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Oracle PeopleSoft HCM

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What is Oracle PeopleSoft HCM?

Oracle's PeopleSoft HCM is a complete, customizable suite including Global Core Human Capital Management, Workforce Management, Workforce Service Delivery, and Talent Management. PeopleSoft can be integrated to run on the Oracle Cloud.

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PeopleSoft HCM Review

8 out of 10
December 31, 2019
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9 out of 10
September 18, 2019
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PeopleSoft HCM is being used to track students, finance and HR data. We have been used PeopleSoft HCM for more than 15 years and are very …
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Popular Features

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  • Update personal information (67)
    10.0
    100%
  • Job profiles and administration (66)
    10.0
    100%
  • Employment history (64)
    9.0
    90%
  • Employee demographic data (66)
    7.0
    70%

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Pricing

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Benefits

$85.00

Cloud
Per User Per Month

Pension Administration

$85.00

Cloud
Per User Per Month

Human Resources

$185.00

Cloud
Per User Per Month

Entry-level set up fee?

  • No setup fee

Offerings

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

8.1
Avg 7.8

Payroll Management

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

9.3
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.

8.7
Avg 8.1

Employee Self Service

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

9.2
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.

9
Avg 7.7

HR Reporting

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

7.7
Avg 7.6

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 8.0

Performance and Goals

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

8.5
Avg 8.1

Performance Management

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

8.6
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.

7.5
Avg 7.9

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.

8.1
Avg 7.7
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Product Details

What is Oracle PeopleSoft HCM?

Oracle's PeopleSoft HCM is a complete, customizable suite including Global Core Human Capital Management, Workforce Management, Workforce Service Delivery, and Talent Management. PeopleSoft can be integrated to run on the Oracle Cloud.

Oracle PeopleSoft HCM Technical Details

Deployment TypesSoftware as a Service (SaaS), Cloud, or Web-Based
Operating SystemsUnspecified
Mobile ApplicationNo

Frequently Asked Questions

Oracle's PeopleSoft HCM is a complete, customizable suite including Global Core Human Capital Management, Workforce Management, Workforce Service Delivery, and Talent Management. PeopleSoft can be integrated to run on the Oracle Cloud.

ADP Vantage HCM, Ascentis (discontinued), and Infor Human Resources are common alternatives for Oracle PeopleSoft HCM.

Reviewers rate Job profiles and administration and Pay calculation and Off-cycle/On-Demand payment highest, with a score of 10.

The most common users of Oracle PeopleSoft HCM are from Enterprises (1,001+ employees).
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Talukdar S Asgar, Ph.D. | TrustRadius Reviewer
Score 10 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
It is used across the organization, a recent merger to a bigger organization will enhance the user count manifolds. Payroll, Base Benefits, and Human Resources are the primary modules that are in use. We have multiple integrations with Taleo, ADI, and other external applications. Our platform is on Oracle Cloud. This is a new implementation and we are seeing a massive performance gain.
  • Employee Payroll is divided into weekly and monthly, and we have different employees such as contingent worker and temps. All these are properly and tactfully handled by Position Management.
  • We keep our system up to date with latest tax update versions. Our payroll is smooth flawless since the introduction of Payroll for NA.
  • Base benefits allow proper maintenance of employee and dependent health benefits as well as vacation and leave accruals.
  • There is not much self-correcting ability in BAS Benefits, if Ben Admin can be more robust and informative it can help operation smoothen further.
  • COBOLS can be a concern and at times depends on running certain DMS, a clearer instruction can help admins and developers to troubleshoot. At times we need to spend hours in MOS to find the proper documents. If all these docs are combined in an ordered way it could become a one-stop point for troubleshooting.

Taleo-PeopleSoft integration

Ease of customization

February 27, 2018

PeopleSoft - Just Okay..

John Pavarini | TrustRadius Reviewer
Score 7 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
Oracle PeopleSoft, and its various business application services, is being used across my organization. Primarily serving as the HR platform we use it for both benefits administration, compensation, and talent acquisition. Other non-HR features being used are for finance management, procurement, invoicing, and legal contract management. PeopleSoft systems are utilized by all managers and all employees in some form. Having a centralized hub of organizational information helps streamline operational efforts in an organization of near 7000 employees. For the most part, the various services communicate well, are easy to train new staff in, and act a platform that our IT programmers can develop on to meet new business requirements.

  • The system allows for a lot of customization. Our talent acquisition platform is almost completely customized to communicate with our financial and compensation teams who aide in the position request and approval process. While the updates certainly take time, we utilize Oracle support to make our systems our own in order to meet business needs.
  • The dashboards are user-friendly both for employees and managers. The self-service features are great tools for allowing employees to set up their payroll and tax preferences, distribute pay stubs, and monitor PTO. For orders or invoice pay requests this is all built in to communicate with our procurement and accounts payable teams. This is a great tool to help effectively get requests through and approved in a hierarchy format.
  • As a large organization, there is a plethora of information stored and made available to the organization. Having the ability to house so much data and have the system run as quickly as it does is certainly impressive. With such emphasis on less paper trail, this has certainly been a cost-effective means to make information available electronically.
  • Although the customization is a strength, this is largely due to some business systems of PeopleSoft being out of date. The HR system for talent management is pretty poorly designed out of the box. There are updates from Oracle that may have the system more comparable to other popular applicant tracking systems, but ours is fairly bare bones. As a result we’ve customized this entirely, and unfortunately deal with a fair amount of internal errors. Luckily from the outside our applicants and candidates do not face issues.
  • Our current PeopleSoft version is not mobile compatible and overall they were behind the ball in implementing mobile friendly systems. As a business and society of always on the go, the inability to effectively utilize all services from a tablet or phone is disappointing. Again, there are rumors of mobile compatibility upgrades, but the upgrade is too pricey for us to take on at this time.
  • The performance management function was very old fashioned. It was difficult to manage and utilize by both team leaders and employees. Our organization recently removed the performance management function and went with an entirely different system. As a rapidly changing and evolving business strategy the check a box and numerical rating on individual performance was not adaptable to a more personalized goal setting performance review process.

Oracle PeopleSoft is probably best suited for employee self-service functions such as benefits enrollment, payroll tax preferences, and other similar HR related features. The financial features and the applicant tracking system are behind other competing business systems. The UI of the system as a whole is not very modern, and not being mobile friendly is a factor here. At the same time, this system is still very comprehensive and best suited for a 1000+ employee organization both due to cost and services. While there have been hiccups over the years of utilizing PeopleSoft our developers and Oracle support have always been available to assist.

February 21, 2018

PeopleSoft is great

Kathleen Thomas  CCP, CBP, GRP | TrustRadius Reviewer
Score 8 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
We use Oracle PeopleSoft HCM for our HR and for our Finance area. I work in HR in Compensation and I use it on a daily basis to look information up and to report on information. It helps to organize our HR systems and house/manage our data. I have used it in previous companies as well.
  • The reporting tool is quite intuitive. I report every day on various data segments. The data comes down very organized.
  • Oracle interfaces quite well with many of our other systems. We use PeopleFluent and other systems.
  • The input for HR data into PeopleSoft is also very organized. We can enter data one-by-one for employees or do mass uploads. It really helps with the workload.
  • I have heard from my recruiting and talent acquisition groups that the interface to the ATS took a lot of work to integrate effectively.
As mentioned, PeopleSoft specializes and is great for both Human Resources and for Finance reporting. I use it strictly for Human Resources, but have heard from colleagues that the financial side is also quite intuitive. The reporting tools within PeopleSoft make it simple to export lots of data that can then be put into Excel, Access or other programs to further analyze.
November 27, 2017

Peoplesoft HCM Review

Score 10 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
PeopleSoft HCM is used for HR and Payroll solutions across the whole organization.
  • Selective adoption where users can upgrade in frequent intervals
  • Fluid User Interface - Supporting mobile and rendering based on device
  • Continuous upgrade of features and enhancements
  • Simplified Analytics - Enables users to create their own reports
  • Company directory can be more configurable
  • My Team in MSS can be more configurable
  • Add more fields in Guided Self Service
Oracle PeopleSoft HCM is well suited for Payroll Processing where all the required legislation are catered to and country-specific business requirements are taken into account. Features delivered can be made configurable where businesses can decide based on their requirements and avoid customization.
Score 9 out of 10
Vetted Review
ResellerIncentivized
We provide PeopleSoft as a service to a range of customers in a variety of industry sectors as well as supporting other PeopleSoft HCM on-premise users to get the most out of a very flexible product. The configurability and mature integration that PeopleSoft offers together with all the new features makes it a rich and effective product.
  • PeopleSoft has invested heavily to improve the User Interface that is both accessible on a device and on a desk-top. PeopleSoft is one of the few HRIS systems that provides an identical user interface irrelevant of the device, thus resulting in less training and change management effort.
  • PeopleSoft Talent Management modules are integrated out of the box with PeopleSoft Core HR/Payroll modules and requires no data extraction, updates or migration requirements either as a part of the implementation or on-going. It also requires no additional intervention to enable Single Sign-On, as when the employee is logged onto access their pay or update personal details, they have the ability to look at their talent profile / performance templates and compensation details
  • PeopleSoft provides the ability to Personalize, Configure and Customize your application. Today’s PeopleSoft is rich in functionality, that most Talent requirements are met with out of the box functionality requiring configuration
  • The Employee Snapshot feature provides managers with a comprehensive view of talent data related to an individual employee through the use of dashboards and tiles within the PeopleSoft Fluid User Interface pages.
  • With Employee Snapshot, managers have access to an employee’s talent data from one location instead of accessing several components separately.
  • Integration to Oracle's Taleo ATS could be much improved
Oracle PeopleSoft is well suited to multi-department / business group organisations, especially where multiple position management is part of the organisational design and where a single source of person data can drive a multitude of functions without the need to re-enter of duplicate data. It is unlikely to be suited to small organisations with fewer than 1,000 FTE.
Score 8 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
Our organization uses Oracle Peoplesoft HCM which helps the organization to take care of benefits, compensation, education, training, leaves, attendance etc., for all the employees in the company. The tool is quite user-friendly with stacks of functionalities, and is basically easy to navigate. This tool is widely used across MNC and top organization as it allows the business to smoothly integrate their HR data and help in delegating and running day to day HCM activities.
  • The tool since it used by employees across organization, there should be minimum cost involved in training about the tool. Oracle Peoplesoft HCM is such a tool which is quite self explanatory in nature and easy to navigate and use, thus reduces any training cost involved.
  • This tool provided various options for Time reporting and leaves reporting. The attendance system can be integrated with the swipe system so as to have accurate time reporting. Various Timesheet options available for billing under project, holidays, leaves etc.
  • It has a training calendar based on the available slots, one can book for their preferred training. This is seamless in nature and one can book training as per his/her requirement.
  • Country specific Localisation or legislation needs to be well supported.
  • Sometimes occasionally we would have system hanging issues or some other errors. The errors should be self explanatory instead of reaching out to the system administrator.
Oracle Peoplesoft HCM is widely used across organization. It is well suited in most of the HCM activities like compensation, benefits, time reporting, training, leave application, resignation process etc. Any organizations which are planning to have HCM implemented should use this software, understand the functionalities and see if their requirements can be mapped. 9 out of 10 times, the requirements can be mapped easily.
Score 7 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
[It's] Used companywide for people management, onboarding new employees, pay, and performance management. Also used for contractor management. Our HCM instance runs separately and connects to PeopleSoft Financial Services used by the finance department. Using version 9.1, which reached end of life and [we're] in process of deciding to upgrade or look for a new solution.
  • Solid ERP, with a strong record for mid to large companies. Includes most required HCM and payroll business capabilities with good ratio cost versus functionality.
  • Easy access to knowledge and availability of consultants to help evolve, upgrade, and manage. Oracle vision for support including C2C (customer to cloud).
  • No more major upgrades after version 9.2, only incremental ones as per customer needs. Long term support policy from Oracle.
  • Strong attachment from existing customers. Market analysis indicates significant number of clients choose to stay with PeopleSoft despite a significant list of new offerings in the HCM space.
  • Not a user-friendly interface, it needs getting used to. Version 9.2 improved the user experience.
  • Talent Management function is sub-optimal especially in the ability to create and revise descriptions, and flexible compensation systems (some functions need to be developed externally and integrated). Acquisition of Taleo by Oracle may indicate no plans to improve this further in PeopleSoft HCM.
  • Oracle's roadmap for PeopleSoft needs to be better explained. Present communications created confusion related to future of PeopleSoft.
  • Well suited for companies where HR environment is stable, no competition for talent and with capital budget constraints. Also for companies that customized the environment so much, that moving to a new platform requires significant investments.
  • Not perfect for companies in fast-moving industries fighting for talent and companies that need very good analytics regarding the workforce.
Bennett Walker | TrustRadius Reviewer
Score 9 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
PeopleSoft HCM is utilized by all employees across the entire organization. It addresses the issue of being the system of record for all employee related transactions as well as the payroll system. We utilize it as the hub of data to flow out to vendors and between systems here at the hospital.
  • Configurable and customizable - PeopleSoft HCM, like all PeopleSoft products is extremely customizable and configurable. With the new Related Content Framework Event Mapping we are able to customize on top of the delivered code to accommodate our users needs
  • Staying current in the mobile tech world - PeopleSoft HCM has adapted well over the last few years to the mobile/form-factor changes that have come with an evolving mobile landscape. The new fluid UI is the best example of this and allows us to adapt our customized system to a mobile framework.
  • Continuous updates - Oracle is providing 4 quarterly updates to the PeopleSoft HCM system, which are available to adopt selectively.
  • Expensive - PeopleSoft license fees are not trivial.
  • High maintenance - due to the customizable nature of PeopleSoft it requires a higher level of maintenance than other software.
  • Slow to adopt new technologies - While PeopleSoft has BI Publisher, connected queries and fluid approvals now, they have taken time to be rolled out when other providers have had them longer.
PeopleSoft HCM is very well suited for a medium-sized organization (1000+ employees) or larger that has particular needs, such as employee tracking with special account and job code flags along with special payroll rules. PeopleSoft HCM does a great job of making multinational tracking and languages fit with all of the modules, and that is a great benefit. Where PeopleSoft HCM falls down is with smaller organizations due to the higher licensing cost and more of a standard set of employment rules.
Bruce Emmerling | TrustRadius Reviewer
Score 7 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
Oracle Peoplesoft HCM was used by our organization to manage employees, help with human resource activities, and as a talent resource tool. It was highly effective at providing tools, information, and concise operations for managing employee information. While not perfect, the software tool offers a number of subset tools including talent finding resources, workforce management, some reporting features, and labor law monitoring system. For our organization, the product was also used as a "membership" that help manage member profiles as well as employees. While fairly solid as a product, it does have some negative problems such as a clunky interface, slow performance issues, and support can be problematic at times. However, the product was more than helpful for our organization's goals and it might even have been an overkill for our needs.
  • Allows flexibility in using the product needs such as employee management and membership management without requiring separate modules
  • Offers monetary transactions and moderate financial reporting
  • Offers a one portal suite solution where most information can be gleaned on one screen
  • The interface could be improved with better click through processes
  • The system can be slow at times
  • For some end users, it can be a little difficult to use
The product really does well with a human resource department in a small to medium employee base. It offers a fairly solid set of reporting tools that help track transactions or employee changes. The product also provides a fairly concise and clean flow of information with a one-stop portal type page. It can also help reduce paper usage with employee records.
October 24, 2017

A Vision into PeopleSoft

Score 8 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Oracle PeopleSoft is being used across the organization and replacing a system which is over 20 years old.It is being integrated with other systems to encompass all areas of workflows and meet the needs of the community.
  • PeopleSoft allows the user community to categorize data into various sectors.
  • It captures minute transactional details.
  • It is a one stop shopping center of information and raw data.
  • It offers great archiving and recovery of information costing less in physical storage and printing and allowing universal access to necessary data.
  • The click throughs are immense and a user can easily get lost when trying to reproduce a path to data.
  • The system does not accept fast typing so incorrect data can easily be entered
  • End users get intimidated by the multiple features that are available. However, through training and accurate documentation, system acceptance and mastery are being achieved.
When trying to find specific data, whether current or historic, the Oracle PeopleSoft makes data management rather easy and effective. By utilizing the system better, paper files can be eliminated, and the quality of reproductions increases dramatically as any reproductions are made from the original. Additionally, locating information and attachments couldn't be more intuitive or easier.
Score 10 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
We use PeopleSoft HCM, CRM and FSCM suites across the organization. We have gone live with over 50% of our employee population and are in the process of implementing it for the remaining employees across different facilities. This software helps us standardize and optimize our business processes. Also, the ability and ease of customizing the software is of utmost importance to us as we can easily accommodate our way of doing business in to the software.
  • Solid Core HR business processes for position management
  • Fluid UI helps in making the software mobile friendly
  • Great Self Service features
  • Very stable and scalable payroll module
  • Delivered ACA related features could improve
  • Would like to see concept similar to Flex fields in PeopleSoft

Software is ideal for large organizations and also for healthcare organizations which work by position management.

Not very well suited for smaller organizations due to the cost involved.

Score 9 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
PeopleSoft HCM is used across our organization. Our power users are mostly located in the Payroll, HR, Benefits and Talent Acquisition departments. However, we use Manager Self Service for managers to review data about their employees and to initiate and process transactions (pay changes, terminations, transfers, etc.). We also use employee self service for benefits enrollment, reviewing and updating your own personal information and to view your paycheck. It is the system of record for the core HR, benefits and payroll information in our company and feeds many other systems.
  • We recently upgraded to Fluid - this makes the experience for casual users SO much better! Navigation is easy and intuitive and things are easy to find. Our employees are now much more likely to use self-service than when they had to hunt for the functionality.
  • Fluid also introduced some really great features for our middle-level users as well - having a homepage tailored to them and nav collections that group their common pages together in one easy place makes their work faster and easier. No more navigation, just scroll down and click on the page you want and then click on the next page that you want, etc. Very, very quick and easy and so much faster to learn - you don't have to remember WHERE that process/page is located, it is again, right there in front of you.
  • I also highly recommend workcenters for functions like running the periodic on-cycle payroll. Our payroll group was jumping all over the place to run the "next" process. This tool is similar to nav collections, but allows for queries, also navigates a bit differently and can have the concept of what to run "next". But the same result - much less training and much faster to run the "next" process that is needed.
  • I am a techie - so my quibble with PeopleSoft is technical. They don't make it easy to identify objects related to workcenters, navigation collections, etc. Therefore, it is difficult to migrate changes from one environment to another if you stray from their core objects like pages, components, etc.
  • Another place that leaves room for improvement is the talent acquisition module (TAM). It tries to be so fancy and flexible that it makes it difficult to setup and use. The pages are much more difficult to debug and trace also as they layer and are so dynamic that the "usability" is lost somewhere along the way.
  • My next "room for improvement" is also from a very technical perspective - we have run into PeopleCode bugs for the first time in years. There are multiple bugs in the new functionality, i.e. the "carry ID" doesn't work in a navigation collection and a couple other bugs we coded around in the guided workflow process. They are addressing the issues quickly, but I was surprised there were still bugs out there that seemed so obvious - and that means you need to keep taking tools patches.
  • Finally - the PUM approach vs. doing upgrades to a new version does make it MUCH easier to find and apply patches and enhancements. BUT don't listen to all the sales people that say you never need to do another upgrade. Each "update image" is really like a mini-upgrade and if you want to get new functionality, you will need to plan to "get current" with the update images periodically - which is an upgrade.
It is not appropriate for small companies on a limited budget (unless perhaps you can get it as a "hosted" package - vanilla and you use it "as is" and is maintained by others). Otherwise, it is a powerful, integrated solution for HR, Payroll and Benefits. There is a need for experienced users and technical support, but if you have that, you can really leverage the software to perform functions across the organization - self service functions, complex payroll, automated benefits, etc.
Vanessa Pardi | TrustRadius Reviewer
Score 8 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
The application is used by the whole organization, US headquarters and international offices at UK, Canada, Singapore, EMEA, Asia Pacific, DACH, and other smaller business units. It provides uniformity in processes, internal controls, as well as reporting. It facilitates the budget process as well and has provided a much needed structure and consistency across the board.
  • Core HR records are kept consistently.
  • The system will request mandatory items that we need to fill in to be compliant in each of the different countries. It recognizes what is required in each country and will have a mandatory field for any item that we must have. It forces us to look into these items when we don't know what they are and review our processes. It helps us to make sure we are compliant as well.
  • Record pages are very detailed and allows us to have other custom fields according to our needs.
  • The system provides very detailed payroll reports with all the necessary information for our tax filings.
  • Flexibility to do allocations and set up the GL lines the way Finance needs them for their journal entries.
  • The system does not provide an interface with a third-party tax processor for quarterly 941s, etc.
  • Some of the menus are not intuitive and it's hard to figure out some items on your own.
  • Security roles can be hard to configure.
I highly recommend HCM for global organizations as it will have all the fields that you need for each country. It will help you ensure you are compliant in every country.
The security settings are sometimes hard to configure, but once they are set, it is smooth sailing. I would recommend having a super user who can assist other employees as some functions are not intuitive if they try to teach themselves.
Score 9 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
Oracle PeopleSoft HCM is used by the entire organization to manage HR and payroll. I've been using this product for over 10 years now in various industries such as retail and health care. Business is more streamlined and processes are easier set when using the Core HR and NA payroll modules in PeopleSoft. It's easier to train folks on the new releases and upgraded versions. It helps the business stand on par with today's technology with each new release/update.
  • Benefits include streamlines payroll processing for small, mid and large size companies/organizations.
  • Easier to manage HR data such as employee personal info, education, job info and track effective dated records. Helps maintain records of data - all in one place.
  • Easy to integrate with various systems such as timekeeping, business intelligence, data warehousing, archival etc. Robust in these domains.
  • Encryption of data is one persistent issue where users have to develop programs to perform the same. Would like to see more options and powerful encryption techniques for data masking.
  • Oracle's timekeeping system has long had competition from vendors such as Kronos, workbrain etc. If Oracle's product could cater to all these needs - we wouldn't have to undergo the trouble of integrating a third party system with Oracle PeopleSoft HCM.
  • Learning Management System is another area which can be greatly improved by Oracle instead of integrating with third party vendors such as sum total etc.
Oracle PeopleSoft HCM is well suited for human capital management (HCM) - HR, payroll, benefits for mid size and large organizations. It is very robust and functional in use. It is easy to maintain with multiple support across platforms to suit various client needs. Cons are - you need to integrate with various systems for other modules such as timekeeping, data warehouse, learning management systems. It would be nice to have Oracle developed modules for these which can provide a stiff competition to other third party vendors.
July 15, 2016

PeopleSoft Review

Score 7 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
It's mainly used throughout the organization within two departments - Human Resources and Finance/Accounting. We use it in conjunction with our talent management system in order to process new employees, as well as process changes to current employees. Current employees also have access to PeopleSoft in order to change personal information, whether it be bank accounts, addresses, or something as simple as phone numbers.
  • When using PeopleSoft to process new hires, it does "talk" rather seamlessly to our TMS. Whatever is input into the TMS is what feeds over to PeopleSoft, so it does help if it's accurate. If not, it's easy to fix.
  • There are different areas that we can go into on PeopleSoft, whether it be having to place employees on leave, or terminating employees, or changing pay. Each area has a distinctive place it goes into PeopleSoft.
  • When employees enter into PeopleSoft to change information, it's easy to use, and the changes are seen and processed right away.
  • I would like to see an option of adding a quick-access "favorites" item so that I don't need to enter each individual area, then enter what I'm looking for. I tend to use the same part of PeopleSoft often, it'd be nice to just click and go.
The biggest thing I'd look for is seamless integration within PeopleSoft and any talent management system used for recruiting and selection.
July 14, 2016

User Friendly

Mary Sias | TrustRadius Reviewer
Score 10 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
This is used to handle the day to day operations of the university. This program is used campus wide. It helps track documents and contribute toward us going green.
  • Oracle is not a difficult program to use. The menus make it fairly easy to navigate.
  • Through the trial and error and a lack of training you learn how to use the save function. It is not the same depending on the item that you are processing.
  • The best thing about oracle versus banner was the time it took to learn it. It is a user friendly program.
  • I like the hr component. It so easy to retrieve personal infomraitn or make adjustments as needed.
  • More detailed instructions on the use of the save button would be helpful..
This program is great for accounts payable. I like that the final approver can see what you see if you have a problem to try and resolve the situation.
Juan Osegueda | TrustRadius Reviewer
Score 8 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
I use PeopleSoft Enterprise applications to process payroll for 3000+ employees on a weekly basis, run ad-hoc reports, and used it as a tool to validate totals during audits. PeopleSoft is a very easy-to-use application that makes processing payroll headache-free. Out of the box, it just works. And customizing the application for our company's needs is easy once you familiarize yourself with all of the available features. Simply select what you need, knowing so much more is available if your needs change. While some training was involved when we upgraded a few times, the upgrades essentially kept the features that we loved and provided new ones that only gave us more freedom to perform our work better.
  • PeopleTools for writing reports is extremely simple to use and so helpful in a crunch!
  • Easily Customizable!
  • Simple to Use!
  • PeopleSoft is a powerful product, but out-of-the-box it's not eye candy. There are individuals in my organization that would like it to be more user-friendly, but that is not a real weakness of this application, just that users needs to familiarize themselves with what the application is capable of.
For large companies, PeopleSoft is a must. There are other applications that work well that seem to be based off of PeopleSoft, so go with the name that means quality!
Doug Whisman | TrustRadius Reviewer
Score 9 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
We are a large organization that owns many businesses (business units) that span multiple industries. I will say about 90% of our businesses use HCM, though we do have a few businesses that run payroll, HR, benefits, etc. on their own. We use Oracle PeopleSoft HCM to run payroll, manage benefits, standard HR functions, as well as employee reviews.
  • Payroll: The tax compliance is as good as anything in the industry. They are frequent and current and relatively simple to implement keeping our payroll and tax departments in compliance with changes in the law.
  • Benefits: HCM benefits, both in completeness and simplicity of administration, are as good as anything I've seen from competitors, but it's the flexibility and ability to customize the vanilla offerings to match the needs of the organization that make it really shine.
  • Flexibility and compatibility with other PeopleSoft products (such as manufacturing and financials). We are a diverse company with many businesses that operate autonomously from corporate control. There is a highly complex level of employment rules, including many union rules, that impact our payroll and benefits. It takes a product like Oracle PeopleSoft HCM to offer the flexibility and simplicity in the configuration to make it all work.
  • Of course, paying employees is only part of the puzzle...the financials group need to budget for future expenses and the accounting group must track the payroll and benefits. The compatibility of HCM with financials, for example, greatly simplifies the ability to move the accounting records from HR to Financials with standard, "canned" batch processes or even real-time with the publish/subscribe infrastructure.
  • My primary response to this is more of a technical nature than a functional -- mobility. Historically PeopleSoft was way ahead of the curve in adapting to the internet and web-based systems. In the 1990s the product shined on the desktop, but by the late '90s PeopleSoft was already providing web-based applications long before it's competitors. Fast forward 15 years where we have widespread use of mobile platforms (tablets and phones) and I'm not sure PeopleSoft has kept pace with some competitors. It does have mobile options, but they strike me more as a retrofit than a native mobile app. Is that a serious issue? Perhaps that depends on the nature of the business. Large companies like my employer have office staff that sit in front of desktops and laptops so not much of an issue, but there are businesses that might not have that stationary staff or have a younger employee population who are more adept at using mobile devices so this would be a welcomed improvement.
I think Oracle PeopleSoft HCM is best suited to a mid-size to large business with a traditional office staff who work from the same location. Smaller businesses will likely find the cost structure and less than stellar mobility support less attractive.
Score 10 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
It's being used across the organization to handle our core corporate finance functions (Payables, Receivables, General Ledger, etc.) as well as for the requisition and purchase of IT, facilities, and security equipment at a more broad corporate level.
  • PeopleSoft Product Strategy is very strong. The direction that they are headed and have been headed as been very forward thinking. This shows in their investment 3 years ago in a HTML5 Responsive Design direction for their Fluid User Interface.
  • The new PeopleSoft Selective Adoption model brings a lot of the benefits of a SaaS delivery model (1 common code-line, frequent delivery of new functionality, simplified management) but also gives customers the flexibility they desire in being able to choose when new functionality and maintenance is applied and even how much or little new functionality & maintenance you decide you'd like to take in. This is completely different paradigm to the model of 9.1 and before and was a necessary and crucial step for them to really lower the TCO and maintenance costs of the solution.
  • PeopleSoft's support team is top notch. Much better than other support teams at Oracle where service/support reviews could be mixed at best.
  • Testing of new functionality could be more thorough at times.
If you're not completely sold on the SaaS model, PeopleSoft should be at the top of your shortlist for selection. If you'd like to do a SaaS architecture, there are plenty of 3rd party vendors that are operating PeopleSoft in this manner.
Score 10 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
The Oracle PeopleSoft ERP is used throughout my entire organization. It is used to distribute paystubs and W-2 forms (HCM 9.0), Student data (grades, financial aid, etc.) [CS 9.0], purchasing and accounts payable, budgeting, accounting data (Financials/SCM 9.1) as well as our PeopleSoft Portal that ties all of those modules together (PeopleSoft Interaction Hub 9.0). We are able to take the data that is input and generated and turn that data in business analytics to help our organization move forward in an appropriate direction.
  • The ERP, when implemented correctly, is stable.
  • Maintenance of the ERP is straightforward
  • System can be customized to fit the organization's needs.
  • Dashboards can be improved.
  • Training on their latest way to upgrade the ERP can certainly be more streamlined.
  • Better support on older PeopleTools versions that are not the latest. Many organizations can not readily upgrade a PeopleTools version to the latest due to budgetary constraints. Oracle should tend to be more understanding of that fact.
PeopleSoft tends to be used in a lot of industries. In that respect, seeking out talent for support of PeopleSoft in an organization's enterprise is good. Also, many stakeholders have to be onboard with PeopleSoft, or any ERP in order for an implementation to be successful. Buy-in is extremely important.
Cari Pulse | TrustRadius Reviewer
Score 7 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
  • Enabled us to install a first class HR system that can be accessed by our staff from all locations.
  • Workforce Management enable us to forecast, deploy, track and manage our labor, cut costs and increase productivity.
  • Financials enabled us to streamline our reporting and analysis giving a comprehensive view of our operations.
  • Compensation was not robust enough to manage our complex compensation processes.
Highly recommend for large organizations. Can be a little too overwhelming for smaller companies.
Danielle Kircher | TrustRadius Reviewer
Score 8 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Oracle PeopleSoft is being used across the entire organization. In my office support role, I was using PeopleSoft for updating student records and tracking/monitoring student progress in various graduate programs.
  • PeopleSoft is very user-friendly. The way that information is configured makes it easy to navigate and simple to use.
  • The 'Favorites' tab is great! It provides easy-access to tools that are used regularly.
  • There are many different products and features available for Oracle PeopleSoft. The program is used across the entire organization, and it's great having everything on a single platform.
  • The program can be quite slow if multiple users are trying to access information at the same time.
  • Although I was not directly involved in the purchase of the software, I learned that it was costly and time consuming to implement.
  • The user-interface should be updated to make the program more visually appealing. Currently, the program looks a little outdated.
I really enjoyed using PeopleSoft on a daily basis. It is always consistent and was perfect for administrative tasks that were often repetitive. I would highly recommend PeopleSoft in any office/administrative setting. Not only was it simple to use, it was also very easy to learn. I had never used this program before, and it did not take long to become comfortable using it.
February 19, 2015

Oracle review

Score 8 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
Oracle CRM is used by my company to support sites such as Taleo. We use Taleo and other similar sites for recruiting purposes and other Human Resource functions. Taleo provides the ability to show career websites in a way that is functional for candidates and recruiters/hiring managers. The career sites allow candidates to apply online, upload a resume, cover letter or any other attachments they want Human Resources to review. It allows hiring managers to review candidates and allows recruiters to hire them.
  • Easy for candidates to add employment history, personal information and upload documents.
  • Easy for recruiters and hiring managers to learn and navigate through as they hire candidates.
  • It is visibly appealing to the eye and allows for easy access.
  • It is user friendly and works in most browsers.
  • There are some glitches occasionally where system may freeze.
  • Need to be able to use in all operating systems.
  • There are times when it may run slower than others.
I would say it is very well suited for what I use it for which is support Taleo in their recruiting environment. It is also good for managing department information, position information and new hires. It allows new hires to complete new hire paperwork online as well, which I think is a big plus. It is not only good for pre-employment but also for employment purposes.
Score 6 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Oracle PeopleSoft is being used across the whole organization.
  • Organizational Charts
  • Reporting/Analytics
  • User Experience on a more intermediate level - not easy to navigate without fumbling around.
Score 7 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
The Oracle Peoplesoft HR module is being used by three locations out of nine in our company - the corporate office and two remote manufacturing and administrative sites. We use the system primarily to pay employees, hire employees and administer the workforce. Data from the sites using other systems is uploaded into the Peoplesoft system even though they may use another system.
  • System is designed and tested for large and small organizations alike
  • Strong reporting capability
  • Ability for integration with other functional areas like finance
  • This feature may be available on other modules, but with the version we use there is not the ability to keep and take notes during the recruiting process. Other versions at previous companies have allowed for this feature.
  • This may be a function of how our company utilizes the system, but we enjoy the ability to run and save different customized reports. However, the report library can become very full with customized reports and there does not seem to be an easy way to manage all the reports.
  • The interface can be difficult to follow especially for newer users. For instance, if I am trying to look up an employee's salary, should I go to the "Workforce Administration" tab or the "Compensation" tab. The basic information can be found on the employee's summary page but navigating all of the menu options can be confusing.
Be sure to have a clear understanding of which modules are needed by the company and how those modules integrate with others in the enterprise (i.e. finance). Also, companies should make sure they clearly understand the cost implications of choosing to add or not add a module. The scope of implementation ideally should be done in conjunction with other business modules. Also, the company should have a clear understanding of how much customization they are willing to pay for versus using the product "out of the box".
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