ADP - the good, the bad, and the painful
Updated January 25, 2022

ADP - the good, the bad, and the painful

Jennifer Spivey | TrustRadius Reviewer
Score 6 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User

Overall Satisfaction with ADP Workforce Now

ADP Workforce Now is being utilized by my company for payroll, benefits administration, timekeeping and general HRIS. The bundled products allow us to utilize one product and software which allows for quicker training for new users and an ease of troubleshooting when an issue arises. The product also has onboarding and recruiting capabilities, and many additional features for added cost.
  • Custom Reports
  • Payroll Preview and auditing access
  • EDI files connecting to outside vendors (medical, 401k, etc.)
  • Reporting can come from several different "buckets" of data
  • Customizing fields
  • We had to implement the software twice and are still finding errors from the set up
While I am not a huge fan of the product, it did allow us to scale and grow from 300 to nearly 900 employees in just a little over a year and half with very limited issues. After working with many other payroll products, I feel that Workforce Now has by far had the best capabilities to grow not just the employee base, but also grow out the use of the product to enable an all-in-one resource for all things payroll & HR related.
  • Benefits Vendors (Kaiser, UMR, VSP Vision, Dental)
  • Greenhouse Recruiting
  • Voya 401k
  • Sterling HSA/FSA
  • EdenRed Commuter Benefits
The integrations have all be very easy and simple. Basically, I worked with the ADP rep and vendors to map the data needed by both parties and ADP set up the rest. Easy peasy!
We selected ADP due to its value and included capabilities. I find it to be very similar to the majority of the major payroll providers and in hindsight [I] am not sure this is the route we [should] have gone. If you have a robust HR/Payroll team, I think the product is fine, but as a single payroll processor for almost 1K employees, I do not find the software manageable.

Do you think ADP Workforce Now delivers good value for the price?

Yes

Are you happy with ADP Workforce Now's feature set?

No

Did ADP Workforce Now live up to sales and marketing promises?

No

Did implementation of ADP Workforce Now go as expected?

No

Would you buy ADP Workforce Now again?

No

Support is very hit or miss. If I get my assigned rep, I have wonderful service. If my rep is out or unavailable I get tossed into a queue and the reps who answer do not [seem to] put forth any effort into resolving issues. Also, reps are very silo'd in their specific product and do not have cross-training or knowledge of any of the other features/products.
Workforce Now is good as individual pieces but seems to have a hard time "talking" to the different capabilities. The time and attendance is a separate module and can sometimes have a hard time connecting to the payroll portion. Additionally, each module has a specific customer service agent/product manager. This is nice to have, since the reps are very knowledgeable in their respective areas, but it's frustrating since they do not know how other parts of the software work in regards to their portion on the product.

ADP Workforce Now Feature Ratings

Employee demographic data
8
Employment history
7
Job profiles and administration
7
Workflow for transfers, promotions, pay raises, etc.
7
Organizational charting
2
Organization and location management
2
Compliance data (COBRA, OSHA, etc.)
6
Pay calculation
9
Support for external payroll vendors
Not Rated
Off-cycle/On-Demand payment
3
Benefit plan administration
8
Direct deposit files
8
Salary revision and increment management
7
Reimbursement management
Not Rated
Approval workflow
7
Balance details
7
Annual carry-forward and encashment
7
View and generate pay and benefit information
8
Update personal information
8
View company policy documentation
8
Employee recognition
Not Rated
Report builder
6
Pre-built reports
7
Performance plans
5
Performance improvement plans
5
Review status tracking
7
Review reminders
7
Multiple review frequency
Not Rated
Corporate goal setting
Not Rated
Individual goal setting
Not Rated
Line-of sight-visibility
Not Rated
Performance tracking
6
Job Requisition Management
Not Rated
Company Website Posting
5
Publish to Social Media
Not Rated
Job Search Site Posting
Not Rated
Applicant Tracking
5
Notifications and Alerts
5