Overview
What is Paycor?
Paycor provides core HR functions scaled towards small and mid-sized businesses. Paycor offers an integrated benefits platform for interfacing directly with insurance carriers and an adaptable time management platform.
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Left a lot to be desired
Great HR System!
Paycor - Solid HRIS Platform.
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Popular Features
- Direct deposit files (293)8.686%
- Pay calculation (296)8.585%
- Update personal information (274)8.484%
- View and generate pay and benefit information (269)8.181%
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What is Paycor?
Paycor provides core HR functions scaled towards small and mid-sized businesses. Paycor offers an integrated benefits platform for interfacing directly with insurance carriers and an adaptable time management platform.
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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.
- 8.3Employee demographic data(248) Ratings
Administrators have the ability to enter detailed demographic data for each employee.
- 8Employment history(263) Ratings
Employment history is the ability to track previous positions held.
- 8Job profiles and administration(249) Ratings
Job profiles and descriptions can be created and edited.
- 7.4Workflow for transfers, promotions, pay raises, etc.(247) Ratings
Employee move workflow provides the ability to move employees to different positions and apply pay raises.
- 7.8Organizational charting(197) Ratings
Organizational charting is the ability to create hierarchical charts.
- 7.8Organization and location management(207) Ratings
Organization and location management allows employees to be managed across multiple geographical locations.
- 7.7Compliance data (COBRA, OSHA, etc.)(184) 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.
- 8.5Pay calculation(296) Ratings
Pay calculation provides for computation of employee pay with state and federal deductions.
- 8.2Support for external payroll vendors(5) Ratings
Support for external payroll vendors is the ability to integrate with 3rd-party payroll services.
- 8.2Off-cycle/On-Demand payment(111) Ratings
Provide employees access to wages accrued during the pay period before the end of the pay cycle.
- 7.5Benefit plan administration(213) Ratings
Benefit plan administration is administration of health insurance plans and 401k plans, and other benefits.
- 8.6Direct deposit files(293) Ratings
Direct deposit is the ability to electronically transfer pay to an employee’s personal bank account.
- 8Salary revision and increment management(249) Ratings
Salary revision is the ability to modify individual employee pay.
- 8.1Reimbursement management(59) 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.
- 8Approval workflow(211) Ratings
Approval workflow is the process for approving employee paid time-off requests.
- 7.7Balance details(227) Ratings
Balance details is automatic updating of paid time-off balance to reflect time taken.
- 7.7Annual carry-forward and encashment(189) 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.
- 8.1View and generate pay and benefit information(269) Ratings
Employees can view pay and benefit data and print pay stubs.
- 8.4Update personal information(274) Ratings
Employees can update personal profile with change of address, dependents, or other personal data.
- 8.1View company policy documentation(202) Ratings
Employees can review company handbook, and corporate policy documents.
- 8.1Employee recognition(55) Ratings
thank a team member
- 8.1View job history(231) 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.
- 8.2Tracking of all physical assets(93) Ratings
Tracking of track laptops, pagers, phones, and other company equipment.
HR Reporting
Pre-built and custom reports, and integration with external data.
- 6.8Report builder(252) Ratings
Report builder allows custom reports to be created using a GUI.
- 7.1Pre-built reports(252) Ratings
Pre-built reports is the provision of a variety of canned reports on employee retention, and other key metrics.
- 6.5Ability to combine HR data with external data(167) 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.
- 8.2New hire portal(240) 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.
- 7.7Manager tracking tools(184) 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.
- 7.8Corporate goal setting(43) Ratings
Corporate goal setting is the ability to define corporate goals, and/or vision statements in the system.
- 7.7Individual goal setting(106) Ratings
Individual goal setting is the ability to define individual goals that align to organizational and subordinate goals.
- 7.9Line-of sight-visibility(85) 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(105) 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.
- 7.4Performance plans(135) Ratings
Supervisors have ability to build individual performance plans including, goals, competencies, etc..
- 7.2Performance improvement plans(121) Ratings
Supervisors can track disciplinary actions such as performance improvement plans.
- 7.1Review status tracking(126) Ratings
Supervisors can monitor and track review status completion with dashboard showing milestones and status.
- 7.5Review reminders(125) Ratings
System can generate reminders to ensure review completion timeliness.
- 7.3Multiple review frequency(106) 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.
- 8.3Candidate ranking(29) Ratings
Candidate readiness for key business positions can be ranked and assessed.
- 8Candidate search(33) Ratings
Candidate search provides search capabilities for potential candidates based on attribute or other profile data.
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.
- 8.2Job Requisition Management(112) Ratings
Job Requisition Management – Job requisition management is the ability to create jobs quickly and easily
- 8.2Company Website Posting(119) Ratings
Software allows postings to be displayed on the company website
- 8.2Publish to Social Media(102) Ratings
Software provides ability to publish postings to social media sites
- 8.2Job Search Site Posting(109) Ratings
Software provides ability to publish postings to top job search sites
- 8.2Duplicate Candidate Prevention(97) Ratings
Duplicate candidate prevention prevents candidates already in the system from being added
- 8.3Applicant Tracking(119) Ratings
Applicant tracking allows recruiters to assign applicants to various stages so others can see status at a glance
- 8Notifications and Alerts(126) Ratings
Notifications and reminders inform you of tasks to be completed
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What is Paycor?
Paycor's Human Capital Management (HCM) platform aims to modernize every aspect of people management, from recruitment, onboarding and development, to payment and retention. Operating for 30 years, Paycor HR technology helps users to save time, analytics that provide actionable insights and dedicated support from HR experts. The vendor boasts more than 29,000 medium & small businesses using Paycor to help them solve problems and achieve their goals.
Paycor states they build HR software for leaders
who want to:
Focus on Strategic Goals
A core HR solution for all employee data, so users never have to switch platforms, log-in to multiple systems, re-key information or open multiple spreadsheets.
Understand Their Business at a Deeper Level
Paycor Analytics brings enterprise-level insights to medium and small business.
See Around Corners
Paycor delivers expert advice at every stage of the process, from the consultative sales approach that seeks to understand the user's business before recommending solutions to ongoing guidance from a dedicated customer success team.
Paycor 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: 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
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
- Supported: Asset issue and transfer management
- Supported: Asset return
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
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: Candidate ranking
- Supported: Candidate search
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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Paycor 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 |
Supported Countries | United States |
Supported Languages | English |
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(581)Attribute Ratings
- 9.8Likelihood to Renew17 ratings
- 10Availability3 ratings
- 10Performance3 ratings
- 7.8Usability294 ratings
- 5.3Support Rating56 ratings
- 9.4Online Training3 ratings
- 10In-Person Training1 rating
- 9.1Implementation Rating16 ratings
- 10Configurability3 ratings
- 9.9Product Scalability3 ratings
- 5Ease of integration1 rating
- 10Vendor pre-sale2 ratings
- 10Vendor post-sale2 ratings
Reviews
(201-225 of 326)Paycor is worth every penny
- Taxes.
- We are able to customize each payroll.
- It easily runs bonus payroll.
- There's no one person of contact.
- It can be difficult to get to a specialized department with questions when necessary.
Easy payroll processing
- Excellent customer service.
- Easy to read reports.
- Taxes are always paid on time.
- When I call, the system asks for my client ID. When a representative comes on, I am asked for my ID again. It's a little thing, but why ask again?
- My payroll runs monthly on the 29th. For June, the payroll should have run on the 28th because the 29th was a Saturday. If I hadn't called on the 28th to ask why the payroll wasn't automatically deposited in our accounts, the payroll never would have run because no one works on Saturday.
- Enclosing a copy of all W2s in the end of the year packet would be easier for me, rather than going online to print them out.
Small Company's Experience
- Very responsive to questions and excels at offering training opportunities.
- The system is intuitive.
- There are a great number of data points that can be pulled for reporting purposes.
- Their system could use a way to view data/analytics without having to pull a report for Excel.
- Needs to be an easier way for companies to create new time designation on time cards.
- The time off request functionality could use some finer tuning for people making requests over two weeks.
Paycor Does it All
- Onboarding: it automatically fills in forms with personal information and you can easily see how the process is progressing.
- Task list: this is helpful in onboarding employees as several different people are involved in the process.
- Reporting: it has more reports than you would ever need as well as the ability to create and customize your own.
- The option to not display completed tasks. I feel I have to read them all to ensure they are complete
- Easier navigation in changing a salary. It's not very intuitive.
- Price of applicant tracking: it is high for a smaller company who may not use it much.
Gets the job done (with compromises)
- Perform has a very user-friendly interface
- Time on Demand isn't user friendly for the employee or the administrator.
- Benefits module is challenging to set up to our needs.
- Perform and Time on Demand are not fully integrated which in turn requires double the work at times.
Good option for HRIS system
- Customer Support: Customer support is very helpful when issues arise.
- Benefits admin: We used the benefits module for our open enrollment last year and it was sooo much easier! Not having paper enrollments and manually entering the information has saved us tons of time.
- Payroll
- Reporting: The reporting has changed recently. Some very useful reports I used to use all the time are gone.
- Total compensation statements that are canned in the reporting section do not pull accurate information. It's accurate in the employee's page, but when it goes into the report, the information is different.
- Transferring employees to another company within the same organization is not efficient. We have to terminate them and rehire them. The transfer button (which is new) only transfers a little bit of information and there is a lot of manual entry that has to take place.
Paycor has a great price and great people!
- They always make sure they ask if there are any new changes to the company to make sure you are the most current with all the information needed for payroll.
- Paycor has many team members available so when you call in and your particular rep isn't available then you can always talk to someone else just as professional and kind.
- They always operate with the most professionalism to make sure you feel like the most important client they have!
- I have always had my concerns addressed and solved so there isn't much to say negatively about Paycor
Good and Accurate Product
- Easy online use
- We have employees from several states. Having Paycor pay taxes in all states is very helpful.
- Good response time from support if I have questions.
- We used to have one person to contact instead of a team of people. I liked the one on one aspect of Paycor better than I do now.
Paycor is the right sytem for your company
- Paycor is very responsive when we have questions
- Paycor implementation was simple
- Paycor has design a system that is easy to use
- To be honest I can't think of a con against Paycor. We may be the only Con because the system offers a lort of bells and whistles that we don't use due to the size of our company.
Got Time!
- Paycor provides comprehensive payroll reporting for deep dive analysis on all aspects of payroll. Paycor allows for standard reporting and is particularly adept as providing custom reporting to fit the needs of our operation.
- Paycor provided an accurate time keeping mechanism through Time on Demand. This gives the user an isolated platform for which to review and enter time, schedules, and other information for each employee without the need to log into a separate platform.
- Paycor's reporting system is efficient. Reports can be generated within seconds and saved for future use making it easy to access and revise as needed.
- The functionality of the time clock could be improved as there are times when adjustments to time are difficult, especially when adjusting from one day to the next in the event an employee "rolls" over past midnight.
- When using the dashboard in TOD and reviewing exceptions, it is difficult to maneuver from one day to the next with having to go back to dashboard. This functionality could be improved by allowing the user to simply select the next page which should show all exceptions.
- The Transfer at time of day, period block transfer, and reallocate hours functions are confusing. This could be tightened up a bit and allowing multiple revisions within the same selection would be helpful.
HIGHLY RECOMMEND PAYCOR
- great customer support
- allows me to input future payroll to be released the next week (vacations)
- files ALL tax filings
- creates W-2's, 1099's & year end reports
- I honestly have no complaints or critisism for Paycor. This is the first Payroll processing company I have used & they have taken care of our needs in a very professional manner.
Paycor makes my job easy!
- Paycor responds extremely fast after an email or call is submitted to resolve an issue.
- Representatives are very knowledgeable and walk you through any process in question.
- When speaking to a representative, they are professional and patient.
- Since 2017, I've noticed some changes which resulted in improvement.
- Previously, responses were somewhat slow, but that has changed in the last year.
- During the end of the year, it's busy for Paycor. Perhaps they can hire more representatives during that time to help speed up the turn around time for responding back to questions, problems or concerns.
Very pleased, but basic, user.
- It is extremely intuitive.
- I have had great support when setting up deduction and benefits.
- I am very happy with the peace of mind having payroll managed by Paycor.
- I am very happy with all services used so far.
Paycor Review
- Excellent customer service within their Time & Attendance department.
- Prompt Payroll tax filing for our small business.
- Time Clock interfaces well with Paycor Time & Attendance system.
- Improvement is needed is accessibility of Payroll Specialist. Typically when I call, I have to leave a message, which may or may not be returned. Usually, I have to follow up with an email, which is answered eventually.
- I would like it if they could provide classroom training or 1-on-1 training. I typically learn better that way.
- Additional training on ACA requirements and services that Paycor provides for ACA would be beneficial, especially when you are new to the system.
Prevent time "padding"
- Highlighting employees that miss a punch
- Online ability to check your punches and information
- Online ability to check the status of your contributions to retirement
- We have the time lock that is located in a central location, requires last four of SSN and password, sometimes it is hard to get a full punch if you are not pressing hard enough or in a hurry.
So easy that I can even use it
- Easy to communicate with and to get into contact with.
- Friendly, and helpful with online stuff.
- Keeping my business organized, which I had problems doing before (as small as it is).
- Nothing I can think of.
- Make it free? ;)
Easy to use.
- Anyone can do payroll on Paycor, it is very simple, point, click, fill in the blank.
- It is nice not to have to worry about submitting taxes.
- It is not user friendly giving an employee access to see their pay stubs. The layout is very odd.
Great payroll company for a small but busy company
- ease of payroll data entry
- quick confirmation of payroll being processed
- fast turn around of end of year tax forms
- prompt assistance with questions
- I am not aware of any issues personally that I would suggest for improvement
Great time saving tool!
- Very easy to navigate! It is very easy to add a new employee. The system takes you through each step with lots of good information.
- Customer support is awesome! When I was first learning, I called in several times and each time was a very pleasant experience.
- Trustworthy! It is a big help having everything calculated and having all necessary tax paperwork prepared and filed for me.
- I have not come across anything I don't understand or that should be fixed.
Gets the job done for a small business
- Provides a user friendly data entry platform for processing payroll
- Accurately prepares payroll tax filings and remits withheld funds to the proper governmental entities
- Accurately provides electronic payment of payroll to employees
- Paycor should provide a quick access phone support number on the homepage
- Paycor should make it easier to get to a live person
- Generally live support is not needed but it seems that Paycor tries to make it difficult to connect to a live person
So many business needs all in one place
- Quick, but accurate payroll.
- Help me manage the staff, from pre-employment to compliance.
- Paycor helps me with the company's benefits.
- They stopped giving out invoices for services. I like to have an invoice to match every expense.
- Payroll is easy to administer
- Employees can manage paystubs and end of the year processing themselves
- Reporting features are excellent
- Customer service is top knotch!
- Sometimes the search feature for help is difficult to navigate
Great and easy to use!
- All my documents for taxes are well organized and easy to get to.
- The reminders and e-mails on current issues and changes are very helpful to keep me informed.
- The system works easily.
- The people who help manage the accounts are constantly changing so you cannot build a relationship with them.
Paycor is Highly Recommended!
- Time tracking - both online at retail stores and with hand scanner at warehouse location worked very well.
- Time was accessed by Department Managers to verify their employees' times and paid time off.
- Reporting was easy to use and great for analyzing data.
- Custom Report Writing can be made a little more user-friendly.
- Choice of fonts in reporting would be a big help.
Yes or no to a new payroll system?
- Good time keeping system that helps us pay our employees accurately.
- Simple payroll processing that allows us to pay all locations at once.
- Reporting system to allow us to look at different facets of payroll.
- Time on Demand is a little difficult to use and hard to get screen shots of some of the menus for documenting procedures.
- More interaction of the online onboarding. Allow more than just signing off on documents but allowing check offs.