Ascentis is a Solid HR Solution
February 23, 2018

Ascentis is a Solid HR Solution

Bill Cabey | TrustRadius Reviewer
Score 7 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User

Overall Satisfaction with Ascentis HR

I have found Ascentis support very responsive on the recruiting module and support on the performance module has improved significantly over the past few months.
We use Ascentis for general HR, Recruiting and Performance Management. It allows us to scale our HR functions without adding HR staff to support our growing employee base. Additionally, it provides significant improvements in our recruiting and performance management processes.

Pros

  • The system does a good job of allowing the employee manage their benefits information.
  • The system's recruiting module is particularly good at parsing candidate resumes into the relevant employee application fields.
  • The recruiting module has good workflow functionality that provides those involved in the recruiting processes with proactive notifications and reminders on steps in the recruiting process.

Cons

  • The performance module's user interface needs improvement.
  • The recruiting module could use better search features.
  • There is a fair amount of inconsistency between the UIs of the different modules. This needs to be brought into a single common user interface.
  • We have realized efficiencies by being able to support staff growth without adding to our HR staff.
  • The recruiting module has saved us time and $ managing the recruiting process.
We have used ADP's HR offerings prior to our Ascentis implementation. We find the Ascentis system to be much better than ADP.
I can't recall a specific incident at this time.

Overall, the recruiting module is fairly strong. The ability to create new requisitions is fairly straight forward once you have your standard job descriptions and related data loaded. The feature that parses resume content into the employment application is excellent. Would like more consistency in the user interface and a more intuitive web-based UI design.

The performance module is OK. The ability for employees and managers to record content during the year is a good feature. The annual performance evaluation process is fairly straight forward - we were able to roll it out to over 60 employees and did not have any issues. The way competencies are set up and managed by job title could be improved and the lack of a total competency score is a deficiency.

Ascentis (discontinued) Feature Ratings

6.6
Employee demographic data
7
Employment history
7
Job profiles and administration
6
Workflow for transfers, promotions, pay raises, etc.
6
Organizational charting
7
Organization and location management
7
Compliance data (COBRA, OSHA, etc.)
6
Not Rated
Pay calculation
Not Rated
Support for external payroll vendors
Not Rated
Benefit plan administration
Not Rated
Direct deposit files
Not Rated
Salary revision and increment management
Not Rated
Reimbursement management
Not Rated
6.0
Approval workflow
7
Balance details
5
Annual carry-forward and encashment
Not Rated
7.8
View and generate pay and benefit information
8
Update personal information
8
View job history
8
View company policy documentation
8
Employee recognition
7
Not Rated
Tracking of all physical assets
Not Rated
Not Rated
Report builder
Not Rated
Pre-built reports
Not Rated
Ability to combine HR data with external data
Not Rated
Integration with other HR capabilities ()
Not Rated
5.4
Performance plans
6
Performance improvement plans
5
Review status tracking
6
Review reminders
5
Multiple review frequency
5
Not Rated
Create succession plans/pools
Not Rated
Candidate ranking
Not Rated
Candidate search
Not Rated
Candidate development
Not Rated
7.0
New hire portal
7
Manager tracking tools
7
6.0
Corporate goal setting
Not Rated
Individual goal setting
6
Line-of sight-visibility
6
Performance tracking
6
6.0
Job Requisition Management
6
Company Website Posting
7
Publish to Social Media
5
Job Search Site Posting
5
Duplicate Candidate Prevention
5
Applicant Tracking
7
Notifications and Alerts
7

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