User Friendly HRIS But Don't Get Your Hopes Up About Your Enhancement Requests
May 22, 2023

User Friendly HRIS But Don't Get Your Hopes Up About Your Enhancement Requests

Anonymous | TrustRadius Reviewer
Score 6 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User

Overall Satisfaction with Paylocity

We use Paylocity as our HRIS system for timekeeping, employee records maintenance, LMS, ATS, onboarding, benefits and processing employee transactions. Paylocity is integral in our daily HR lives. It helped us automate some more antiquated processes including using hard copies of forms to process employee transactions such as pay rate and position changes. It also allows the HR team and Managers to access important employee information and documents when working off-site which is important with so many still working hybrid schedules.
  • Employee Action Forms process works seamlessly
  • Very user friendly, particularly with the mobile app
  • Ease of manually adding candidates to job postings in the ATS
  • Reporting capabilities on the ATS side could use some improvement
  • Not all trainings completed in LMS are tracked and it can be hard to resume
  • Better capture of recruiting sources would be helpful
  • easier access to employee files
  • easier access to data, particularly in the dashboard
  • streamlined recruiting process
Paylocity has certainly helped take some of the manual processes and "paper chasing" away from the HR team in particular. The use of Employee Action Forms has been huge. This way managers are able to submit requests on their own to be reviewed by HR/payroll and implemented once approved.
The ATS implementation has also had a huge impact on how we recruit and ease of getting applicants through the hiring process. It also helps us better track all of our applicants for a solid big picture view.
We are using impressions which are always a nice way to outwardly show support for someone jumping in to help. That always leaves a nice impression!
I was not involved in the selection process but have used both ADP and PeopleSoft in previous roles. PeopleSoft does allow for more customization and they both provide more comprehensive data, but both are also not as user friendly for employees as Paylocity.

Do you think Paylocity delivers good value for the price?

Not sure

Are you happy with Paylocity's feature set?

Yes

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?

Yes

For a company that needs a basic, user friendly HRIS system, Paylocity is great. I do think if you want a more customized software for enhanced functionality, it may not be for you. I've put in various enhancement requests without any follow-through.

Paylocity Feature Ratings

Employee demographic data
8
Employment history
9
Job profiles and administration
8
Workflow for transfers, promotions, pay raises, etc.
10
Organizational charting
10
Organization and location management
Not Rated
Compliance data (COBRA, OSHA, etc.)
Not Rated
Pay calculation
Not Rated
Support for external payroll vendors
Not Rated
Off-cycle/On-Demand payment
Not Rated
Benefit plan administration
Not Rated
Direct deposit files
Not Rated
Salary revision and increment management
Not Rated
Reimbursement management
Not Rated
Approval workflow
8
Balance details
10
Annual carry-forward and encashment
8
View and generate pay and benefit information
10
Update personal information
10
View job history
10
View company policy documentation
10
Employee recognition
6
Tracking of all physical assets
Not Rated
Report builder
5
Pre-built reports
5
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
7
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
3
Company Website Posting
10
Publish to Social Media
7
Job Search Site Posting
7
Duplicate Candidate Prevention
2
Applicant Tracking
8
Notifications and Alerts
8