BambooHR -- A review from a non-management employee.
December 06, 2017
BambooHR -- A review from a non-management employee.
Score 8 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Overall Satisfaction with BambooHR
We use it to track time off, primarily. We have to submit a time-off request and our managers approve or decline our requests. Other than that, managers use BambooHR to track employee information such as salary, education, department, promotions/demotions, etc. As a non-management employee, I rarely use BambooHR for anything more than requesting time off. There are generic HR documents shared/available to us in BambooHR but I rarely get any value from the more in-depth information as I am not a manager. BambooHR also allows us to look up fellow-employee emails, and see when other coworkers are taking time off or are out of the office.
- Time-off requests are extremely simple to do
- The BambooHR iOS app is simple, easy to use, and has a friendly user interface
- Keeping information private and secure (not allowing non-management users to see my salary and education, having an app passcode feature, etc)
- Document storage
- If you're not a manager, there's not much value. A non-management employee is going to use BambooHR to request time off, but there are maybe only 1 or 2 times a year that a non-management employee would use BambooHR for anything else.
- I wish it had more employee specific benefit documents. Maybe this feature isn't being used to its full potential by my company, but all of the benefit related documents are generic. For example, I can't go into BambooHR and find copies of my *personal* health insurance cards or 401k documents, but rather I can find generic HR documents about our company 401k policies or other generic benefit information.
- IT would be nice if BambooHR had a "send request to your HR manager". Example: I have a general question about my 401k contributions and need answers from my HR manager. If BambooHR had a feature to submit a form which would contact your HR manager, then as an employee I could track the progress of my request (if the request has been opened, is in-progress, or closed, etc)
- Time-off tracking
The only other semi-HR related tool we use is Goalpost by Quantum Workplace. This tool is used to track goals and employee recognition. Something that we do not use BambooHR for at all. I'm unaware of the BambooHR functionality of employee recognition or goals but Goalpost's UI, integrations, and ease of use make it hard to think that BambooHR could compete.