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Paylocity in Review
Updated February 15, 2024

Paylocity in Review

Kelly Thornton | TrustRadius Reviewer
Score 10 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User

Overall Satisfaction with Paylocity

I utilize Paylocity for Time and Labor, HR and Payroll, Reporting, Recruiting, onboarding, etc. I am an administrator for our system. Paylocity has helped us streamline a lot of processes and eliminate paper.
  • Time & Labor- managing time corrections, real time
  • Reporting- better reports
  • With the PBJ reporting for CMS
  • better email system
  • reduced errors
  • streamlined processes
  • increased applicants with recruiting platform
with better workflows
easier to get surveys out and track progress

Do you think Paylocity delivers good value for the price?

Yes

Are you happy with Paylocity's feature set?

Yes

Did Paylocity live up to sales and marketing promises?

Yes

Did implementation of Paylocity go as expected?

No

Would you buy Paylocity again?

Yes

with HR and payroll it easy to use, less paper now. with some things with moving time over to HR and payroll and reporting could be a little bit easier

Paylocity Feature Ratings

7.1
Employee demographic data
10
Employment history
8
Job profiles and administration
8
Workflow for transfers, promotions, pay raises, etc.
6
Organizational charting
6
Organization and location management
6
Compliance data (COBRA, OSHA, etc.)
6
6.5
Pay calculation
6
Support for external payroll vendors
Not Rated
Off-cycle/On-Demand payment
Not Rated
Benefit plan administration
Not Rated
Direct deposit files
7
Salary revision and increment management
Not Rated
Reimbursement management
Not Rated
8.0
Approval workflow
8
Balance details
8
Annual carry-forward and encashment
Not Rated
6.8
View and generate pay and benefit information
5
Update personal information
8
View job history
7
View company policy documentation
7
Employee recognition
7
Not Rated
Tracking of all physical assets
Not Rated
5.3
Report builder
5
Pre-built reports
6
Ability to combine HR data with external data
5
Integration with other HR capabilities ()
Not Rated
7.0
Performance plans
7
Performance improvement plans
7
Review status tracking
7
Review reminders
7
Multiple review frequency
7
Not Rated
Create succession plans/pools
Not Rated
Candidate ranking
Not Rated
Candidate search
Not Rated
Candidate development
Not Rated
8.0
New hire portal
8
Manager tracking tools
Not Rated
7.0
Corporate goal setting
Not Rated
Individual goal setting
7
Line-of sight-visibility
Not Rated
Performance tracking
7
8.0
Job Requisition Management
Not Rated
Company Website Posting
8
Publish to Social Media
Not Rated
Job Search Site Posting
8
Duplicate Candidate Prevention
Not Rated
Applicant Tracking
8
Notifications and Alerts
Not Rated

Using Paylocity

115 - Human Resource and Payroll
2 - HR and IT
  • Payroll
  • time and labor
  • HR system
  • applicant tracking
  • recruiting
  • orientation
  • education and learning

Evaluating Paylocity and Competitors

Yes - our old system which was in a EHR
  • Integration with Other Systems
  • Ease of Use
more details

Paylocity Implementation

our time and labor person was not helpful at all
  • Implemented in-house
  • shift differentials in time and labor
  • how time and labor communicated to HR and payroll

Paylocity Support

i think support is good but sometimes they do not understand what i am asking from a healthcare stand point
ProsCons
Quick Resolution
Good followup
Knowledgeable team
Problems get solved
No escalation required
Immediate help available
Support cares about my success
Quick Initial Response
None
no, i do not feel we should have to purchase this to get good and premium support.
when we were in the middle of our first payroll a year ago. we had the best support system who wasnt even part of the time and labor build but she worked with us through the middle of the night to help us process our first payroll when the other person would not

Using Paylocity

because there are some things that could imprvoe
ProsCons
Like to use
Easy to use
Well integrated
Quick to learn
Feel confident using
Unnecessarily complex
Requires technical support
Inconsistent
Lots to learn
  • time and labor
  • sometimes shift diffs
  • how call pay is routed
Yes