It works, but very complicated system.
April 26, 2021

It works, but very complicated system.

Anonymous | TrustRadius Reviewer
Score 3 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User

Overall Satisfaction with ADP Vantage HCM

So far the Ventage seems overcomplicated versus to ADP Workforce Now. It is more complicated and not really user-friendly. it is more manual and does not calculate salary rate adjustment if adjustments took place in the middle of the pay period. I am not happy with ventage at all. The local as well as state tax section also very unclear and to understand how to use it and how to monitor employees address changes and set up notifications for any address changes, we went through a long back and forth with the ADP team and finally were able to have weekly optimization meetings with ADP team, so we would be able to understand the system and make changes to a current setup, so it will be more automated. Still, the Vantage is absolutely not user-friendly from our payroll standpoint!
  • Separation of payroll side from HR and Benefits, which complies with the separation duties laws
  • [The] tax setup section needs more work, it is unclear sometimes if we need to set up tax in Smart Compliances or somewhere else, and then the rode to make that tax active and add it to the employee.
  • [The] payroll audit could be more clear and include more data from all adjustments, for example, if there is [a] salary rate change, there [are] not flags to check that in [the] audit section of the payroll.
  • The ADP optimization team made a positive impact on our organization, educating all of us, across all departments, to be able to navigate Vantage.
If I would be able to select the payroll product, it would be ADP Workforce Now.
For the purpose of complying with separation of duties laws as well as to avoid any personal information breaches, the Ventage would be a great system, but the organization would face challenges navigating through all the systems, to make it more automated. From my personal experience, [the] ADP Workforce Now is a better system, though.

ADP Vantage HCM Feature Ratings

Employee demographic data
5
Employment history
5
Job profiles and administration
5
Workflow for transfers, promotions, pay raises, etc.
5
Organizational charting
5
Organization and location management
5
Compliance data (COBRA, OSHA, etc.)
5
Pay calculation
6
Support for external payroll vendors
5
Off-cycle/On-Demand payment
6
Benefit plan administration
7
Direct deposit files
7
Salary revision and increment management
3
Approval workflow
6
View and generate pay and benefit information
7
Update personal information
7
View job history
6
View company policy documentation
8
Employee recognition
7
Report builder
5
Pre-built reports
5
Ability to combine HR data with external data
5
New hire portal
7
Manager tracking tools
7