Workforce now- how much time do you have to make it work for you?
July 25, 2016

Workforce now- how much time do you have to make it work for you?

Hannah Jensen Vargas | TrustRadius Reviewer
Score 6 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User

Overall Satisfaction with ADP Workforce Now

ADP Workforce now was used in my previous company to manage all employees, allow for "self service" on boarding for new employees, and during the termination process. We also ran reports on employees and maintained updated profiles on each employee using WFN. HR rolled it out, and I would manage the system, show employees how to use it and help them make changes or updates to their WFN user profile. We also used this system for health benefit elections and company policy updates. It solved the issue of having too many things in too many places, and allowed HR to have 1 location to direct employees to for everything they needed.
  • User friendly- I found that the UI was intuitive
  • Allows for easy new hire setup and employee termination process- the wizards built in for each of these functions is a time saver and easy to navigate through
  • The initial setup and implementation was painful. Took months and was never perfect. Many things did not transfer successfully from our old system to WFN, and I had to do hours of manual input.
  • Using this system fast and effectively takes quite a bit of training, even for someone who has used ADP before. WFN is an entirely different beast.
  • Even though we had multiple reps helping us with the setup, and to learn the WFN system, I found that the customer service was lacking. It would take too long to get responses, or the help that I needed most of the time.
  • Unsure of what it cost my then manager to purchase, but the amount of my time it took to get this rolled out and working was overwhelming. Unsure of how cost effective this was.
Helpful for large companies that want to allocate the resources and man hours to one person to become the WFN pro of the office.
Not helpful if your not going to go all the way with this system. This takes a lot of time/effort/energy to implement and roll out, I don't suggest bothering with this unless you are going to commit 100%. No use in only using parts or pieces of this system, it should be the HR hub and all employees should be given tutorials on using it. I created a power point I would send out to new hires showing step by step instructions for setup and usage of the system.

ADP Workforce Now Feature Ratings

Employee demographic data
7
Employment history
10
Job profiles and administration
4
Workflow for transfers, promotions, pay raises, etc.
9
Organizational charting
2
Organization and location management
2
Compliance data (COBRA, OSHA, etc.)
4
Pay calculation
Not Rated
Support for external payroll vendors
Not Rated
Benefit plan administration
10
Direct deposit files
10
Salary revision and increment management
8
Reimbursement management
1
Approval workflow
1
Balance details
1
Annual carry-forward and encashment
1
View and generate pay and benefit information
10
Update personal information
10
View job history
8
View company policy documentation
10
Employee recognition
1
Report builder
8
Pre-built reports
8
Ability to combine HR data with external data
5
New hire portal
10
Manager tracking tools
6
Company Website Posting
1