Disappointed in this HRIS
April 13, 2018

Disappointed in this HRIS

Anonymous | TrustRadius Reviewer
Score 3 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User

Overall Satisfaction with Ascentis HR

We implemented Ascentis HR in November of 2017 and currently use it across the organization as our HRIS and ATS systems. Our entire organization uses the Employee Self Service Portal, Performance Management, Timekeeping and Recruiting. Our HR department utilizes it for Recruiting and all other programs. Our Payroll department stayed with ADP when we made the transition to Ascentis.
  • Recruiting-Posting positions and pulling job descriptions from the JD library is easy to do
  • Onboarding- this is a one-stop shop for onboarding! I love that the applicant can sign all new hire paperwork through the system before they are hired
  • Employee Self Service Portal-love the widgets!
  • Implementation- when going through each phase of implementation, we felt like the implementation rep would run us through their program and immediately toss us over to support, whether we were ready or not.
  • Training- We needed MUCH more training than we received during implementation. This was a HUGE disappointment to us.
  • Negative- this process of implementation has taken far more time than we expected and we are still not done.
  • We had hoped that having a one-stop-shop type HRIS would allow us the ability to spend more time doing other things but instead, we are still having weekly meetings, trying to solve issues with the system, get responses to our questions, etc.
  • We went live with Recruiting in February and we are still working out the kinks with the offer letter, etc.
We were moving away from ADP because the reporting was so bad. When we were being sold on Ascentis, we were sold on the fact that reporting was user-friendly and even shown how easy it was to run reports. Whatever we were shown is not what we received. The reporting is even worse than ADP's.
We were told there would be a 4 hour turnaround time and it is in our SLA, however we have yet to see this response time. When getting a response, we are pleased with the customer service once provided, but it has been a struggle to get any response, sometimes even from the leaders of the team.
Every person we have interacted with at Ascentis has been exceptional, professional and courteous, however that doesn't help the fact that we were very disappointed in the support level and implementation process as well as the reporting options. This could have been saved if we had better implementation and were better equipped to handle items as they came up.
Ascentis has some good points but overall we have been VERY disappointed with this HRIS. We were sold something that doesn't look like the product we received. The customer support has been VERY slow to respond and the excuse was always the same "well, it's ACA season so..." We have been disappointed in the implementation process as well. Most of the implementation was done by us, a 2 person HR team, which took up HOURS of time.

Ascentis (discontinued) Feature Ratings

Employee demographic data
Not Rated
Employment history
Not Rated
Job profiles and administration
5
Workflow for transfers, promotions, pay raises, etc.
1
Organizational charting
1
Organization and location management
1
Compliance data (COBRA, OSHA, etc.)
1
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
Approval workflow
5
Balance details
1
Annual carry-forward and encashment
Not Rated
View and generate pay and benefit information
1
Update personal information
5
View job history
3
View company policy documentation
1
Employee recognition
7
Tracking of all physical assets
Not Rated
Report builder
1
Pre-built reports
1
Ability to combine HR data with external data
1
Performance plans
3
Performance improvement plans
Not Rated
Review status tracking
Not Rated
Review reminders
Not Rated
Multiple review frequency
Not Rated
Create succession plans/pools
Not Rated
Candidate ranking
Not Rated
Candidate search
Not Rated
Candidate development
Not Rated
New hire portal
5
Manager tracking tools
5
Corporate goal setting
1
Individual goal setting
1
Line-of sight-visibility
1
Performance tracking
1
Job Requisition Management
6
Company Website Posting
10
Publish to Social Media
Not Rated
Job Search Site Posting
10
Duplicate Candidate Prevention
Not Rated
Applicant Tracking
10
Notifications and Alerts
Not Rated