ADP Ease - with frustration and headaches
October 06, 2021

ADP Ease - with frustration and headaches

Anonymous | TrustRadius Reviewer
Score 4 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User

Overall Satisfaction with ADP Workforce Now

Our company mainly uses ADP Workforce Now for payroll processing, and wedo not use it company-wide. We don't use it to request time off and have no plans on using that feature. We also do not use it for supervisors to approve timesheets, but we are slowly working in that direction.
  • The ease of processing payroll.
  • Wait times when calling in for payroll-related issues. LONG response time when submitting a case on service connect.
  • "Background Mainframe" where [I am] unable to access [my] full account to make changes or view how something is set up.
  • When receiving an error in payroll, ADP Workforce Now doesn't give you any leads as to what the problem could potentially be. It just simply tells [me] to call ADP Workforce Now, and [I'm] forced to sit on hold for upwards of 1 hour.
I just simply wouldn't recommend ADP Workforce Now to anyone. I don't like their wait times, and I don't like how most everything is on this secret background mainframe that the customer doesn't have access to. If we had the time, we would be changing payroll processing companies. This is a long-term goal of ours, and eventually we will be transitioning to another company.
  • Creating new pay codes.
  • Setting up and creating access permissions.
  • Small troubleshooting.
We are lucky to have a great ADP Workforce Now consultant. She is knowledgeable and always willing to find the answer. We would be LOST without having her. We have worked on small and larger projects, with more to come.

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

Not sure

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?

I wasn't involved with the implementation phase

Would you buy ADP Workforce Now again?

No

If [we] don't call first thing in the morning, wait times for payroll lines can be upwards of an hour or more. Service Connect is days before receiving a response. I've had to escalate cases to get someone's attention. When calling for help with payroll, we've had them "fix" the problem, but then it wasn't actually fixed. So it's easier to find a work-around than to call back and wait again.
If you are a small company and don't have the resources to submit all your fillings, ADP Workforce Now would be great. If ADP Workforce Now is working correctly, or is SET UP correctly, I feel ADP Workforce Now would be ideal for a small, simple payroll... Our ADP Workforce Now was never set up correctly when the company was first started 5 years ago. That was then, and we're pushing through the lazy set up. Since I started 6 months ago I have been working with ADP Workforce Now to try and streamline our payroll process. It took 4 whole sessions on talking with T&A, Payroll, and our account consultant to FINALLY (hopefully, haven't used it officially yet) get our Holiday Worked pay category working correctly. We worked through two holidays where it wasn't working correctly in different ways each time. We tested it this time, it seems to work, but we will know for sure for the Thanksgiving holiday.

ADP Workforce Now Feature Ratings

Employee demographic data
Not Rated
Employment history
Not Rated
Job profiles and administration
Not Rated
Workflow for transfers, promotions, pay raises, etc.
Not Rated
Organizational charting
Not Rated
Organization and location management
Not Rated
Compliance data (COBRA, OSHA, etc.)
Not Rated
Pay calculation
Not Rated
Support for external payroll vendors
Not Rated
Off-cycle/On-Demand payment
Not Rated
Benefit plan administration
Not Rated
Direct deposit files
Not Rated
Salary revision and increment management
Not Rated
Reimbursement management
Not Rated
Approval workflow
Not Rated
Balance details
Not Rated
Annual carry-forward and encashment
Not Rated
View and generate pay and benefit information
Not Rated
Update personal information
Not Rated
View company policy documentation
Not Rated
Employee recognition
Not Rated
Not Rated
Report builder
Not Rated
Pre-built reports
Not Rated
Ability to combine HR data with external data
Not Rated
Performance plans
Not Rated
Performance improvement plans
Not Rated
Review status tracking
Not Rated
Review reminders
Not Rated
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