Not Great for Higher Ed
May 06, 2025

Not Great for Higher Ed

Anonymous | TrustRadius Reviewer
Score 2 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User

Modules Used

  • HR, Benefits Administration & ACA
  • Recruiting & ATS
  • Onboarding Software
  • Scheduling
  • Time & Attendance
  • Payroll & Tax Software
  • Reporting & Analytics

Overall Satisfaction with Paycor

We use Paycor's suite of products to handle hiring, onboarding, payroll, benefits, reviews and more. The software solves problems related to calculating payroll taxes, handling hiring of new employees and more.

Pros

  • Taxes
  • providing each employee a profile
  • easy to use time clock

Cons

  • communication
  • constant bugs
  • support
  • cost
  • lack of options for higher ed industry needs
  • significant cost
  • a lot of time lost fixing bugs in Paycor
  • saved time on taxes and tax returns
  • time lost trying to pull reports and manually manipulate them
Our HR and/or payroll team has saved time, but I'm not sure how much. - It has been several years since we implemented Paycor. The team that was here previously is no longer employed with the organization so not sure on the time difference. I know we expected to save a lot more time and even a position. That has not happened.
Things can be hard to find. Paycor makes changes to their product constantly but does not communicate those changes.
Much more intuitive and includes timecards. Harder to get data out of Paycor then it was with J1.

Do you think Paycor delivers good value for the price?

No

Are you happy with Paycor's feature set?

No

Did Paycor live up to sales and marketing promises?

No

Did implementation of Paycor go as expected?

I wasn't involved with the implementation phase

Would you buy Paycor again?

No

Paycor probably works great for manufacturing companies with set schedules and pay rates. Although, because it is made up of multiple small products smashed together things don't always flow from one product to the other. As a higher ed user, there are multiple ways that Paycor does not work for our organization. Mainly the fact that employees can be paid out of several departments along with our mandatory retirement and constant flow of student workers.

Paycor Feature Ratings

Payroll Management
7.4
Pay calculation
10
Off-cycle/On-Demand payment
10
Benefit plan administration
4
Direct deposit files
10
Salary revision and increment management
3

Comments

  • Kaitlyn Blount | TrustRadius Reviewer
    Kaitlyn Blount
    commented 8 months ago
    Thank you for your detailed feedback as a higher education user. We understand your concerns and have shared this feedback with our product and support teams. Your insights are valuable as we work to improve our platform for diverse organizations.

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