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Namely - Simple, but not very customizable
Updated May 25, 2022

Namely - Simple, but not very customizable

Anonymous | TrustRadius Reviewer
Score 6 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User

Overall Satisfaction with Namely

The business problems Namely addressed are performance reviews, requesting time off, automating onboarding new hire paperwork, some helpful diversity stats, and creating an org chart.
  • New hire onboarding and paperwork
  • Performance reviews
  • Custom reports
  • Requesting time off
  • Adding job history
  • Converting from temp to FT

Do you think Namely delivers good value for the price?

Not sure

Are you happy with Namely's feature set?

No

Did Namely live up to sales and marketing promises?

I wasn't involved with the selection/purchase process

Did implementation of Namely go as expected?

No

Would you buy Namely again?

No

  • It does not integrate with our payroll system. We need to manually submit time-off requests to payroll. This requires more labor on our part.
  • This has allowed for a much smoother new hire onboarding (particularly with paperwork), especially as we work remotely.
BambooHR has eNPS, which is pretty helpful and allows us to send pulse surveys to employees to get an understanding of how they are doing. Namely doesn't have anything like that.
I was not there from the beginning of the implementation, but it took a bit longer than anticipated to transfer and upload the data. I believe the upload was incorrect at first as well.
It's pretty easy to use unless you really need to personalize something. There are not many customization options.
Namely is well suited for new hire onboarding and performance reviews in particular. It's a great one-stop hub for important, general info about a hire (job title, start date, etc.) We do not use it for payroll or benefits, so I cannot speak on that.

Namely Feature Ratings

4.5
Employee demographic data
6
Employment history
4
Job profiles and administration
2
Workflow for transfers, promotions, pay raises, etc.
4
Organizational charting
4
Organization and location management
7
Compliance data (COBRA, OSHA, etc.)
Not Rated
Not Rated
Pay calculation
Not Rated
Support for external payroll vendors
Not Rated
Off-cycle/On-Demand payment
Not Rated
Benefit plan administration
Not Rated
Direct deposit files
Not Rated
Salary revision and increment management
Not Rated
Reimbursement management
Not Rated
4.5
Approval workflow
5
Balance details
4
Annual carry-forward and encashment
Not Rated
6.3
View and generate pay and benefit information
Not Rated
Update personal information
7
View job history
5
View company policy documentation
7
Employee recognition
6
Not Rated
Tracking of all physical assets
Not Rated
6.0
Report builder
6
Pre-built reports
Not Rated
Ability to combine HR data with external data
Not Rated
Integration with other HR capabilities ()
Not Rated
5.5
Performance plans
6
Performance improvement plans
Not Rated
Review status tracking
Not Rated
Review reminders
5
Multiple review frequency
Not Rated
Not Rated
Candidate search
Not Rated
7.0
New hire portal
7
Manager tracking tools
Not Rated
Not Rated
Corporate goal setting
Not Rated
Individual goal setting
Not Rated
Line-of sight-visibility
Not Rated
Performance tracking
Not Rated
Not Rated
Job Requisition Management
Not Rated
Company Website Posting
Not Rated
Publish to Social Media
Not Rated
Job Search Site Posting
Not Rated
Duplicate Candidate Prevention
Not Rated
Applicant Tracking
Not Rated
Notifications and Alerts
Not Rated

Namely Support

The Help community overall is pretty helpful and gives a goos step by step on easy fixes. For more specific issues however, sometimes Namely can take a while to respond.
ProsCons
Knowledgeable team
Problems get solved
Kept well informed
Support cares about my success
Slow Resolution
Escalation required
Need to explain problems multiple times
Slow Initial Response
We recently changed the way our sick time works (went from an accrual basis to frontload the amount). When I reached out to Namely to help me, they walked me through creating the new time off plan and did a mass reset from their end to add everyone to it and change their time accordingly. It was smooth.
  • Payroll
  • Time tracking