ADP Workfornce Now
July 25, 2017

ADP Workfornce Now

Chrissy Fratzel, SPHR, SHRM-SCP, SWP | TrustRadius Reviewer
Score 8 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User

Overall Satisfaction with ADP Workforce Now

We use ADP Workforce Now for our HRIS needs, payroll, time and attendance tracking, and performance. ADP Workforce Now is used by every employee. For us, it is a one-stop shop to serve all HR needs for our employees and managers, which makes the HR process more efficient and streamlined.
  • ADP Workforce Now's payroll system works incredibly well. With our recent upgrade from version 2 to version 11 (and now much higher), everything is easier to navigate and user intuitive.
  • ADP Workforce Now's time and attendance system is very user-friendly for managers. Clearing only necessary exceptions for managers became a huge time saver.
  • Our employees are so used to employee self-service, that they no longer need reminders to enter any changes they wish to make. Not to mention, we are almost completely paperless!
  • Being able to put our policies online, and having employees electronically sign-off is one of my favorite features! It saves us from printing, sending to each employee, and then waiting for everyone to return them to us, nagging employees, and finally....filing the signed policies. Honestly, I don't know how I would handle going back to paper policies.
  • ADP Workforce Now has recently implemented a performance module. It needs a lot of help, but it's a growing process for everyone involved. At this point, it's very rigid and there are some known errors that can't be fixed until the the fall upgrade.
  • Sometimes you'll get a service member who doesn't know the answer, or isn't willing to go the extra mile and let you know all of the ramifications of making changes. Often, I find I get satisfaction surveys on the really good calls, but not on the calls that could use improvement.
  • There are so many specialties within ADP Workforce Now, that each specialty has its own service team. They don't always seem to work well with each other or know much about the other specialty.
  • We haven't done ROI studies on ADP Workforce Now.
  • We do know it saves us countless hours on manual time entry, ACA reporting, paperless policies, and paperless reviews.
Our HR team has saved time, but I'm not sure how much. - We have used ADP Workforce Now since I have been with the organization, so I can't tell you how much time we have saved.
During my tenure, however, we have moved to paperless policies and performance reviews. Because everything is done in ADP Workforce Now, it does save us the filing of 2 annual reviews and 5-8 policies each year and the time to manually check completed reviews and policies.
We have used ADP Workforce Now the entire time I have worked here. In 2014 we contracted with Cornerstone for our performance management. To use Cornerstone's product this year, would have been $10,000 per year. By switching to ADP's performance, we saved that money. The kinks aren't all worked out, but our employees are fabulously patient and know it will be easier to have everything in one place in the long run.
I found Cornerstone's end result to be amazing. However, the back end processes were clunky and not at all user-friendly without hours of training. ADP's new performance system is far more intuitive for the administrator.
It's one stop HR needs providing a single sign-on for all users. ADP Workforce Now is excellent for policy roll-out, payroll, time and attendance, and HRIS processing. The reporting features are also fantastic.

The ACA reporting, alone, makes ADP Workforce Now fantastic! The service specialists for ACA are so amazing at helping you through the process each step of the way.

If you are looking for a ready made performance system, the kinks are not worked out on this one yet. I suggest being patient with the system, or not switching from your current if you can't be patient (and trust your staff to be patient).

ADP Workforce Now Feature Ratings

Employee demographic data
10
Employment history
8
Job profiles and administration
10
Workflow for transfers, promotions, pay raises, etc.
10
Organizational charting
5
Organization and location management
10
Compliance data (COBRA, OSHA, etc.)
10
Pay calculation
10
Support for external payroll vendors
Not Rated
Benefit plan administration
8
Direct deposit files
10
Salary revision and increment management
Not Rated
Reimbursement management
10
Approval workflow
10
Balance details
8
Annual carry-forward and encashment
10
View and generate pay and benefit information
10
Update personal information
10
View company policy documentation
10
Employee recognition
Not Rated
Report builder
10
Pre-built reports
10
Ability to combine HR data with external data
Not Rated
Performance plans
6
Performance improvement plans
6
Review status tracking
6
Review reminders
6
Multiple review frequency
5
Corporate goal setting
9
Individual goal setting
9
Line-of sight-visibility
9
Performance tracking
8
Job Requisition Management
10
Company Website Posting
8
Publish to Social Media
Not Rated
Job Search Site Posting
Not Rated
Applicant Tracking
10
Notifications and Alerts
10