Paylocity, overall, a good choice for a one-stop-shop HRIS
June 24, 2024

Paylocity, overall, a good choice for a one-stop-shop HRIS

J. Cole Turpin, MBA, MLS, SHRM-SCP, SPHR | TrustRadius Reviewer
Score 7 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User

Overall Satisfaction with Paylocity

In my organization, we use Paylocity to process payroll, house documents as our HRIS, process onboarding, use recruiting function, use performance management function, and the learning function. Paylocity allows us to use all of these features in one application.

Pros

  • Integrate well with our vendors, such as 401(k), benefits, etc.
  • Overall, the application is pretty user-friendly.

Cons

  • The I-9 task is very bulky and clunky. There should be pre-filled areas such as name and company information that is defaulted so you don't have to fill it in every time. And there is always boxes popping up everywhere that makes it hard to fill the form out.
  • I am not sure why but sometimes I will receive notifications to my personal log-in that I have to go and look at, instead of using my administrator log-in. Having it streamlined with one log-in would be better.
  • Being able to delete a profile for an employee should be easier. For example, ADP lets you delete an employee profile as long as a payroll for that employee has not been run. Here, even the help desk doesn't know why you can't delete an employee profile sometimes, their answer, "if the box is able to be checked, then you can delete them." But what makes the box able or not able to be checked? No one seems to know.
  • I wish the reports feature was easier to use. I have been in HR for over 10 years and used many different systems for HR and I can hands down say that this reporting feature is THE HARDEST SYSTEM TO USE. I have been here for a year and I still don't know how to use it. I finally gave up and made my own.
  • The main page on HR and Payroll should have the ability to be sorted by date of hire and more abilities like that. The sorting of employees is fixed to only the data shown and some of that data is not useful from a sorting perspective. It should be more customizable. And if it is, it should be easier to figure out.
  • Overall, it is a good application that is cohesive and easy to use.
I don't know anything about automation tools from Paylocity.
I have not used them. The survey feature is not user-friendly, and I do surveys using Microsoft Forms.
I have not solicited other vendors in the past year.

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?

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

I provided a score of 7 because of the strong areas compared to the weak areas that I described in the last two sections of the survey. For me, the areas of opportunity are what makes the score lower.

Paylocity Feature Ratings

Employee demographic data
4
Employment history
5
Job profiles and administration
7
Workflow for transfers, promotions, pay raises, etc.
8
Organizational charting
8
Organization and location management
7
Compliance data (COBRA, OSHA, etc.)
9
Pay calculation
7
Support for external payroll vendors
10
Off-cycle/On-Demand payment
10
Benefit plan administration
10
Direct deposit files
10
Salary revision and increment management
8
Reimbursement management
10
View and generate pay and benefit information
10
Update personal information
10
View job history
10
View company policy documentation
10
Report builder
1
Pre-built reports
1
Ability to combine HR data with external data
5
Performance plans
9
Performance improvement plans
9
Review status tracking
10
Review reminders
10
Multiple review frequency
10
Create succession plans/pools
10
Candidate ranking
10
Candidate search
10
Candidate development
10
New hire portal
10
Manager tracking tools
10
Corporate goal setting
10
Individual goal setting
10
Line-of sight-visibility
10
Performance tracking
10
Job Requisition Management
9
Company Website Posting
9
Publish to Social Media
8
Job Search Site Posting
8
Duplicate Candidate Prevention
9
Applicant Tracking
10
Notifications and Alerts
10

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