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Middle of the Pack
Updated May 20, 2022

Middle of the Pack

Anonymous | TrustRadius Reviewer
Score 6 out of 10
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Verified User

Overall Satisfaction with Namely

We use Namely as our main HRIS, payroll, and time management system. The whole organization uses it.
  • HRIS feed (birthdays, anniversaries, personal info management)
  • Some support reps are very kind and helpful
  • Help community is pretty robust, as are articles
  • Not very robust payroll system
  • Three systems (HRIS, time, and payroll) don't always communicate well or work smoothly
  • Many glitches in performance module of HRIS
  • Saves HR time when onboarding employees and collecting paperwork initially
  • Improved employee self-service (updating banking and personal info)
I have only demoed with Paylocity (never used) but it seems superior to Namely in my opinion as far as time, HRIS, and payroll all communicating.

I demoed a couple others that I would not move away from Namely in favor of. I would say Namely is middle of the pack. They do certain things really well, but have major issues in some areas. Namely is the type of system in which I always double-check work that is supposed to be automated for me because there are often glitches or errors.
I was not super involved in implementation; I joined the team during the tail end of it, so I cannot fully speak to this.
My main issue is that is it not super centralized (payroll, time, and HRIS are separate systems that talk to each other). This makes it confusing when pulling reports and calling/submitting cases to the correct department.
  • Document collection when onboarding
  • Onboarding task lists
  • Birthday and anniversary shoutouts
  • Sending out payroll and tax forms
Middle of the road. Great in some areas, not great in others.
Namely is well suited as an HRIS system. I would not recommend it for payroll or timekeeping.

Namely Feature Ratings

8.0
Employee demographic data
10
Employment history
8
Workflow for transfers, promotions, pay raises, etc.
8
Organizational charting
7
Organization and location management
7
Compliance data (COBRA, OSHA, etc.)
Not Rated
4.5
Pay calculation
5
Support for external payroll vendors
Not Rated
Off-cycle/On-Demand payment
Not Rated
Benefit plan administration
4
Direct deposit files
5
Salary revision and increment management
4
Reimbursement management
Not Rated
4.0
Approval workflow
Not Rated
Balance details
4
Annual carry-forward and encashment
4
7.6
View and generate pay and benefit information
7
Update personal information
8
View job history
8
View company policy documentation
7
Employee recognition
8
7.0
Tracking of all physical assets
7
4.0
Report builder
4
Pre-built reports
5
Ability to combine HR data with external data
3
Integration with other HR capabilities ()
Not Rated
7.3
Performance plans
Not Rated
Review status tracking
7
Review reminders
7
Multiple review frequency
8
Succession Planning ()
Not Rated
9.0
New hire portal
9
Manager tracking tools
Not Rated
5.0
Corporate goal setting
4
Individual goal setting
6
Line-of sight-visibility
Not Rated
Performance tracking
5
Recruiting / ATS ()
Not Rated

Namely Support

Sometimes it's good but often delayed or sub-par. I had one issue recently (fairly simple scheduled email/report issue) that took literally 4mos for them to fix.
ProsCons
Immediate help available
Quick Initial Response
Poor followup
Less knowledgeable
Escalation required
Need to explain problems multiple times
I have given limited product feedback to Namely and have not seen it acted on.
I don't feel the enhancements I've seen over the 3 years using Namely have been incredibly impactful. A couple have been "nice to haves" but not "need to haves" i.e. things I would have placed priority on.
  • Performance reviews
  • Engagement