A barebones HRIS for basic needs (globally friendly_
February 24, 2023

A barebones HRIS for basic needs (globally friendly_

Anonymous | TrustRadius Reviewer
Score 4 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User

Overall Satisfaction with Namely

We utilized Namely as our HRIS, globally for US and Germany. We did not utilize the payroll functionality or benefits, as we were also paired with a PEO. Namely helped us to keep all of our employees in one place, and to track changes to compensation, title, manager etc. We were also able to use it's functionality for performance reviews.

Pros

  • Very user friendly interface, for both employees and admins
  • was very good for German data
  • had an HR dashboard (and relatively good reporting)

Cons

  • in my opinion, HORRIBLE performance review platform, we had a really hard time with it and would not recommend that you use this function
  • In my experience, poor customer service, difficult to get ahold of them when you need support
  • Capabilities are limited in comparison to other more robust HRIS systems

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?

No

Did implementation of Namely go as expected?

No

Would you buy Namely again?

No

  • No cost savings seen
We LOVE Rippling and prefer this tool. I would recommend.
Implementation was a bit complicated and our company had to carry most of the weight. It often felt like our implementation manager was giving us extra work that she did not want to do herself. It also took much longer than expected - I believe almost 2 months. I believe our company carried a bit too much of the weight.
I don't think Namely was very user friendly as we still had to manually do most processes.
I would recommend Namely if you are looking for a cheap barebones place to maintain employee information. I would not recommend utilizing any of there additional services such as performance reviews, if you would like this feature I would partner with something like Lattice or Culture Amp to support this. Namely is also good for global data collection, Germany is not an easy country to hold data for and Namely was able to do this for us.

Namely Feature Ratings

5.4
Employee demographic data
6
Employment history
8
Job profiles and administration
8
Workflow for transfers, promotions, pay raises, etc.
8
Organizational charting
2
Organization and location management
4
Compliance data (COBRA, OSHA, etc.)
2
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
Not Rated
Approval workflow
Not Rated
Balance details
Not Rated
Annual carry-forward and encashment
Not Rated
5.8
View and generate pay and benefit information
6
Update personal information
6
View job history
6
View company policy documentation
4
Employee recognition
7
Not Rated
Tracking of all physical assets
Not Rated
7.0
Report builder
7
Pre-built reports
7
Ability to combine HR data with external data
7
Integration with other HR capabilities ()
Not Rated
1.0
Performance plans
1
Performance improvement plans
1
Review status tracking
1
Review reminders
1
Multiple review frequency
1
Not Rated
Candidate search
Not Rated
3.0
New hire portal
3
Performance and Goals ()
Not Rated
Recruiting / ATS ()
Not Rated

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