8

Payroll Management

Provides for pay calculation and benefit plan administration, in addition to managing direct deposit, salary revisions and payroll tracking.

8.3
Avg 8.0

Leave and Attendance Management

Streamlines communication between HR and employees and facilitates efficient management of employee leave including requisitions, approvals, balance calculation, and annual carry-forward.

9.1
Avg 8.0

Employee Self Service

Employee portal allowing employees to view and update their personal information.

9
Avg 8.1

Asset Management

Maintaining a record of assets such as laptops, pagers, cell phones, etc. issued to employees. Record typically includes asset type, number, serial number and date of issuance.

8.5
Avg 8.0

HR Reporting

Pre-built and custom reports, and integration with external data.

8
Avg 7.5

Onboarding

Employee onboarding is the process of orienting new hires to the social and performance aspects of their jobs so that they are able to function in their new roles as quickly as possible.

9
Avg 7.9

Performance and Goals

Goal alignment is the practice of ensuring that all employees have clearly defined goals in support of the overall corporate strategy.

8.7
Avg 7.9

Performance Management

Performance management is the process of ensuring employees meet pre-determined objectives and goals through regular check-ins and appraisals.

8.3
Avg 7.9

Succession Planning

Succession planning is the identification and development of internal employees with the potential to fill key business leadership positions in the company.

8
Avg 7.8

Recruiting / ATS

Recruiting or Applicant Tracking Software is software used to manage the recruitment process electronically by handling job postings, applicant status, resume management, etc.

8.5
Avg 7.8
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Product Details

What is BambooHR?

BambooHR® is a cloud-based HR platform that offers a suite of tools, including:


  • Integrated payroll

  • Applicant tracking system (ATS)

  • Onboarding and e-signatures

  • Time-off tracking and benefits administration

  • Performance management and reporting

  • User-friendly mobile app for employees


BambooHR simplifies HR data management, enabling HR teams to work more efficiently and focus on supporting employees.


BambooHR 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: Reimbursement management
  • Supported: Statutory form management

Leave and Attendance Management Features

  • Supported: Approval workflow
  • Supported: Email notifications
  • Supported: Balance details
  • 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

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: Multiple review frequency

Onboarding Features

  • Supported: New hire portal
  • Supported: Manager tracking tools

Performance and Goals Features

  • Supported: Corporate goal setting
  • Supported: Individual goal setting
  • Supported: Performance tracking

Recruiting / ATS Features

  • Supported: Job Requisition Management
  • Supported: Company Website Posting
  • Supported: Job Search Site Posting
  • Supported: Applicant Tracking
  • Supported: Notifications and Alerts

BambooHR Screenshots

Screenshot of Employee TimesheetScreenshot of Job Info TabScreenshot of New Hire PacketScreenshot of New Hire Packet (2)Screenshot of Employee Performance ReportScreenshot of Employee Satisfaction (eNPS®)Screenshot of Open EnrollmentScreenshot of Pay Info Tab

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BambooHR Technical Details

Deployment TypesSoftware as a Service (SaaS), Cloud, or Web-Based
Operating SystemsUnspecified
Mobile ApplicationApple iOS, Android
Supported CountriesBambooHR supports any country worldwide
Supported LanguagesEnglish, French, German, Dutch, Portuguese, Spanish

Frequently Asked Questions

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.

BambooHR starts at $250.

Sage People, WebHR, and BiznusSoft HR are common alternatives for BambooHR.

Reviewers rate Update personal information highest, with a score of 9.4.

The most common users of BambooHR are from Mid-sized Companies (51-1,000 employees).
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Reviews From Top Reviewers

(1-5 of 138)

BambooHR for easy applicant tracking

Rating: 10 out of 10
November 01, 2024
Vetted Review
Verified User
BambooHR
4 years of experience
BambooHR was the tool we needed for applicant tracking. We needed a way to easily receive applications, share the relevant information with the hiring team, and move people through a pipeline. The BambooHR ATS tool is customizable and easy to use, which meant we could quickly tailor it to our needs for each unique role.
  • Applicant Tracking System
  • Onboarding
Cons
  • Plans for granular use of the tool
BambooHR has been especially helpful as a tool for applicant tracking during a hiring process. It is easy to use, which means our hiring team can quickly find their way around the system and get to work. It is customizable, which means we can tailor it to each unique role we are hiring.

Work with Bambooligans!

Rating: 9 out of 10
December 05, 2017
Vetted Review
Verified User
BambooHR
1 year of experience
Initially intended to be used to store and manage employee data and documentation. However, we ended up finding that BambooHR was much more effective as an applicant tracking system. We used BambooHR to post jobs, manage incoming applicants and applications, and extend formal offer letters. We also used BambooHR to assist with on-boarding and the completion of new hire employment documentation.
  • Offer Letters - easily "fill in the blanks" to extend a formal offer of employment to applicants that can be signed electronically.
  • Job Postings - allows for very pain-free management of posting new jobs and managing existing postings, including putting positions on hold and closing once filled.
  • E-Document Management - easily attach new hire documents to be filled electronically with the offer letters, such as I9s, W2s, etc.
Cons
  • Would like to see the applicant tracking workflow be a little easier to manage, similar to how Workable let's you move and track your pipeline more effectively.
  • Troubleshooting some use of the settings was difficult on occasion, but I think this is mostly a result of the vast amount of features available.
  • Would love to see additional features such as issuing warnings to employees, and even a timeclock feature to make it a more complete HRIS.
Modern HRIS to meet the needs of small to medium sized organizations looking to consolidate applicant tracking, employment documentation, and benefits management. Some areas fall short of software that is less all-encompassing and more specialized - the applicant tracking is not really comparable to something like Workable or Cosmos. However, all things considered, BambooHR offers really strong bang for your buck in terms of features offered and providing users with a clean, user-friendly interface.

Good Basic HR system for employee and recruitment tracking.

Rating: 8 out of 10
February 07, 2019
Vetted Review
Verified User
BambooHR
3 years of experience
BambooHR is our talent management tool for recruiting and for employee management. The whole organization used it to maintain their personal profile as well as see members of the company and organizational charts. It was really a employee directory across our 4 regions and all departments were represented.
  • Online organizational chart
  • Compensation historical tracking
  • Recruiting tool for applicant tracking
Cons
  • We did not have it integrated to our ADP payroll system so historical compensation tracking was prone to manual entry error
  • Printing or exporting of the Visual org chart was clunky. Would be so useful if could export a full image clearly to use in PPT deck
  • When tracking interviewing feedback, could not open the job posting to all collaborator without showing salary information. There should be profile option to have interviewers who can enter comments, without seeing salary details of post
BambooHR is a good basic HR system as a stand-alone for employee tracking and recruiting. It needs more integrations to be truly enterprise-level scale.

Bamboo Review

Rating: 10 out of 10
April 02, 2024
DB
Vetted Review
Verified User
BambooHR
5 years of experience
We use BambooHR as our HRIS. It stores all employee data as well as being our Applicant Tracking system for recruitment. BambooHR allows us to be sure that the data we are using to run our reports is accurate. it also allows us to provide senior management with up to date, reliable information on which to base decisions. BambooHR is also used to track our employees hours worked which is a requirement of our local employment legislation. We also use the eSignature forms which are very useful.
  • Reports
  • Employee User Experience
  • Applicant Tracking System
Cons
  • Applicant Tracking System Reports, these should be more flexible.
  • It would be useful to take the standard reports and save these as custom reports so that additional fields could be added.
  • There are some glitches in the eSignature forms which should be resolved.

Would not recommend BambooHR

Rating: 1 out of 10
December 28, 2021
Vetted Review
Verified User
BambooHR
1 year of experience
Our plan was to use BambooHR and Trax payroll to have a single solution for our HR and payroll needs. We were okay until we started to implement their time tracking app and realized that they could not manage some basic payroll functions and no fix was anticipated. Many issues identified in the interim and wrote up several things at their request for them to consider addressing, none of which has been changed. For example, most employee name drop-downs are in first name order. Some are in no intelligible order. Basic, basic stuff. Most recently, about half our employees received half of their vacation accruals for no apparent reason. The "Support Hero" advised that it must have been one of the Admins on our side who adjusted the accrual dates (definitely not the case). Had to go through four people before it was taken seriously and then took two weeks to address, and even then required my reviewing and notifying them of further issues. Just one example.
  • Showing accruals (when it isn't messed up) in running total form
  • Landing screen is user friendly and visually appealing
  • Applicant tracking
Cons
  • Basic functions of converting time to payroll
  • Clocking in and out punches often do not "take"
  • Default employee sort should be able to be changed to last name
  • Consider not having everyone take their lunch at the same time
  • Too little documentation for implementation - told to watch videos
After a bumpy implementation, pleased with applicant tracking, time-off request process works well, visually appealing Cons - in my opinion, onboarding is not intuitive; in an effort to be progressive, some aspects verge on the unprofessional: "beep boop," misspelling; help function requires logging in again; aforementioned employee lists. For basic employee data warehousing, BambooHR is probably a good choice.
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