Item: UKG Ready
Rating: 7
Author: Verified User

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

My experience is using Kronos for employees, managers, HR, time and labor, and Payroll. Real-time reporting, time and labor are critical to our success. Kronos Workforce Ready is able to provide real-time information that makes a big difference to us!

Pros and Cons

Reporting: Real-time reports are excellent! It takes a while to set up reporting with filters and limits that I want, but it's worth the time to set it up.
Time and Labor: timekeeping and scheduling are easy in the Kronos WFR system
The dashboard makes a huge difference to our managers.

Implementing is hard. The classes Kronos offers do not prepare you for all that needs to be done. And training documentation is a nightmare.
Ongoing updates. The system is updated constantly and as an Admin user, I should know that those updates are coming, how they'll impact me, my organization, and my users. I never know when an update is coming.
Training.

Return on Investment

Cheaper system, but requires more training, more knowledgeable IT staff, and more knowledgeable admins
Helps with OT spend
Importing the previous payroll and matching it to Kronos calculations was a nightmare

Alternatives Considered

ADP Enterprise eTIME, ADP Workforce Now and ADP ezLaborManager

Long term cost. In the long term, Kronos Workforce Ready might save us money, in the very long term. The costs getting started between implementation costs, staff time investment, staff irritation (employees, managers, HR, Payroll), training costs (at all levels), learning curves, delays in implementation, and everything else, it will be a while before we realize any cost savings.

Other Software Used

ADP Enterprise eTIME

Likelihood to Recommend

Kronos WFR would be an asset in a manufacturing environment or in other environments where scheduling is strict. Otherwise, at least with scheduling and timesheets, expect to offer training, a lot of training, to managers and employees. Implementing will probably take twice as long as you expect (everyone I've talked to has said this) because they don't make it a point to truly understand what your organization needs. They don't give you options on how to set your organization up for long term success with the product.

Be careful with Kronos Workforce Ready

Overall Satisfaction with Kronos Workforce Ready