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Customer Review.
Updated September 27, 2022

Customer Review.

Anonymous | TrustRadius Reviewer
Score 9 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User

Overall Satisfaction with Namely

We use Namely for HRIS, payroll, time management, and benefits. This allows us to track the major aspects of the employee life cycle. The business problems addressed are employee data management, payroll, time management and benefits administration.
  • Report building.
  • Payroll
  • Time keeping.
  • ATS integration.
  • Performance management.
  • Better e-signature integration.

Do you think Namely delivers good value for the price?

Yes

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?

I wasn't involved with the implementation phase

Would you buy Namely again?

Yes

  • Cost effective.
  • Saves time in reporting.
  • Improved employee self service.
Namely does not compare to Workday because the size and scale of the company is very different. There are a lot of automated features and ATS integrations that Workday offers and I hope Namely will be able to offer someday as well.
I did not participate in the implementation.
Namely is very user-friendly and super easy to understand. I love the fact that it did not require extensive training to understand how to use the system.
Namely is well suited to small and mid-sized companies; it is very cost-effective and allows us to meet most state reporting requirements. However, as our company grows, we find that it is not scaling well. Some process in Namely are still very manual, for example, demographic data transfer from the HCM side to the payroll side. It is fine when you have a couple new hires but as our numbers increase the manual data transfer can be very time consuming.

Namely Feature Ratings

6.7
Employee demographic data
10
Employment history
5
Job profiles and administration
7
Workflow for transfers, promotions, pay raises, etc.
8
Organizational charting
1
Organization and location management
8
Compliance data (COBRA, OSHA, etc.)
8
8.8
Pay calculation
7
Benefit plan administration
8
Direct deposit files
10
Salary revision and increment management
10
10.0
Approval workflow
10
Balance details
10
Annual carry-forward and encashment
10
8.0
View and generate pay and benefit information
10
Update personal information
10
View job history
8
View company policy documentation
6
Employee recognition
6
2.0
Tracking of all physical assets
2
10.0
Report builder
10
Pre-built reports
10
Ability to combine HR data with external data
10
Integration with other HR capabilities ()
Not Rated
Not Rated
Performance plans
Not Rated
Performance improvement plans
Not Rated
Review status tracking
Not Rated
Review reminders
Not Rated
Multiple review frequency
Not Rated
Not Rated
Candidate search
Not Rated
8.0
New hire portal
8
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
Recruiting / ATS ()
Not Rated

Using Namely

1000 - They represent HR, Operations, Warehouse, Finance, Leave Management, Payroll, and Administration. Some employees only use it for time keeping and for keeping their personal information up to date. For the admin users, we use it for reporting for our respective units and other everyday employee life cycle items. Payroll items are varied but super helpful for a lot of the state reporting.
13 - Our internal HR team supports Namely and we reach out to customer service for any issues that we can handle. We all posses an understanding of systems, how to build processes, and detail oriented. Namely is easy to understand and learn and most of our team picked up how to use it properly after a month.
  • Time Keeping
  • Payroll
  • HCM
  • N/A
  • N/A
  • N/A
I am not responsible for making this call but as I mentioned before Namely is great for most of our present needs however, as we grow things are starting to get more challenging. If we are unable to find a cost effective alternative that can better scale with our growth then I would 100% keep Namely.

Evaluating Namely and Competitors

Not Sure
  • Price
  • Product Usability
Again I was not involved in making the decision as I was not an employee at that time. But the biggest thing that I have heard is that Namely was chosen for it's cost effectiveness and ease of use. Namely also offers great customer service and is able to connect us with a third party if they are unable to help with something (which is rare).
Again I was not involved in this process but had I been I would have focused more on it's scalability, integration capabilities, and a list of the manual data transfer points within the system. I think if we had more awareness in these areas the company could have asked better questions and generated work arounds quickly.

Namely Support

The customer support team is amazing and they have been able to solve every issue that I have brought to their attention. The only reason why I am giving them a 9 instead of a 10 is because their hours are not great for my time zone. But apart from that there are no issues.
ProsCons
Quick Resolution
Good followup
Knowledgeable team
Problems get solved
Kept well informed
No escalation required
Immediate help available
Support cares about my success
Quick Initial Response
None
We recently had some issues surrounding taxes in a state that we have a physical location in. The Namely support team was able to provide me with a clear and concise list of what was needed from our organization. Once they had everything they were able to help us quickly pay the past due amounts and ensure that we had the correct tax rate going forward.
  • Electronic file storage
  • ATS integration
  • Employee Trainings