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Der Mercedes unter den talent mangement systemen
Updated December 21, 2022

Der Mercedes unter den talent mangement systemen

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

Modules Used

  • Content Suite
  • HR Suite
  • Learning Suite
  • Performance Suite
  • Recruiting Suite

Overall Satisfaction with Cornerstone OnDemand

Cornerstone is used by the whole organization, but several processes are mainly used in Germany. We´re using cornerstone for - Recruiting - Onboarding (Germany only) - Learning + Content, incl. mobile - Performance - Engage - Reporting - Forms (very few) With Cornerstone, we consolidated severy processes and HR systems on one central platform.
  • Learning Management
  • Performance Management
  • Reporting
  • Customer-Community
  • Documentation, Helpsites, System-Learning-Content
  • Forms
  • OrgCharting
  • Core-Capabillities
  • Data model
  • Transperency
  • Measurability
  • solid base for decision making
  • increased productivity and time savings
If you are willing to standardize processes and be creative in terms of alternative solutions, Cornerstone has the right level of configurability.
Cornerstone perfectly fits into a mid-size company, also in prizing (annual fee and implementation), where flexibility is key.

Do you think Cornerstone OnDemand delivers good value for the price?

Yes

Are you happy with Cornerstone OnDemand's feature set?

Yes

Did Cornerstone OnDemand live up to sales and marketing promises?

Yes

Did implementation of Cornerstone OnDemand go as expected?

Yes

Would you buy Cornerstone OnDemand again?

Yes

Cornerstone is leading for learning management and is great for learning content. Most of the user-frontends have a modern UI and are mobile-friendly. The Reporting 2.0-Module is great and still evolving. The interface options for data import are really smart. On the other hand, it´s really tough to use Cornerstone as a master data/core system. The forms- and workflow engine is really poor (new workflow engine upcoming in 2022), the OrgCharti-Engine is very rudimentary, the engage-module has lots of room for improvement. The recruiting module is solid, but not a frontrunner.

Cornerstone OnDemand Feature Ratings

7.0
New hire portal
7
Manager tracking tools
7
5.8
Corporate goal setting
6
Individual goal setting
6
Line-of sight-visibility
5
Performance tracking
6
7.3
Performance plans
4
Plan weighting
7
Manager note taking
7
Performance improvement plans
8
Review status tracking
8
Workflow restrictions
8
Multiple review frequency
8
Reporting
8
Not Rated
Candidate development
Not Rated
6.3
Job Requisition Management
6
Company Website Posting
9
Publish to Social Media
1
Job Search Site Posting
1
Customized Application Form
7
Resume Management
7
Duplicate Candidate Prevention
8
Candidate Search
9
Applicant Tracking
8
Collaboration
7
Task Creation and Delegation
4
Email Templates
6
User Permissions
6
Notifications and Alerts
7
Reporting
9
8.8
Course authoring
9
Course catalog or library
10
Player/Portal
9
Learning content
9
Mobile friendly
9
Progress tracking & certifications
8
Assignments
9
Learning administration
8
Learning reporting & analytics
9
Social learning
8

Using Cornerstone OnDemand

1400 - Human resources
Sales
IT
Finance
Markerting
Managers and employees
1 - 
  • HR-IT Release Consulting;
  • HR-IT Demand Management;
  • HR Process Clearing & consulting;
  • HR-IT Solution Consulting
  • Hiring & onboarding
  • Annual performance review
  • Engage-Surveys
  • Learning
  • Currently using the OrgCharting as our primary Org-Charting-Engine
  • Using the learning-booking-engine for notebook-switch-planning
  • Compensation
  • New performance-model, including Skills-engine
We already renewed our licenses
ProsCons
Like to use
Relatively simple
Easy to use
Technical support not required
Consistent
Feel confident using
Cumbersome
  • Conversations
  • Goals
  • Edge Datafeed
  • Reporting 2.0
  • Recruiting configuration
  • Forms configuration
  • Core configuration
Yes - In the user front end, the mobile interface mostly works quite well, in the backend, it´s not useful to work via mobile.
Yes - Ingentis OrgManager
Microsoft Forms (partial)
Lumesse
heroes recruiting
  • Price
  • Product Features
  • Product Usability
Price and functionality, this combination was most important for our decision to choose cornerstone
Clear internal focus and strategy is key.
Many oldschool-sites for the admins, but in the frontend mostly modern and intuitive.

Cornerstone OnDemand Implementation

Due to the uncomplex data model, Cornerstone can be implemented very fast (2 - 4 months for each module), this makes it easy to deliver first results in an adequate way.
Based on this, the implementation is not that complicated so you can strongly focus on HR-relevant topics and issues.
  • Third-party professional services
CLEVIS
https://www.clevis.de/
Yes - Our first implementation wave was splitted into separate phases for each module.
We started with Recruiting, had a smaller internal phase for Preboarding, moved on with Performance and finished the first wave with Learning and the Learning App.
Change management was a big part of the implementation and was well-handled - You have to deal with different stakeholders and have to find a way to include each party in an adaquate way, e.g.
- Top Management
- HR-colleagues
- works council
- managers
- employees
- IT
It´s obvious, that each group needs to be involved in a different way.
  • Existing process does not fit with the technical solution
  • Expecations in terms of features, functionalities, reduction of effort were too high
  • Management-switch during the implementation (SW was already choosen)

Cornerstone OnDemand Support

Great customer community and very good technical customer support.
ProsCons
Quick Resolution
Good followup
Knowledgeable team
Problems get solved
Kept well informed
No escalation required
Support understands my problem
Support cares about my success
None
No, not offered
Yes - If you really find a system bug, then it could take longer until it gets resolved.
One day before a groupwide go live, we identified a essential bug in the system, which was go live-critical.
We were able to directly call someone and received a solution in between 2 hours.