Paylocity is good in some ways lacks in others
February 08, 2023

Paylocity is good in some ways lacks in others

Anonymous | TrustRadius Reviewer
Score 8 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User

Overall Satisfaction with Paylocity

I use the time and labor area, on-boarding, and HR/Payroll area. I help employees reset their passwords and I assist with a portion of payroll and do time changes for approved changes on employee timecards. Problems we have is enabling areas of the system for me to use and see. My boss has tried to enable areas like employee contact information or emergency contact info and I am still unable to see the areas and Paylocity isn't ever able to help fix the issues. They just still my boss to select another user type. Making this easier so that my boss can select the areas without trouble would be nice. She doesn't want me to see peoples pay, but she does want me to have access to contact info and to help assist with the time & labor and transfer portion of payroll.
  • Time and labor
  • accessing the platform from anywhere
  • adding new employees
  • enabling users to be able to have access to many areas or all areas except employees pay.
  • Making the enabling features easier and more functional
  • Make the product easier to use like HR Bamboo
  • To help bring most HR tasks in one location
They do help to automate some processes, but HR still have to get time change forms daily to fill in missing time punches or issues that occur in time and labor timecards.
I have not been able to take advantage of these tools as of yet since my supervisor has not been able to enable my view in Paylocity even though she has tried to add it for me multiple time.
Paylocity does not allow for easy employee file tracking. It doesn't create nice employee files that I can add information to in a functional way and notes in a time stamped way. It would be nice if these features improved as other systems to allow these functions and they are easy to use.

Do you think Paylocity delivers good value for the price?

Not sure

Are you happy with Paylocity's feature set?

No

Did Paylocity live up to sales and marketing promises?

I wasn't involved with the selection/purchase process

Did implementation of Paylocity go as expected?

I wasn't involved with the implementation phase

Would you buy Paylocity again?

No

Paychex Accounting Online, AVEVA Activity Visualization Platform (AVP), BambooHR
For the most part it works good. Sometimes it has issues with enabling features or things of this nature.

Paylocity Feature Ratings

Employee demographic data
Not Rated
Employment history
8
Job profiles and administration
7
Workflow for transfers, promotions, pay raises, etc.
8
Organizational charting
8
Organization and location management
8
Compliance data (COBRA, OSHA, etc.)
Not Rated
Pay calculation
8
Support for external payroll vendors
Not Rated
Off-cycle/On-Demand payment
Not Rated
Benefit plan administration
Not Rated
Direct deposit files
10
Salary revision and increment management
Not Rated
Reimbursement management
Not Rated
Approval workflow
Not Rated
Balance details
9
Annual carry-forward and encashment
Not Rated
View and generate pay and benefit information
9
Update personal information
7
View job history
Not Rated
View company policy documentation
8
Employee recognition
Not Rated
Tracking of all physical assets
Not Rated
Not Rated
Report builder
Not Rated
Pre-built reports
Not Rated
Ability to combine HR data with external data
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
Create succession plans/pools
Not Rated
Candidate ranking
Not Rated
Candidate search
Not Rated
Candidate development
Not Rated
New hire portal
8
Manager tracking tools
Not Rated
Corporate goal setting
Not Rated
Individual goal setting
Not Rated
Line-of sight-visibility
Not Rated
Performance tracking
Not Rated
Job Requisition Management
Not Rated
Company Website Posting
Not Rated
Publish to Social Media
Not Rated
Job Search Site Posting
Not Rated
Duplicate Candidate Prevention
Not Rated
Applicant Tracking
8
Notifications and Alerts
Not Rated