Item: Cornerstone OnDemand
Rating: 8
Author: David McCallister

Overall Satisfaction with Cornerstone OnDemand

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

The performance piece, formerly known as WingSpan does provide a host of options for overall employee performance management. It is being used across the entire organization. Having this tool available helps with employee development and increased productivity. When employees set goals and can monitor their progress towards achievement, they are more motivated to excel, in turn performing higher. Overall, it is a good tool for employee performance monitoring.

Pros and Cons

Pros

Setting Goals
Reviewing Performance
Ease of tracking and access

Cons

Workflow customization
Reporting customization
Module customization

Return on Investment

Increased engagement from employees
increased productivity with HR / automation of tasks
employee line of sight monitoring

Alternatives Considered

SilkRoad Recruiting

All of the products are essentially the same. The difference between each company and product [is] minimal at best. Some offer additional tools such as integration, reporting, customization, and the like. Others are standard out of the box. Overall each product delivers what is expected from employees and that is what matters in the end.

Product Configurability

Overall the product is pretty simple to configure from beginning to end. There are a number of decisions that will need to be made prior to implementation. Strongly encourage anyone using the products to identify and document the current process for each area respectively. This will make the implementation much smoother and user acceptance much higher.

Key Insights

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?

Likelihood to Recommend

Employee performance monitoring. Set goals for specific areas to improve as well as areas that employee excels in. Also allows both supervisor and employee to make comments in the respective areas being reviewed. The process is pretty straightforward and allows both to see the overall big picture and supports performance development.