Run Away- Don't Walk!
February 04, 2021

Run Away- Don't Walk!

Anonymous | TrustRadius Reviewer
Score 1 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User

Overall Satisfaction with Namely

Namely was an HR Information System solution investment. It made onboarding employees more automated and efficient, but payroll now takes about 5 times longer, is more manual, and requires duplicating data across 3 areas in the platform to update information. Our payroll system before was a tiny fraction of the cost and much more efficient and effective. We [regret] this investment by our organization. Customer service hold time is frequently 1 -3 hours and often does not resolve issue in one call, as representatives are not familiar with nonprofit industry issues.
  • Selling a sub-par product at a premium price (payroll is terrible, but the "extras" are well developed in some other areas such as onboarding and workflows).
  • Aesthetics of web site.
  • Onboarding employees.
  • Customer Service- they have tried to improve this area, but it is still very deficient.
  • Payroll functionality- ability to report General Ledger by departments/locations using job codes.
  • Nickel and dime charges for things included with other payroll services.
  • More labor intensive (cost us more money to switch to this product).
  • Decline in reporting capability (payroll general ledger report is a nightmare every 2 weeks).
  • Product cost is way too high for services delivered. It was the worst financial investment we have made in years.
Paychex, ADP, Paycom, Payroll Partners- Namely makes a good sell and appears better, but all of these companies provide more value for the investment, and better customer service.
The implementation team was very incompetent, not familiar with our industry, and provided terrible guidance/leadership.
Too much information has to be duplicated and entered in multiple places across the platform.
Namely does a great job in onboarding and workflows, but payroll and customer service (basics) are very deficient.

Namely Feature Ratings

Employee demographic data
4
Employment history
3
Workflow for transfers, promotions, pay raises, etc.
5
Organizational charting
2
Organization and location management
1
Compliance data (COBRA, OSHA, etc.)
1
Pay calculation
1
Support for external payroll vendors
1
Off-cycle/On-Demand payment
9
Benefit plan administration
1
Direct deposit files
9
Salary revision and increment management
3
Reimbursement management
2
Approval workflow
4
Balance details
4
Annual carry-forward and encashment
4
View and generate pay and benefit information
8
Update personal information
5
View job history
5
View company policy documentation
5
Employee recognition
3
Report builder
3
Pre-built reports
2
Ability to combine HR data with external data
1
Performance plans
Not Rated
Performance improvement plans
Not Rated
Review status tracking
Not Rated
Review reminders
Not Rated
Multiple review frequency
Not Rated
Candidate search
Not Rated
New hire portal
8
Manager tracking tools
Not Rated
Corporate goal setting
2
Individual goal setting
2
Line-of sight-visibility
2
Performance tracking
2