Item: Frontline HCM (Aesop Online)
Rating: 7
Author: Eric Melnyczenko

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

We utilize Aesop for our employee attendance and substitute teacher tracking. Employees had their absences into the system and substitutes are contacted to fulfill those assignments. We also utilize the system to send out mass communications to our substitute teaching pool. We then integrate the data from Aesop into our HRIS/Business office software.

Pros and Cons

Employee absence tracking
Substitute teacher calling
Easy-to-use web interface

Reporting - WAY TOO cumbersome. I went through certification training on using the system and still have difficulty running reports.
Weird way of reporting when a substitute declines an assignment (Phone log shows call as "aborted")
No option to roll calendar over year to year

Most Important Features

Substitute teacher calling
Employee absence tracking

Return on Investment

Moved us away from a person doing all of the substitute calling
Allows employees to view their absence balances easily
Eliminates paper-based processes for time off requests

Alternatives Considered

I have used ReadySub in a previous district, but at a different level than I use Aesop Online. Aesop definitely has familiarity in Illinois school district versus other vendors. Additionally, because we utilize Frontline Recruiting & Hiring, there is minor integration there that helps adding new employees or substitutes in Aesop directly from their application.

Key Insights

Do you think Frontline HCM (Aesop Online) delivers good value for the price?

Are you happy with Frontline HCM (Aesop Online)'s feature set?

Yes

Did Frontline HCM (Aesop Online) live up to sales and marketing promises?

I wasn't involved with the selection/purchase process

Did implementation of Frontline HCM (Aesop Online) go as expected?

Yes

Would you buy Frontline HCM (Aesop Online) again?

Likelihood to Recommend

The system does what it is designed to do: track employee absences and set up a system to call substitutes. For the price that we pay, I would think that we would get a lot more out of the system, but that's not the case. The report writer feature is way too cumbersome. You have to know exactly what type of report you want to run and then insert the specific fields you want. There are not reports that are pre-done that you can just click on with the information you are looking for. You have to create those yourself, which takes a lot of trial and error to get what you're looking for.

Frontline Aesop - Does What You Need It To Do, But at a High Cost

Modules Used

Overall Satisfaction with Frontline HCM (Aesop Online)