The Pros and Cons of Namely from a Previous Paychex User

For the payroll side of things, I felt like I knew more about some of the key implementation pieces that we were looking for than our implementation specialist. There was a lot of reminding on our end to check on pieces that we had questions about. Overall, we did not have much to adjust after the final sign off with the implementation team. There are little quirks that we are still learning, but nothing major that the implementation team missed.

Namely has a help community that has articles that assist with all aspects of their system. A little help box will appear in the bottom right hand corner of the screen that will link you to the articles you might need for the section. This is the best way to find these articles as searching in the help community can be daunting and often not provide the relevant articles.

Namely is nice because it has everything all in one place: performance, applicant tracking through Greenhouse, payroll, time off, hourly timesheets, and benefits. From the payroll side, Namely is especially helpful for remote employers who have employees in multiple states, especially Ohio, Pennsylvania, and Indiana. Namely will automatically update the payroll profile of the employee with the state and local tax for the work or home location, whichever the employer chooses. I have found a few mistakes with the local tax being assigned not matching the Ohio Tax Finder, but for the most part, it is accurate. It is also helpful that we can create multiple payrolls for multiple periods and they are included in the overall fee.