Newly implemented Kronos Workforce Ready user
August 03, 2016

Newly implemented Kronos Workforce Ready user

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

Overall Satisfaction with Kronos Workforce Ready

I have only just been transitioned to Kronos Global Support and have no significant interactions with them yet. We implemented the solution using an outside third party consultation team. They were very attentive and helpful. However, a few times they did need to consult with the Kronos team and they occasionally got less than satisfactory answers. The responses were short or they were just unable to do what we were asking of the system.
We use Kronos Workforce Ready to maintain our HR records, process our leave of absences, pay our employees and maintain our timekeeping. It used by all employees of our organization. It helps our managers view their employees time and accrual balances.
  • It shows you the calculation and type of hours each day. This helps to ensure employees are being paid properly.
  • It is easy for individual users to navigate through the screens to find their information.
  • It allows a large amount of customization. For us, it helps us complete our perfect attendance bonuses with very little effort.
  • The manual check process is long and cumbersome. We need to use Middleware to print checks and it is very cumbersome and limited to only the computers that have the software installed on it.
  • You have to manually update any accrual balances that are paid out on manual checks. The system does not do it automatically.
  • There is no easy solution to calculate the accrual liability and update the GL.
  • There has been no significant impact positively or negatively. While there were advancements made in some areas, we went backwards and now have manual processes that were automated previously. The net effect is virtually zero.
We chose Workforce Ready because it could be implemented in the timeframe we needed it done by. There was no significant achievements the product provided us over another product. It was simply the timing issue.
  • Price
It was in line with the other prices and it could be implemented in the timeframe we required. Other solutions quoted us a longer implementation window and Kronos was able to implement in a shorter timeframe. However, our timeframe did get pushed out three months and we did not follow our original implementation schedule.
It is a good product with typical issues in a few key areas that make it frustrating for end users. Designers should really ask payroll professionals what functionality they'd like to see before designing a system on what they think is the best solution.

UKG Ready Feature Ratings

Employee demographic data
8
Employment history
7
Job profiles and administration
8
Workflow for transfers, promotions, pay raises, etc.
Not Rated
Organizational charting
Not Rated
Organization and location management
7
Compliance data (COBRA, OSHA, etc.)
8
Pay calculation
8
Support for external payroll vendors
5
Benefit plan administration
7
Direct deposit files
5
Salary revision and increment management
6
Approval workflow
4
Balance details
4
Annual carry-forward and encashment
4
View and generate pay and benefit information
6
Update personal information
7
View job history
6
View company policy documentation
Not Rated
Tracking of all physical assets
Not Rated
Report builder
6
Pre-built reports
7
Performance plans
Not Rated
Performance improvement plans
Not Rated
Review status tracking
Not Rated
Review reminders
Not Rated
Multiple review frequency
Not Rated
Not Rated
New hire portal
Not Rated
Manager tracking tools
Not Rated
Individual goal setting
Not Rated
Performance tracking
Not Rated
Job Requisition Management
Not Rated
Company Website Posting
Not Rated
Publish to Social Media
Not Rated
Duplicate Candidate Prevention
Not Rated
Applicant Tracking
Not Rated
Notifications and Alerts
Not Rated