Item: Namely
Rating: 7
Author: Chayse Henrie

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

Namely is used by the entire company. Namely allowed us to move from a PEO to having more HR functions in house. We also wanted a system that linked all the systems, making them more accessible, as well as a central communication hub for news, anniversaries, new hires, etc.

Pros and Cons

Almost all HR functions are now one place.
The home screen allows our employees to see new hires, anniversaries, company news.
The benefits wizard was easy and intuitive for our employees to use.

Namely Time does not interface well with Namely HRIS.
Managed Services has been scaled back drastically and looks more like a helpdesk.
Setting up the EDI feeds for benefits has been very challenging.

Return on Investment

We're still analyzing ROI. We needed to hire additional internal support that we didn't plan on previously.

Alternatives Considered

N/A

Implementation Rating

The implementation team was very professional and helpful during the process. We moved from a PEO to Namely and the transition came with a number of challenges. Implementation was a lot more work than expected; however, the project team was helpful and worked hard to guide us to the best of their ability.

Key Insights

Do you think Namely delivers good value for the price?

Yes

Are you happy with Namely's feature set?

Yes

Did Namely live up to sales and marketing promises?

Did implementation of Namely go as expected?

Yes

Would you buy Namely again?

Yes

Likelihood to Recommend

For the end user (employee), the system is almost flawless. Our employees really like the system. However, the teams in our admin areas find the system to be hard to use at times. One of the biggest challenges is the lack of data transfer from Namely HRIS to Namely Time. Work needs to be duplicated between the different components HRIS/Time/Payroll etc.

PEO to Namely

Overall Satisfaction with Namely