Overview
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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One stop shop for HRIS, but could be better
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Dayforce: Great product but has its limitations.
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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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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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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 Competitors
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 |
Dayforce Downloadables
Frequently Asked Questions
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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(1130)Attribute Ratings
- 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
(126-150 of 622)Ceridian Dayforce - Automate your payroll processes!
- Payroll calculations.
- Time Away from Work.
- Custom integration.
- Time & attendance input.
- Reporting module is difficult to configure.
- Forced updates breaks things sometimes - they are quick to resolve with customer service but it's a pain when things are pushed to production without sufficient testing.
The Time & Attendance module only supports individual time entries, not crew entries. We used a 3rd party software to facilitate entering crew time cards and then import them directly into Ceridian via SFTP. Very happy with the results.
If your organization requires a ton of custom rules like substitution pay, scaling rates based on experience, etc. Ceridian is a great choice!
May the Dayforce be With You.
- Alerts you to errors prior to processing.
- Allows control of system configuration.
- Provides real-time calculations.
- The HCM processing transacting processing time needs to be faster.
- Needs more layout continuity of among screens.
- Support module is too cumbersome.
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.
- Mobile app provides easy access to employee information
- Digital time clock provides easy access/administration of time clock management/use
- Easy navigation between management and employee profiles within one account
- Submitting and approving time on the mobile app
- Reporting - built-in reports and the report navigation is a bit cumbersome and hard to intuit
- Time clock bulk entry features are not easy to use
- Employee time management where digital time clocks can be used
- Payroll administration
- Performance evaluations; 1-way and 2-way (self plus supervisor)
- Performance evaluations to support 360 evals
- Mobile app features-seamless usage across web-based and mobile platforms
- Employee time management - manager end/bulk editing/review/approval
- Schedules are quite easy to input and user friendly for our managers
- Time and Attendance is accurate and does flow to payroll nicely for minimal errors
- Historical information is organized so that you are able to see an individual employees history of being active/inactive/terminated as well as their current and previous work assignments
- Benefits module has many moving parts and just auto updates for various reasons which leads to us finding changes well after the fact. This module needs a dedicated person to oversee and understand the ins and outs of it. Probably the most complicated module in my opinion.
- Ability to see an employees timesheet directly from their HR profile would save an incredible amount of time when investigating a particular situation
- Uploading a new policy to Onboarding has you going to several screens that do not make sense. Guided process? What is that? Terminology needs to be simplified along with the entire process.
- Reports can be confusing. Every time there is a change it creates a new row. This outputs too much information. A guide to obtaining only the relevant information(most current) would be helpful. The screens to edit reports are not self explanatory and do require support assistance.
Dayforce Review
- Admin tools
- Variety of modules
- Ease of use for some systems
- Support
- Communication training during implementation.
- Better updated training.
Easy to use!
- Support Calls
- Up to date on legislation
- Ease of Use
- Benefits - missing security around beneficiaries
- PPACA is difficult
- Custom forms
One-stop shop for all HR
- Payroll.
- Hourly tracking.
- Custom reporting.
- Interface.
- Document management.
Day to day use of Dayforce!
- One-stop area to see week period time sheet, vacation, pay sheet, advantages, etc.
- You can see in a one easy page graphic what has been accumulated for sick days, PTO, OT, etc.
- You can get income tax and other important work related forms at one place with Dayforce.
- A better graphic presentation would help, it is a bit botchy presently.
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- 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.
Dayforce for the win!
- attendance Tracking
- Staff scheduling
- Payroll processing
- staffing reports
- Customizable STAT Holiday calendar
- Customized reports
- Timesheet error checking
- Missed clock in notifications
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.
Robust singe application platform
- The preview function in the payroll module is a wonderful tool to enhance efficiency.
- The system is well designed and highly customizable to suit different needs.
- The reporting module offers lots of useful information.
- The 'help' function (upper right corner) could be improved.
- It's hard to locate a module from the menu.
- I'd like to see less system latency incidents.
Still Learning!
- Retro pay and PTO management
- Insights conference
- Ceridian XOXO for learning
- We miss our customer success manager
- $4,000 in change fees
- Zero compatibility with our preferred onboarding software
- Great report generating capabilities
- Easily grows with our company
- Very adaptable
- Retroactive payroll changes, predicting payroll, and comparisons are made easier
- Terrific for benefits management
- System permits our managers to track staffing and compare to anticipated customer needs
- Difficult to interface with other products outside the Ceridian system.
- Might not be well suited to a system with rapid changes, as it is expensive to make system changes
Ceridian Dayforce is my preferred Vendor
- The support system of Ceridian Dayforce is very accessible and helpful.
- The education center offers all types of classes (virtual or with a teacher), resources, etc.
- Dayforce Wallet is an example of Ceridian Dayforce being on the cutting edge of the business world.
- The tax area of Ceridian Dayforce has been a struggle for me. Even with the new website, access is not what I expected. I will be taking the new class offered in the Education Center in early December regarding the tax website. Through the support network when you support a tax issue, you may never hear back from someone. Fortunately I resolved all tax issues we had with the help of a regular support team person and do not have any issues currently yet I feel this is definitely an area of improvement.
- I feel that the reporting section is too difficult for many users. I have taken the classes multiple times yet still struggle to get the right area and the correct keyword.
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.