Better Solutions for the Money in the Market.
December 10, 2022

Better Solutions for the Money in the Market.

Anonymous | TrustRadius Reviewer
Score 1 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User

Overall Satisfaction with Paylocity

Paylocity is our primary system for all HR functions: payroll, timekeeping HRIS, Benefits, Recruiting, Onboarding, and Performance Management. We believe it allowed us to use one product to address all of our HR technology and recordkeeping needs.
  • Payroll Processing.
  • Customer service is inconsistent. We never get through to our account manager - ever.
  • I get different answer each time I call with a problem. It's annoying and frustrating.
  • The systems are inconsistent - no testing environment for Onboarding/Recruiting/Performance Management.
  • COBRA is horrible, benefits systems don't talk to each other.
  • Paylocity's poor service levels in the development of our PTO policies have INCREASED the time needed to manage the process exponentially and significantly DECREASED HR's credibility in the organization.
  • Benefits management is a disaster. We've been working for months on a reimbursement issue with the COBRA team that will result in us changing vendors.
  • Payroll processing is efficient and allows for necessary manual adjustments and the need for on-demand payrolls.
Increased efficiency in payroll processing, however, does not integrate well with certain accounting systems (Quickbooks). In reality, the system is extremely complicated. It seems like every time we need to make a configuration change, we have to make it in multiple parts of the system, and no one at Paylocity can tell me where all those systems are. It's like the luck of the draw when you call customer service: sometimes you get someone who knows the system well, and more often, you get someone who knows one piece and has to refer the rest to the tech team, with a promise to update us (which never happens) and which takes days and then they send an email with no detail around the ticket and expect me to remember what the issue was.
Our employees are not interested in these tools. The graphics are somewhat juvenile, and the systems are so limited that they ROI is negligible. Survey Monkey does a far better job with a stronger ROI.
Definitely better than ADP or Paychex, but that's not saying much.

Do you think Paylocity delivers good value for the price?

No

Are you happy with Paylocity's feature set?

No

Did Paylocity live up to sales and marketing promises?

No

Did implementation of Paylocity go as expected?

I wasn't involved with the implementation phase

Would you buy Paylocity again?

No

It's probably fine as a payroll system and even a timekeeping system. Unfortunately, it falls far short of the peripheral systems that are an integral part of the HR functions needed in organizations today. Their lack of testing environments for various modules and the fact that it's incredibly complicated to get any sort of process accomplished causes a high degree of frustration. It took us MONTHS to get our new PTO policy implemented, and after eight months, it's still not right. Every time I call, I am told it has to be done a different way.

Paylocity Feature Ratings

Employee demographic data
5
Employment history
1
Job profiles and administration
1
Workflow for transfers, promotions, pay raises, etc.
Not Rated
Organizational charting
Not Rated
Organization and location management
Not Rated
Compliance data (COBRA, OSHA, etc.)
Not Rated
Pay calculation
7
Support for external payroll vendors
Not Rated
Off-cycle/On-Demand payment
7
Benefit plan administration
1
Direct deposit files
6
Salary revision and increment management
2
Reimbursement management
7
Approval workflow
2
Balance details
1
Annual carry-forward and encashment
1
View and generate pay and benefit information
5
Update personal information
10
View job history
2
View company policy documentation
Not Rated
Employee recognition
3
Tracking of all physical assets
Not Rated
Report builder
1
Pre-built reports
6
Ability to combine HR data with external data
1
Performance plans
1
Performance improvement plans
1
Review status tracking
1
Review reminders
5
Multiple review frequency
1
Create succession plans/pools
Not Rated
Candidate ranking
Not Rated
Candidate search
Not Rated
Candidate development
Not Rated
New hire portal
5
Manager tracking tools
1
Individual goal setting
1
Line-of sight-visibility
Not Rated
Performance tracking
1
Job Requisition Management
2
Company Website Posting
1
Publish to Social Media
1
Job Search Site Posting
1
Applicant Tracking
2
Notifications and Alerts
5