Namely

Score7.8 out of 10

236 Reviews and Ratings

What is Namely?

Namely is an end-to-end HR, benefits, and payroll solution for mid-sized businesses. The cloud-based platform can be used to manage the entire HR process.

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the Namely employee dashboard. This creates a central hub to access payroll and benefits info, share announcements, celebrate milestones, and navigate everything HR, from a desk or on the go.

Namely Payroll, which is backed by automation and built-in compliance.

the Onboarding interface, for new hires.

the Applicant Tracking interface, which supports processes from job posting to onboarding with tools for hiring teams and candidates.

the Benefits Administration interface, which supports open enrollment, plan changes, and employee elections.

the Workforce Management interface. From here, viewers can track time, manage schedules, and handle complex workforce needs.

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Pay calculation
Pay calculation provides for computation of employee pay with state and federal deductions.
Category average: 8.6
Support for external payroll vendors
Support for external payroll vendors is the ability to integrate with 3rd-party payroll services.
Category average: 7.7
Direct deposit files
Direct deposit is the ability to electronically transfer pay to an employee’s personal bank account.
Category average: 8.9

Performance improvement plans
Supervisors can track disciplinary actions such as performance improvement plans.
Category average: 7.4
Individual goal setting
Individual goal setting is the ability to define individual goals that align to organizational and subordinate goals.
Category average: 7.7
Employee recognition
thank a team member
Category average: 7.6

Kristen Albertsen View profile

VP, People in Human Resources at Bevi (51-200 employees employees)

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

Namely is the HRIS for our company, from when we were under 50 employees to now over 150 employees. We use it for all Onboarding and document e-signature, all Managed Payroll Services, Benefits Administration & Brokerage, Training & Compliance, PTO tracking, other employee records, and Performance Management. We only are light users of it social components.

Pros

comprehensive
user-friendly (for both administrators and users), with an intuitive UI
ease of setup and detailed customization options
ease and detail of reporting and analytics
constantly evolving and adding new functionalities

Cons

Managed Payroll UI could be improved
Employee record keeping functionalities could be more robust
Performance Management customization could be more robust

Return on Investment

Significant ROI for leanly resourced HR team (robust employee self-service, automation of a lot of onboarding, compliance, etc
Significant ROI for HR team - HR support resources and training for more junior members of HR to utilize and self-teach
Less robust ROI from a goal setting & performance management perspective

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Alternatives Considered

Oracle Taleo Cloud, Bamboo, Zenefits, Rippling and Justworks

Other Software Used

Workable, Culture Amp, DocuSign

Verified User

C-Level Executive in Finance and Accounting (51-200 employees employees)

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

For our organization, Namely is our HRIS system since 2017 and we also use the performance review module.

Pros

User friendly
Intuitive
Social media feature for employee engagement
Cloud access

Cons

Performance management function is very basic
More templates for employee sharing
I think there is room for improvement in Namely with Reports for employee engagement
Add peer recognition feature

Return on Investment

Perform mostly as expected
ROI in line
Employees are used to using it.

Usability

Alternatives Considered

Culture Amp

Angie Turner

Payroll/HR Administrator in Human Resources at SEA Wire and Cable, Inc. (51-200 employees employees)

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

We use Namely HRIS, Payroll, Benefits & Time across our whole organization. Namely has helped us tremendously keeping track of our COVID sick pay and have helped put our mind at ease with their knowledge of the CARES Act and their implementation to the program.

Pros

Signed documents are stored directly in the app.
Employees love how easy it is to submit PTO.
We have just finished setting up all our EDI benefits files and I love that it takes a lot of extra work off me.
Processing payroll is a breeze.

Cons

The biggest con I hear from employees is that their payroll check does not show pending the day before.
When a Workflow has been declined by any chain, the target's manager (the person who created the workflow) is not notified. This is a big problem for us.
Their ACA support is not the best. You call in and talk to someone about your issue and then they talk to Namely's ACA specialist and then they relay the answer to you. You do not get to talk directly to the ACA specialist so if you go back and forth with questions (like I did), it takes forever to get a problem solved.

Return on Investment

The ability for employees and managers to get information on themselves and those who report to them without waiting on a response from someone.
Streamlined workflows that eliminate numerous emails and forgotten steps.

Other Software Used

JazzHR

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Dave Newmark View profile

CEO in Corporate at PodSearch, Inc. (11-50 employees employees)

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

I use Namely for HR, payroll, benefits administration, compliance, and time tracking. We used to be at ADP, a done-for-you PEO. I prefer the DIY platform of Namely, both for the direct control and broad array of services and benefits choices I can offer to our employees and for the direct control by employees to log hours and get any information they need without needing to bother anyone in the HR department.

Pros

Benefits offerings to employees.
Integration of payroll and time tracking.
Website layout.
Ease of registering employees in more than one state.

Cons

At the conclusion of onboarding sessions, they always ask, "do you have any questions" but the sessions are scheduled with a 'hard out" so it can sometimes feel like questions would take too long.
Every communication needs to be written on their platform. I would prefer just picking up the phone to ask a question. It would take less time to get the issue resolved.

Return on Investment

Saved cost of benefits while increasing coverage.
Spend less time administering payroll.

Other Software Used

HubSpot CRM, Slack, Trello

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William Derek Ustruck

Senior Producer at pocket.watch (51-200 employees employees)

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

Namely is the HR system for managing employees from hours, to performance reviews, tax paperwork, team assignments and vacation time for our full time employees.

Pros

ease of access to critical data
consolidates all HR functions into one platform
provides top level insight into corporate structure for inter-departmental communication
tracks hourly employees

Cons

job code and time tracking
the time clock app
general ease of setup and use - many users struggle to set up some of the time tracking features

Return on Investment

while many companies are seeing turnover, Namely is a great way to keep up to date on all things related to labor capital.
nobody likes performance reviews, and Namely has a somewhat labor intensive process.
the hourly time tracking is not quite there

Other Software Used

Unreal Engine, Perforce Helix Core, Google Sheets

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Pay calculation

Support for external payroll vendors

Direct deposit files

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Performance improvement plans

Individual goal setting

Employee recognition

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