BambooHR is an excellent way to improve internal HR functionality
July 05, 2019

BambooHR is an excellent way to improve internal HR functionality

Anonymous | TrustRadius Reviewer
Score 9 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User

Overall Satisfaction with BambooHR

BambooHR is used company-wide to track PTO. It offers a company-wide calendar, visible to all employees, to allow transparency in seeing where employees are on a day to day basis. Examples include: work from home, vacation, sick, or jury duty. We did not have a system in place to track PTO, so this is the main problem it addresses.

Pros

  • Adaptability. Anyone can use this system. It is user-friendly and makes tracking your sick and vacation days easy and understandable.
  • Holidays: In addition to showing where employees are on a day to day basis, it displays birthdays and company holidays, reducing email clutter that HR would normally receive.
  • Company-wide calendar: Allows users to see where their coworkers are on a weekly basis, helping them to plan future vacations or see if someone is working from home without the need to reach out directly.

Cons

  • We would like to see a more detailed function where employees can log time on a "project" basis. i.e. John Smith works 40 hours per week. 10 on project A, 5 on project B, and the remainder on project C. This would allow better visibility into time spent working and it syncs well with current app functionality.
  • I have no other "negative" things to say, BambooHR does a great job with what it is designed to do.
  • Reduces workflow of our "HR department" which lies within the finance team. Saves a lot of time.
  • Allows transparency on a by employee basis, allowing recognition of work anniversaries or birthdays - overall improving employee satisfaction.
  • No negatives to mention.
We did not have a system in place prior to BambooHR. We did not consider any alternatives. This met our needs and has been great since implementation.
Excellent for companies that don't have an HR department and are looking for a way to ramp up HR efforts on a PTO tracking basis. The system is user-friendly and does not require training on an employee basis.

BambooHR Feature Ratings

Employee demographic data
9
Employment history
8
Job profiles and administration
7
Workflow for transfers, promotions, pay raises, etc.
5
Organizational charting
5
Organization and location management
6
Compliance data (COBRA, OSHA, etc.)
8
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
9
Balance details
10
Annual carry-forward and encashment
10
View and generate pay and benefit information
8
Update personal information
10
View job history
8
View company policy documentation
5
Employee recognition
7
Tracking of all physical assets
Not Rated
Report builder
9
Pre-built reports
6
Ability to combine HR data with external data
6
Performance plans
Not Rated
Performance improvement plans
Not Rated
Review status tracking
Not Rated
Review reminders
8
Multiple review frequency
Not Rated
Create succession plans/pools
Not Rated
Candidate ranking
Not Rated
Candidate search
Not Rated
Candidate development
Not Rated
Not Rated
New hire portal
Not Rated
Manager tracking tools
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
Duplicate Candidate Prevention
Not Rated
Applicant Tracking
Not Rated
Notifications and Alerts
Not Rated

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