Overview
What is UKG Ready?
Designed for small businesses where everyone wears multiple hats, UKG Ready® is an HR solution that guides users through their day-to-day HR activities. Capabilities span from HR and payroll to talent and time.
Ease of using UKG Ready
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UKG Ready - The All-in-One Solution
Good but not perfect.
UKG Ready is a time saver
Excellent Service and Product!
UKG - an organizational transformer.
I would recommend UKG, but there is always room for improvement.
UKG Review
Robust Software just make sure you know what you are doing.
Happy HR Professional.
Workforce ready review
Good system for time keeping and employee management
Great Product with Diverse Functionality
UKG Workforce works fine
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Popular Features
- Employee demographic data (155)8.686%
- Pay calculation (164)8.686%
- Pre-built reports (168)7.474%
- Report builder (167)7.272%
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What is UKG Ready?
Designed for small businesses where everyone wears multiple hats, UKG Ready® is an HR solution that guides users through their day-to-day HR activities. Capabilities span from HR and payroll to talent and time.
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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.
- 8.6Employee demographic data(155) Ratings
Administrators have the ability to enter detailed demographic data for each employee.
- 7.4Employment history(151) Ratings
Employment history is the ability to track previous positions held.
- 7.8Job profiles and administration(151) Ratings
Job profiles and descriptions can be created and edited.
- 7.4Workflow for transfers, promotions, pay raises, etc.(141) Ratings
Employee move workflow provides the ability to move employees to different positions and apply pay raises.
- 7Organizational charting(113) Ratings
Organizational charting is the ability to create hierarchical charts.
- 7Organization and location management(134) Ratings
Organization and location management allows employees to be managed across multiple geographical locations.
- 7.7Compliance data (COBRA, OSHA, etc.)(111) 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.
- 8.6Pay calculation(164) Ratings
Pay calculation provides for computation of employee pay with state and federal deductions.
- 7.4Support for external payroll vendors(102) Ratings
Support for external payroll vendors is the ability to integrate with 3rd-party payroll services.
- 7.9Off-cycle/On-Demand payment(67) Ratings
Provide employees access to wages accrued during the pay period before the end of the pay cycle.
- 7.6Benefit plan administration(125) Ratings
Benefit plan administration is administration of health insurance plans and 401k plans, and other benefits.
- 8.8Direct deposit files(129) Ratings
Direct deposit is the ability to electronically transfer pay to an employee’s personal bank account.
- 8Salary revision and increment management(120) Ratings
Salary revision is the ability to modify individual employee pay.
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(147) Ratings
Approval workflow is the process for approving employee paid time-off requests.
- 7.4Balance details(154) Ratings
Balance details is automatic updating of paid time-off balance to reflect time taken.
- 7.5Annual carry-forward and encashment(131) 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.
- 8.2View and generate pay and benefit information(147) Ratings
Employees can view pay and benefit data and print pay stubs.
- 8.5Update personal information(154) Ratings
Employees can update personal profile with change of address, dependents, or other personal data.
- 8View company policy documentation(127) Ratings
Employees can review company handbook, and corporate policy documents.
- 7.9View job history(130) 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.
- 8.4Tracking of all physical assets(61) Ratings
Tracking of track laptops, pagers, phones, and other company equipment.
HR Reporting
Pre-built and custom reports, and integration with external data.
- 7.2Report builder(167) Ratings
Report builder allows custom reports to be created using a GUI.
- 7.4Pre-built reports(168) Ratings
Pre-built reports is the provision of a variety of canned reports on employee retention, and other key metrics.
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.
- 7.1New hire portal(112) 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.
- 7.1Manager tracking tools(89) 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.
- 7Individual goal setting(57) Ratings
Individual goal setting is the ability to define individual goals that align to organizational and subordinate goals.
- 7Performance tracking(63) 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.
- 6.6Performance plans(72) Ratings
Supervisors have ability to build individual performance plans including, goals, competencies, etc..
- 6.7Performance improvement plans(67) Ratings
Supervisors can track disciplinary actions such as performance improvement plans.
- 7.1Review status tracking(72) Ratings
Supervisors can monitor and track review status completion with dashboard showing milestones and status.
- 6Review reminders(76) Ratings
System can generate reminders to ensure review completion timeliness.
- 6.7Multiple review frequency(61) 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.
- 6.4Create succession plans/pools(22) Ratings
Managers can create and manage pools of potentially high-performing individuals.
- 7Candidate ranking(2) Ratings
Candidate readiness for key business positions can be ranked and assessed.
- 6.6Candidate search(3) Ratings
Candidate search provides search capabilities for potential candidates based on attribute or other profile data.
- 2Candidate development(1) 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.
- 6.8Job Requisition Management(75) Ratings
Job Requisition Management – Job requisition management is the ability to create jobs quickly and easily
- 6.8Company Website Posting(74) Ratings
Software allows postings to be displayed on the company website
- 5.7Publish to Social Media(52) Ratings
Software provides ability to publish postings to social media sites
- 6.8Job Search Site Posting(55) Ratings
Software provides ability to publish postings to top job search sites
- 6.5Duplicate Candidate Prevention(57) Ratings
Duplicate candidate prevention prevents candidates already in the system from being added
- 7Applicant Tracking(77) Ratings
Applicant tracking allows recruiters to assign applicants to various stages so others can see status at a glance
- 7.6Notifications and Alerts(82) Ratings
Notifications and reminders inform you of tasks to be completed
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What is UKG Ready?
UKG Ready 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: Statutory form management
Leave and Attendance Management Features
- Supported: Approval workflow
- Supported: Email notifications
- Supported: Balance details
- 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
Asset Management Features
- Supported: Tracking of all physical assets
HR Reporting Features
- Supported: Report builder
- Supported: Pre-built reports
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: Individual goal setting
- 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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UKG Ready Integrations
UKG Ready Competitors
UKG Ready 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, Windows Phone, Mobile Web |
Supported Countries | Australia, Canada, UK, Belgium, Mexico, Netherlands, France |
Supported Languages | English (US &UK), French (Canada & France), Spanish, and Dutch |
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(387)Attribute Ratings
- 7.5Likelihood to Renew18 ratings
- 9Availability3 ratings
- 9.3Performance7 ratings
- 7.5Usability85 ratings
- 8.2Support Rating73 ratings
- 6.5Online Training4 ratings
- 7.8In-Person Training2 ratings
- 6.2Implementation Rating10 ratings
- 8Configurability4 ratings
- 8Product Scalability3 ratings
- 5.5Ease of integration59 ratings
- 8Vendor pre-sale3 ratings
- 8Vendor post-sale3 ratings
- 8.6Kronos WFR Industry Expertise78 ratings
- 8.8Kronos WFR Role-based Success64 ratings
- 7.8Kronos WFR Resource Quality63 ratings
Reviews
(101-125 of 203)Realistic Happiness
- We have been able to move from paper timesheets which allows for accuracy and ease.
- The reporting module allows us to view and analysis our data how we need to see it.
- The new user interface is much better but puts a lot of information on one screen.
GU Time Mafia
- Flexibility.
- Good support system.
- Ease of use.
- Easy integration with WorkDay.
- Better durability of clock touch screens.
Good but not great
- Easy, secure web access.
- Good implementation team.
- Good online resources.
- Helping employees troubleshoot the system.
- Better integration with education partners like Skyward and Ready Sub.
- More frequent client check-ins.
K12 Education Review
- Gives employees access to their information to make updates and changes yet allows us to control what they can change.
- Makes time keeping easy through the computer, the app and a physical clock.
- Allows for multiple types of reporting and allocating labor costs.
- While reporting is fairly robust it can be somewhat limited in that you cannot filter off custom fields and custom fields with what should be basic formulas can be hard to write.
- Screens are limited to 200 lines where it would be more helpful to be able to see a complete list (ideally at least 500 to 1,000) rather than exporting to view a list.
- The time clock can only personalized to a relatively small extent. It would be nice to have custom views, ability to change color schemes, etc.
- Sometimes it takes multiple reports to complete a task. It would be nice if in addition to adding custom columns there could be custom subtotals that could be done on more than one column within the same report.
UKG Review
- Control of where employees can clock in.
- Quick response to issues.
- The reports aren't always that easy to create.
- There seem to be constant changes that are hard to keep up with given my workload.
UKG Ready Review
- Cloud Based - the system can be accessed from anywhere which is an improvement over our previous locally hosted platform.
- UKG Ready Community - the community allows for an exchange of information amongst users as well as input from UKG Ready employees.
- Outages - Our organization had the unfortunate circumstance of being on a POD that was overburdened and constantly had outages/downtimes/issues and these outages always seemed to coincide with payroll processing. The solution was to move some of the organizations from that POD to a new POD. Unfortunately, this week (11/23/2020), the new POD had outages and once again caused issues for organizations that were processing payroll and, based on posts in the Community, for organizations that were trying to wrap up Open Enrollment.
- Updates - It seems like there are constantly updates to the system (which is probably the case for any technology), but the manner in which these changes are communicated to users and administrators is not ideal. I've spoken with a UKG Ready employee previously and he assured me that they are working on ways to better communicate the changes to ensure they are easy to understand, interpret, and then pass on to our users.
A solution oriented program that is customizable to each business.
- Accessibility from desktops and mobile devices.
- Customizable for our business.
- Development teams are willing to listen to our unique challenges.
- Kronos Community is a great resource for answers to common questions.
- User guide development.
- Best practice sharing during product development.
- Better communication on changes made during product releases.
- Simplify benefit enrollment processes for the user. Think about employees who aren't computer savvy.
- Increased emphasis on robust training with superusers.
Overall, I do like this product and plan to continue using it into the future. The product teams are responsive to my challenges. Keep looking for improved ways to serve the customer.
Comprehensive Options
- Creating customizable options.
- Allowing the user to make changes themselves.
- Support is sometimes difficult to work through when you have a specific issue.
- Training is lacking when you implement a new project.
Best decision our organization made!
- Customer Service is amazing! If I run into an issue that I don't quite know how to address, I reach out to Support my creating a case in the Kronos system. We usually have resolution within the hour.
- The Workforce Ready system is user friendly and easy to explain to new employees during their orientations.
- We use many different funding sources. The system is able to allow time charging to all funding sources through the Cost Center Setup.
- Pulling out reports by funding stream.
- Removing of codes that have not been used after a duration of time.
Get Ready for UKG Ready!
- Support is amazing.
- They listen and implement features based on customer feedback.
- User Experience is easy to use on multiple devices.
- Mapping Earning Codes
- Connection between leave module and payroll
- Surveys
Getting to a New Normal
- Timekeeping--accurately times employees in and out
- HR--accurately keeps track of employees information
- Payroll--flows from timekeeping over to payroll to pay employees seamlessly
- Consultant knowledge--although consultants are knowledgeable, there is often a disconnect with what the system can do and what the consultants know it can do.
- Hardcoded Fields--if one more person tells me "it's hardcoded," I might lose it. This is unacceptable for a program that is customizable.
- Status Tracking--you can see when hourly employees clock in and out in the roster, but the tracking for salaried employees is not there. I would like to be able to track who is working and who isn't, especially during COVID.
UKG Ready is the way to go!!
- TLM feature has made it easier for managers to view the timesheets and approve them in a timely manner.
- Onboarding is officially paperless.
- Communicating to employees is much easier.
- Performance Reviews--they are just too lengthy and visually, it's not something managers like at the moment.
- Accruals--We have to do a lot of manual corrections.
UKG ready: game changer for our organization
- Reporting
- Data options
- Timekeeping
- Benefits
- Payroll
- Sometimes communicating about the changes in upgrades and where to find new items.
- Large reports are very slow at times.
- We are on POD4 which lately has had a LOT of latency and downtime, especially during payroll high times.
- When there are system-wide issues you don't always get immediately notified.
Glad that we switched!
- Quickly process on-demand checks
- Instantly update employee information
- Customizable reports that make processing simple
- It would be convenient to be able to search for an employee by their social security number
- Must use UKG Ready (formerly Kronos Workforce Ready)'s time clock to automatically prevent overuse of PTO
- Sometimes the server is a little slow
A work in progress
- Employee Information is laid out well, easy to find, and detailed.
- Payroll processing is easy, straight forward, and has a step by step process which makes it easy to follow.
- Open enrollment for benefits is smooth and transfers employee's updated information over to their profile seamlessly.
- "Hard-coded" fields are not good. This needs to be customizable since every company is not set up the same and is not using those fields the same way.
- The work order functionality is either lacking or nonexistent, this needs to be looked into for more seamless integration to what a company might need.
- I would like to have consultants who work together and aren't so siloed. It is very hard to transfer knowledge to each consultant when they don't know what everyone on the team is doing.
Kronos Reseller
- Support! When I submit a ticket requesting additional assistance, the feedback I get is always very detailed and the follow up is thorough.
- Adding an admin user. Despite having a few users that already have full administrative capabilities, when adding a new user Kronos requires a request in writing, on company letterhead, from the "master" admin user. This process can be very time consuming when it's imperative that we have the new user up and running as soon as we can. Even once the new user is entered, there are a number of places we have to go to get them set up with the same level of access the rest of the admins have. Inevitably we always forget to visit one of the pages and the user cannot perform the necessary functions.
Kronos Workforce Ready for the WIN.
- The user may use any device from desktop/laptop, smart phone or iPad.
- The system is set up for self-service, i.e. employees may add notes to the correct time, view timesheets, pay statements as well as W-2's.
- Managers have real time access to their employee data and time.
- The new user view seems to require many more clicks to achieve the desired results.
- The password change frequency is too often, it should not be hardcoded and allow us to decide the required frequency.
- Kronos Workforce Ready does a great job in deploying new functionality to meet the ever-changing needs (Example: ACA, new government forms, COVID-19 support, etc.).
- Kronos Workforce Ready offers a nice variety of clocks for clients to pick from based on their individual needs and environment.
- Kronos Workforce Ready new user Interface is quite impressive, the flexibility of the product is very nice.
- This is on a future roadmap, but the Kronos Workforce Ready platform does not have a true LMS system built in it, but we should see this in the next year is my understanding.
A system with positives and negatives
- TLM works well if configured properly.
- Rate tables.
- Single sign-on for various products and add-ons.
- Customer service/engineering response time to changing regulations.
- Need more testing prior to new releases: tends to break more than fix.
- Configurable to a fault: often difficult to get the correct settings when needed.
- Not an intuitive system, not user-friendly.
- Upgraded UI is a step back in many places, you should not lose functionality when you "upgrade" your system.
You can't go wrong with Kronos Workforce Ready!
- Ease of payroll
- Timekeeping
- Reports: Easy to create reports for all areas of HR/Payroll.
- Employee maintenance
- Carryover time: When making adjustments time shows up in earned for the year instead of under carryover which confuses employees.
- Need an easy way to see exceptions/absences for an employee.
Awesome product to help manage your workforce.
- Flexibility
- Reliability
- Functionality
- Cost center groupings
- Small business offering
WFR: all you'll ever need
- Flexible to our employee diversity.
- Easy to use from an employees view.
- Takes away back end system issues by being in the cloud.
- Being in a shared environment, customization is not allowed.
- Somewhat slow at times because of browser technology (compared to WFC we had on-site).
- Implementation CANNOT be rushed through.
Honest and fair review, positives and negatives
- Time tracking
- Point balancing
- Ease of carrying over to a payroll system
- Tracks Holiday pay
- Better set up, we did not get what we asked for at all
- Ease of use for changes that need to be made
Middle of the Road
- Reporting for 401K.
- Electronic timecard.
- Accrual time keeping.
- Kronos has wonderful reporting abilities, we are able to pull all sorts of data and drill down to find the results we're looking for.
- Processing payroll is efficient and easy to do with their "checklist" format.
- Everything you need regarding your employees, past and present is right at your fingertips and easy to locate.
- Setting up the system is complex and requires a lot of work with your implementation specialist, it seems like there are many steps to get certain results, the upside is it is very customizable.
- Having a dashboard that allows for more customization.