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What is Dayforce?
Dayforce HCM is a cloud-based platform encompassing HR, payroll, benefits, and talent and workforce management. It provides companies with a scalable framework and real-time data, such as continual pay calculations, to enable efficient decision-making.
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Popular Features
- Pay calculation (568)9.090%
- Update personal information (578)8.787%
- Pre-built reports (572)7.777%
- Report builder (572)7.676%
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Dayforce HCM is a cloud-based platform encompassing HR, payroll, benefits, and talent and workforce management. It provides companies with a scalable framework and real-time data, such as continual pay calculations, to enable efficient decision-making.
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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.
- 8.1Employee demographic data(505) Ratings
Administrators have the ability to enter detailed demographic data for each employee.
- 8.4Employment history(540) Ratings
Employment history is the ability to track previous positions held.
- 8Job profiles and administration(530) Ratings
Job profiles and descriptions can be created and edited.
- 7.8Workflow for transfers, promotions, pay raises, etc.(532) Ratings
Employee move workflow provides the ability to move employees to different positions and apply pay raises.
- 7.4Organizational charting(483) Ratings
Organizational charting is the ability to create hierarchical charts.
- 7.7Organization and location management(528) Ratings
Organization and location management allows employees to be managed across multiple geographical locations.
- 7.5Compliance data (COBRA, OSHA, etc.)(352) Ratings
Compliance capabilities ensure full compliance with federal workplace regulations by capturing required data in central database.
Payroll Management
Provides for pay calculation and benefit plan administration, in addition to managing direct deposit, salary revisions and payroll tracking.
- 9Pay calculation(568) Ratings
Pay calculation provides for computation of employee pay with state and federal deductions.
- 7.5Support for external payroll vendors(283) Ratings
Support for external payroll vendors is the ability to integrate with 3rd-party payroll services.
- 8.9Off-cycle/On-Demand payment(132) Ratings
Provide employees access to wages accrued during the pay period before the end of the pay cycle.
- 8Benefit plan administration(457) Ratings
Benefit plan administration is administration of health insurance plans and 401k plans, and other benefits.
- 9Direct deposit files(553) Ratings
Direct deposit is the ability to electronically transfer pay to an employee’s personal bank account.
- 8.5Salary revision and increment management(437) Ratings
Salary revision is the ability to modify individual employee pay.
- 8.1Reimbursement management(294) Ratings
Reimbursement management provides cash reimbursement for employee expenses related to business travel or other.
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.
- 8.3Approval workflow(496) Ratings
Approval workflow is the process for approving employee paid time-off requests.
- 7.7Balance details(510) Ratings
Balance details is automatic updating of paid time-off balance to reflect time taken.
- 7.9Annual carry-forward and encashment(417) Ratings
Annual carry-forward and encashment enables unused paid time-off days to be carried forward to new year, or paid in cash.
Employee Self Service
Employee portal allowing employees to view and update their personal information.
- 8.5View and generate pay and benefit information(565) Ratings
Employees can view pay and benefit data and print pay stubs.
- 8.7Update personal information(578) Ratings
Employees can update personal profile with change of address, dependents, or other personal data.
- 8View company policy documentation(398) Ratings
Employees can review company handbook, and corporate policy documents.
- 7.1Employee recognition(206) Ratings
thank a team member
- 8View job history(474) Ratings
Employees can view all positions held at the company.
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.
- 7.5Tracking of all physical assets(97) Ratings
Tracking of track laptops, pagers, phones, and other company equipment.
HR Reporting
Pre-built and custom reports, and integration with external data.
- 7.6Report builder(572) Ratings
Report builder allows custom reports to be created using a GUI.
- 7.7Pre-built reports(572) Ratings
Pre-built reports is the provision of a variety of canned reports on employee retention, and other key metrics.
- 6.3Ability to combine HR data with external data(400) Ratings
Ability to bring data from external systems like CRM and combine with HR data.
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.
- 7.8New hire portal(364) Ratings
New hire portal eliminates printing and mailing with a personalized portal of all required reading, corporate information, and all forms and other paperwork, online.
- 7.9Manager tracking tools(320) Ratings
Tracking tools allow hiring managers to check status on individual hires for all onboarding activities.
Performance and Goals
Goal alignment is the practice of ensuring that all employees have clearly defined goals in support of the overall corporate strategy.
- 7.5Corporate goal setting(202) Ratings
Corporate goal setting is the ability to define corporate goals, and/or vision statements in the system.
- 7.9Individual goal setting(221) Ratings
Individual goal setting is the ability to define individual goals that align to organizational and subordinate goals.
- 7.6Line-of sight-visibility(189) Ratings
Line-of-sight visibility is the provision of line-of sight visibility for each goal to see how goals support overall corporate objectives.
- 7.9Performance tracking(226) Ratings
Performance tracking allows managers to track individual progress against goals as a component of overall performance.
Performance Management
Performance management is the process of ensuring employees meet pre-determined objectives and goals through regular check-ins and appraisals.
- 7.5Performance plans(246) Ratings
Supervisors have ability to build individual performance plans including, goals, competencies, etc..
- 7.6Performance improvement plans(210) Ratings
Supervisors can track disciplinary actions such as performance improvement plans.
- 7.9Review status tracking(248) Ratings
Supervisors can monitor and track review status completion with dashboard showing milestones and status.
- 7.9Review reminders(244) Ratings
System can generate reminders to ensure review completion timeliness.
- 8Multiple review frequency(219) Ratings
System supports multiple review types including annual, quarterly mid-year and anniversary reviews.
Succession Planning
Succession planning is the identification and development of internal employees with the potential to fill key business leadership positions in the company.
- 7.2Create succession plans/pools(94) Ratings
Managers can create and manage pools of potentially high-performing individuals.
- 6.9Candidate ranking(102) Ratings
Candidate readiness for key business positions can be ranked and assessed.
- 6.6Candidate search(107) Ratings
Candidate search provides search capabilities for potential candidates based on attribute or other profile data.
- 7.1Candidate development(94) Ratings
Candidate development is the ability to assign learning and development goals.
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.
- 7.5Job Requisition Management(271) Ratings
Job Requisition Management – Job requisition management is the ability to create jobs quickly and easily
- 7.5Company Website Posting(265) Ratings
Software allows postings to be displayed on the company website
- 7.5Publish to Social Media(222) Ratings
Software provides ability to publish postings to social media sites
- 7.5Job Search Site Posting(254) Ratings
Software provides ability to publish postings to top job search sites
- 6.6Duplicate Candidate Prevention(217) Ratings
Duplicate candidate prevention prevents candidates already in the system from being added
- 7.4Applicant Tracking(264) Ratings
Applicant tracking allows recruiters to assign applicants to various stages so others can see status at a glance
- 7.3Notifications and Alerts(258) Ratings
Notifications and reminders inform you of tasks to be completed
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What is Dayforce?
Dayforce is a global people platform for the modern workforce. An enterprise HCM solution, Dayforce combines payroll, HR, benefits, talent management, and workforce management in a single cloud application to power today’s boundless workforce. Dayforce helps organizations unlock their full workforce potential and operate with confidence no matter where they operate in the world.
Dayforce is headquartered in Toronto, Ontario and Minneapolis, Minnesota with operations across the globe. The company’s brand promise to make work life better is the commitment it makes not only to customers, but to its own people and the communities Dayforce operates in.
Key product areas:
· HRIS
· Global payroll, on-demand pay
· Benefits
· Workforce management, including time and attendance and task management
· Talent acquisition, including recruiting and onboarding
· Talent management, including performance management, succession planning, compensation management, engagement surveys, and an integrated learning management system
· Advanced reporting, analytics, and dashboards
· HR self service via the Dayforce mobile app
Dayforce 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
- Supported: Annual carry-forward and encashment
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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Dayforce Technical Details
Deployment Types | Software as a Service (SaaS), Cloud, or Web-Based |
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Operating Systems | Unspecified |
Mobile Application | Apple iOS, Android, Mobile Web |
Supported Countries | Global |
Supported Languages | English (US), English (GB), French, French Canadian, Spanish (Latin America), Spanish (Spain), Italian, German, Polish, Simplified Chinese, Dutch, Hindi, Portuguese (Brazil), Croatian, Czech, Romanian, Bulgarian, Slovak, Japanese, Korean, Hungarian, Thai |
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Dayforce Customer Size Distribution
Consumers | 0% |
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Small Businesses (1-50 employees) | 1% |
Mid-Size Companies (51-500 employees) | 18% |
Enterprises (more than 500 employees) | 81% |
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- 8.7Likelihood to Renew86 ratings
- 10Availability12 ratings
- 5Performance13 ratings
- 6.2Usability60 ratings
- 7.7Support Rating65 ratings
- 7.3Online Training18 ratings
- 7In-Person Training11 ratings
- 6.6Implementation Rating43 ratings
- 8.8Configurability13 ratings
- 9.9Product Scalability14 ratings
- 8Ease of integration8 ratings
- 9.9Vendor pre-sale12 ratings
- 8.9Vendor post-sale18 ratings
Reviews
(51-75 of 266)Great, but could improve tax knowledge/support
- Great payroll features
- Customization Options
- design
- Support
- Tax services
- Account manager quality and services
Fantastic Company
- Ceridian allows for pretty much any report to the customized to the properties you/company specially need to have set.
- Ceridian allows for multiple locations under 1 employee code.
- Ceridian also has implemented a fast track pay account.
- Unfortunately they do have extra "clicks" in order to get to the end results
- There are several add ons in place but some are pretty much the same thing.
Ceridian Dayforce
- Employee Self Service
- Benefit Management
- Payroll
- Customer Support
- Recruiting
- Implementation
- Customer usability
- Current snapshot visibility
- Ease of approval for managers
- It can be difficult for managers of people in different timezones to track hours
- To my knowledge, Dayforce does not allow for the input of an off-standard work schedule - it cannot be used as a scheduling tool.
- It would be nice if Dayforce allows other pertinent employee information to also be stored in the system.
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- Wallet and Pay on Demand is offered free to both associates and the company.
- There are many different services and integrations that can streamline HR processes.
- The customer service rep is generally very responsive.
- The reporting is very inclusive but there are features or data points that it can not report on in a single report. Often we must run two or more reports and then manually combine the information.
- The support portal is unhelpful and occasionally unresponsive.
- A lot of the set up and maintained is manual. Dayforce will charge extra for support for items that should be included with general service.
Mostly Happy Customer
- Compensation module
- Performance module/scorecards
- Benefits administration and open enrollment for users
- The engagement module really needs some work. It's difficult to customize and unable to run reports from. Using outside vendors such as SurveyMonkey is much better for sending surveys.
Ceridian Dayforce Empowers HR
- Ceridian Dayforce benefit enrollment both for new hires and during Open Enrollment has been a great addition.
- Forms submission allow for tracking leaves of absence, comp changes, and for employees updating personal information - such as addresses and direct deposit info.
- Earnings statements and end-of-year statements are house in Ceridian Dayforce and easily accessed.
- Ceridian Dayforce does not offer a good way to track FMLA usage.
- Ongoing problems are not always addressed timely - other than emails stating that the problem is being looked into.
Easy to use!
- Support Calls
- Up to date on legislation
- Ease of Use
- Benefits - missing security around beneficiaries
- PPACA is difficult
- Custom forms
Cubic Zirconia for the Price of a Diamond
- Payroll gets processed one way or another
- Employees can view their information on the app
- Time off requests can be actioned via email
- Customer Support, bring back dedicated account managers.
- Do not roll out new versions of the software until most bugs have been cleared. We are sick of being your guinea pigs. It disrupts our businesses!
- Need a straight forward tax site that is user friendly.
Insights conference 2018
- Payroll - We have over 5,000 employees, from FT, PT, PRN, salaried and hourly, and Dayforce works great for any and all of those.
- Hr - the HR function is great. The best thing is that it is an all-in-one system and we don't have to use multliple systems
- Recruiting - This is the portion I am most hands-on with as the Corporate Recruiter. This is a new rollout we are doing currently, which is really going to help us with future staffing deficits at various locations. After we go live with this, we plan to start onboarding through Dayforce and also doing offer letters since they have a partnership with Docusign.
- Thus far, I cannot think of anything where there could be some improvement. We love Dayforce!
My insight on Insights.
- Timekeeping (WFM)
- Reporting
- Real Time punches
- Payroll codes working properly
- Ceridian Support questions answered more time efficiently
Ceridian Dayforce--a great overall HRIS!
- The mobile app is great!
- Accurate live payroll management
- We love the function of the touch clocks
- Ceridian could add additional forms to the mobile app
- Ceridian could provide some free professional services hours per year
- Ceridian could spend more time tailoring their services to retail consumers
It would be less appropriate for small businesses or those who do not have someone competent to manage the system.
Ceridian Dayforce Review - Bubble Bee
- Changes are in actual time, very helpful.
- Committing the Payroll is very easy.
- Processing the Payroll the system will alert you with warnings of items you might want to look a little further into before committing the payroll
- I would like to see in depth classes on Pay Policies. There always seems to be problems that pop up with updates.
Love this integrated product with real time calculation
- It calculates individuals in real time and pay runs in minutes, so that you don't have to save up all of your entries to check at the end of payroll processing.
- Dayforce has fantastic search functionality, allowing you to look for people, reports, funtions, etc. all from the same box.
- Information is entered in one source only and is integrated with Onboarding, Timesheets, HR, Payroll, Performance Management, etc. so it is always the same.
- Managers can auto assign based on location.
- Entering retroactive transactions and paying is very simple.
- Pay group changes with different pay period dates require a lot of manual intervention
- Timesheets do not include PTO in summary totals, making it difficult for managers to review.
- We find out about system bugs once they are fixed, meaning we waste time troubleshooting issues that have already been identified.
- There is not a robust, up to date knowledge base like the one that was available in Ceridian HPW/Latitude.
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- Tracking PTO/vacation time and requesting days off.
- Onboarding employees before their first day in the office.
- Pulling reports
- Employees being able to submit address, W4, and beneficiary changes on their own.
- Timesheet tracking
- Mobile app, employees being able to submit forms. (Address changes, marital status, phone numbers)
- Being able to see forms employees completed during onboarding.
- Onboarding enabled in Mobile
It's complicated
- Provide solid demos.
- Hire exceptional Customer Success Managers and assign them to appropriate accounts.
- Provide several online tools via website and peer to peer support groups.
- Inconsistent Dayforce client support representative knowledge.
- Lots of bugs for new releases.
- Cost prohibitive for smaller companies.
- Many options in the software are not geared towards retail/hourly employees. More often than not, we are having to come up with workarounds and deal with subpar data. We are still using spreadsheets for several things.
Robust HCM Tool
- The Compensation module has saved hours of time during our merit process. We no longer need to create hundreds of individual spreadsheets to support the process. Our merit process is now completed & approved seamlessly in Dayforce.
- The Performance module is very nice for visibility. We now complete all of our performance appraisals in Dayforce. Prior to Dayforce, completed performance appraisal paper forms were stored in employee personnel files. Managers needed to reach out to HR to view performance appraisals for their team. Now, managers and managers above them can view performance appraisals for their employees in Dayforce. The information is at their fingertips.
- The Onboarding module is very helpful for eliminating paper within our new hire process. Employees can now complete almost all of their new hire paperwork electronically within the system. This also saves time as we no longer have to take information from a paper form and enter it into the system.
- We would love to see enhancements made to the Recruiting module to make it easier to search for candidates who have applied for our positions. The search functionality works okay, but it could be better. It would also be really beneficial to email candidates directly from Dayforce using templates created in the system, but that is not a capability currently.
- The Reporting feature requires someone to be fairly tech savvy to pull the needed data. It would be nice to see this module made more user friendly. I believe Ceridian is working on this for future releases!
- The Document Management module where you can store electronic personnel files needs some attention. It is easy to find an employee file, but if you need to print an entire file for any purposes, you have to print it document by document. Also, if you upload a document incorrectly, there is no way to edit and you have to delete it and re-upload the document.
Dayforce: A Versatile HCM for Large Business and Complex Payrolls
- Ceridian Dayforce allows for a multi-tier and complex incentive program for our complex payroll.
- Open enrollment is done easily and efficiently.
- It allows for me to process payroll with one staff member per 1,000 employees.
- Prices are too high.
- Ceridian has become too large-business focused and has forgotten the small businesses that got them to where they are today.
- Bug fixes are slow and there are still too many of them, especially with new products.
Healthcare
- The ease for managers to run reports from Dayforce without having to wait on Payroll's availability.
- Because we are healthcare, we have a complicated system of shift/differential pay. Dayforce has been able to accommodate most of the varying pay types.
- Dayforce as a third party vendor for garnishments has been extremely helpful and allowed administration to be more streamlined.
- Implementation was not ideal. We changed reps several times for varying aspects of Dayforce. This made the implementation last longer than expected.
- The problem with processes not always working, i.e. pay codes working correctly one pay period, but not the next.
- Adhoc reporting more user friendly.
Dayforce HCM making great improvements with each release!
- Workflows provide limitless opportunities for every type of business need.
- Payroll, benefits, and time are all located in the same system with seamless transitions between the three.
- Tax calculations are extremely accurate and calculate for every type of employee situation.
- Reporting is not as user-friendly as it could be. The topic building tool is not for the average user.
- Benefits administration could be simplified a little more.
Ceridian Dayforce Rocks!!!
- Excellent Support Team
- User-Friendly Platforms
- Fabulous Implementation Teams
- Great Customer Engagement
- Reporting could be expanded
- Need all features/fields to be able to be customized for company needs
Honest Review
- I think they listen to ideas submitted in the Aha portal as I have seen many come to fruition.
- They respond timely to support requests with actual solutions.
- My CRM is very thoughtful and diligent in keeping a close relationship and solving for our needs.
- Employee changes report every payroll. I have never been able get a report that showed just true changes to the record per pay period.
- Stop trying to sell me a block of hours.
- I actually still prefer the old MY HR layout where more employee data was displayed on a single page. Now I have to click in multiple areas to get a combo of data.
Hooray to Dayforce
- WFM--great time and attendance
- Ability to create reports
- Payroll system
- Ability to do more customization
- A little slow with customer suggestions
- Have better system response times--can be really sluggish
Ceridian Dayforce: a total solution
- Variety of report pulling
- Off-cycle payroll processing
- Showing pay statements before payroll is processing
- System freezing or lagging
Dayforce - Your all in one HR solution!
- Payroll
- People Management
- Time Sheet Tracking
- Ease of use
- Mobile Applications