A very usable HRIS
December 05, 2017

A very usable HRIS

Anonymous | TrustRadius Reviewer
Score 8 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User

Overall Satisfaction with BambooHR

We use BambooHR as a central repository of our HR information and processes, from compensation reviews, to time off scheduling, to tracking of training, etc. We're not yet using it for tracking of benefits because that's tracked by our payroll system, but it's in our pipeline to at least have it synchronized with BambooHR.
  • Usability is great
  • Customer service is very responsive
  • Has a nice set of features that serve different HR functions
  • The ATS is rather basic, works if you're hiring a couple of positions per month, but if you're hiring intensively, you might want to upgrade it to something else, using one of the plugins.
  • Has some good default reports and allows you to create your own, but there are still things that you can're report on, or you need to export as an XLS and work there, to create more meaningful reports.
  • The OrgChart generator is a nice thought, but it's not suitable for large teams, and if you need to show all your team, all you can do is zoom out until it's unreadable.
  • As we grew, it allowed us to keep track of the information of our expanding team, to a level that we didn't have before. That was positive.
  • Also, as we grew, we went from paying per group of users, to paying per individual user, forcing us to upgrade to the next version. That almost doubled our monthly cost.
  • We are still to realize some of the benefits with the integration with other tools, which we haven't had the budget to do yet. But we will hopefully do something about that during 2018.
JazzHR and Comeet are much more advanced as ATSs. The UX of BambooHR is a bit better than both of them.
Works well for smaller companies with limited needs and less ties to existing applications. Once you pass the barrier of 150 - you probably start to experience some of the limitations. Or if you have to integrate with other tools, it can be done through the API, but requires you to do your own development.

BambooHR Feature Ratings

Employee demographic data
8
Employment history
8
Job profiles and administration
8
Workflow for transfers, promotions, pay raises, etc.
7
Organizational charting
3
Organization and location management
5
Compliance data (COBRA, OSHA, etc.)
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
Approval workflow
8
Balance details
8
Annual carry-forward and encashment
8
View and generate pay and benefit information
Not Rated
Update personal information
7
View job history
8
View company policy documentation
8
Employee recognition
Not Rated
Tracking of all physical assets
7
Report builder
7
Pre-built reports
7
Ability to combine HR data with external data
7
Performance plans
Not Rated
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
6
Manager tracking tools
6
Corporate goal setting
Not Rated
Individual goal setting
Not Rated
Line-of sight-visibility
Not Rated
Performance tracking
Not Rated
Job Requisition Management
6
Company Website Posting
7
Publish to Social Media
7
Job Search Site Posting
8
Duplicate Candidate Prevention
3
Applicant Tracking
3
Notifications and Alerts
4