Necessary evil, that could use a lot of work.
May 12, 2017

Necessary evil, that could use a lot of work.

Anonymous | TrustRadius Reviewer
Score 2 out of 10
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Overall Satisfaction with ADP Workforce Now

ADP is used across the organization. It's basically the source of truth for everything related to payroll. It's where you go if you want to see how much you're being paid, and how much PTO you have as well. It's also where you go for taxes and information related to that. So needless to say, it's a pretty important portal. Basically, everyone has to use it at some point in time, even if it is infrequent and not necessarily a day to day use tool.
  • It has all the information you need relating to payroll.
  • It is online.
  • It has BambooHR/Okta integration
  • The interface is downright clunky.
  • The security is questionable, especially considering it keeps you out of your own account most of the time.
  • It's hard to find what you're looking for, even if it's all there.
  • The application itself looks super dated.
  • I wish it didn't lock you out of your account so easily, and have existing integrations break.
  • It makes it hard to access information about payroll when you need it.
  • It is often a road block since it's so difficult to access.
  • Lost passwords are so common, and the fact that you need your password to be reset by an administrator is a slow process.
  • Within the app, it almost seems like information is obfuscated on purpose.
I have only ever used ADP Workforce Now. I can only imagine that it could be so much better. It is still perhaps much better than any paper solution...though sometimes I wonder by how much. If they could make this into a more easily accessible, usable, but yet still secure platform for payroll, it would be infinitely more useful. At present, it is discouraging even trying to log in.
My company chose ADP, probably because they are the leading payroll solution. To re-iterate, if there was another alternative that was as prevalent and established, I'm sure they could make a better end product as far as features and especially usability goes. They need some more UX designers over there because it just isn't working out.
It's a good platform for payroll needs, well suited for that kind of thing, especially since it's all online. So it terms of paperless payroll, it's awesome. However, the execution is very flawed, and if there is an alternative out there, I would hope that they would use that instead, whatever it is. Because it would really be quite a feat to make something worse than this. That said, there is space for lots of improvement. Perhaps a competitor in the same space would help motivate ADP to be better.

ADP Workforce Now Feature Ratings

Employee demographic data
4
Employment history
4
Job profiles and administration
4
Workflow for transfers, promotions, pay raises, etc.
6
Organizational charting
Not Rated
Organization and location management
Not Rated
Compliance data (COBRA, OSHA, etc.)
5
Pay calculation
7
Support for external payroll vendors
Not Rated
Benefit plan administration
Not Rated
Direct deposit files
4
Salary revision and increment management
4
Reimbursement management
4
Approval workflow
5
Balance details
7
Annual carry-forward and encashment
Not Rated
View and generate pay and benefit information
8
Update personal information
4
View company policy documentation
4
Employee recognition
1
Report builder
Not Rated
Pre-built reports
Not Rated
Ability to combine HR data with external data
3
Performance plans
Not Rated
Performance improvement plans
Not Rated
Review status tracking
4
Review reminders
4
Multiple review frequency
Not Rated
Corporate goal setting
Not Rated
Individual goal setting
Not Rated
Line-of sight-visibility
Not Rated
Performance tracking
Not Rated
Job Requisition Management
Not Rated
Company Website Posting
Not Rated
Publish to Social Media
Not Rated
Job Search Site Posting
Not Rated
Applicant Tracking
Not Rated
Notifications and Alerts
Not Rated