Paylocity Time and Labor - It's a Game Changer
Updated January 29, 2026

Paylocity Time and Labor - It's a Game Changer

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

Overall Satisfaction with Paylocity

We use Paylocity to run our bi-weekly payroll. Timesheets were a major issue in preparing payroll from tabulating the sheets to entering the information. It previously took me about 6 hours to run a payroll. Currently this being the 4th run on Time and Labor, it is taking much more time than that but I expect that to change drastically because this is the transition period. Hopefully get it down to 20 minutes.

Pros

  • Timesheets
  • Integrates with G/L system Sage Intacct
  • Onboarding
  • Employee Records

Cons

  • Doubling up on some functionality where the second function does work
  • CORI Form needs to be printed to be signed
  • Searching for Reports is cumbersome
  • Reduced Time
  • Reduced Errors
  • Consistency
The biggest change is Time and Labor. Although, we are still in the process of converting to mobile Timesheets, I see it improving with every payroll run. I can see it's value and we will reap the reward in the not so distant future.
We don't use them
The product is very good but I avoid rating a 10 because I still experience a few Pain Points. I have employees that are not paid salary or hourly but by activity (Musicians playing Masses) and we can't seem to get that corrected. I've been using the old system where the Supervisor sends me their time and I enter it Manually.
Time and Labor, in my prior organizations we didn't use time and labor, I think it's a game changer.

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

Time and Labor and General Ledger integration works well. Searching for reports could be better.

Paylocity Feature Ratings

7.8
Employee demographic data
8
Employment history
8
Job profiles and administration
8
Workflow for transfers, promotions, pay raises, etc.
8
Organization and location management
7
8.4
Pay calculation
7
Support for external payroll vendors
8
Off-cycle/On-Demand payment
9
Direct deposit files
9
Salary revision and increment management
9
8.0
Approval workflow
8
Balance details
8
Annual carry-forward and encashment
8
8.0
View and generate pay and benefit information
9
Update personal information
9
View job history
8
View company policy documentation
7
Employee recognition
7
Asset Management ()
Not Rated
5.7
Report builder
5
Pre-built reports
5
Ability to combine HR data with external data
7
Integration with other HR capabilities ()
Not Rated
Performance Management ()
Not Rated
Succession Planning ()
Not Rated
8.0
New hire portal
8
Manager tracking tools
8
Performance and Goals ()
Not Rated
Recruiting / ATS ()
Not Rated

Using Paylocity

71 - This number represents end users (employees for T&L and documents). Actual people using it for it's employer functionality that answer would change to 4.
1 - Financial background with fair to good IT knowledge
  • Employees entering their own time
  • Integration with Sage Intacct
  • Employees ability to retrieve their own documentation
  • Onboarding documentation Stored in Paylocity
  • GENERAL LEDGER INTIGRATION WITH INTACCT
  • NO NEED TO PRINT AND SEND OUT W-2'S
  • NO NEED TO PRINT AND SEND OUT PAYSTUBS
  • Eventually would like to add all onboarding files into the system and get rid of our paper filing system
Not my decision, would be the decision of Archdiocese of Boston

Evaluating Paylocity and Competitors

Yes - Prime Pay
  • Other
Not Applicable, decision was made for me
Though wasn't involved at the time (made before I came onboard), I would use every means possible to influence the decision.

Paylocity Implementation

Was not employed by this organization at the time of implementation
  • Don't know
Not sure - I wasn't here during implementation. I have heard war stories of what happened at that time.
  • Wasn't here at the time but did experience a pain point when trying do the accounting for the first Fiscal Year as my employment happened during the year it took place. This was a fiscal year end and I needed information from two different platforms.

Paylocity Training

  • Online Training
  • In-Person Training
We have a Paylocity day every year and I am sure not to miss it. I love the training. always pickup something
We have monthly online training sessions that supplement Paylocity day and they are very well done. Unless there is something specific, these sessions are not with Paylocity but Occasionally a Paylocity Re presents and it's always well presented

Configuring Paylocity

It is very complex and ongoing issues are needed to be addressed by the Paylocity Team
Allow for easy addition to employee rates (multiple Rates)

Employees that take sick time for a doctors appointment or similar have to enter their hours first and then are allowed to enter the sick time when the events happen on the same day.

Allow Multiple cost scenters on the same day
Yes - we have added extensive custom code - We have multiple cost centers for teachers that do After School activities. They were difficult to add and the Paylocity Project Manager had to add them
Any customizing was done by Paylocity or the Archdiocese of Boston

Paylocity Support

The few times I've used support, I've been able to resolve my issue. I stopped short of a 10 rating because the sample size is small and don't want to over rate based on a small sample size
ProsCons
Quick Resolution
Good followup
Knowledgeable team
Kept well informed
Immediate help available
Support understands my problem
Support cares about my success
Quick Initial Response
Problems left unsolved
Escalation required
I believe we do have this product but it was not my decision so I do not have an opinion
Recently, I was struggling to void a check, called support and was through it in three steps. Immediately I realized I needed to void a second one called right back, got the same person and she walked me through it a second time without judgement.

Using Paylocity

ProsCons
Like to use
Relatively simple
Easy to use
Technical support not required
Well integrated
Consistent
Quick to learn
Convenient
Feel confident using
Familiar
None
  • Creating batch and combining with T&L
  • Easy JE into Intacct
  • Reports
  • Cost Centers Time & Labor
  • Voiding Checks
Yes - I have had employees struggle but it started getting better as they used it more. School ended and we had to start over at the beginning of September. Many of the same struggles started all over again. I suspect in a short period of time things will be moving smoothly.

Paylocity Reliability

I THINK that because throughout the Archdiocese of Boston there are many different ways of reporting information and I believe that Paylocity has been adaptable to all
I've experienced a few outages. One that lasted into the next day
For the most part it is very good, but on busy days it has struggled in the past

Integrating Paylocity

Easy just save the CSV file, click on the file hit upload in Intacct
  • Intacct
Journal Entry for each Payroll run. It's very accurate and when it's not it is User Error. I'm very satisfied with this integration and it helps when Bank Statement time comes around
  • File import/export
Everyone should do it because it's very easy and save a lot of time

Relationship with Paylocity

Not involved in the sales process
Very good support
Not involved with sales process
Not involved with negotiations
Not involved in the pruchase
After the sale has been executed the support is great

Upgrading Paylocity

  • Time & Labor reduced time to run payroll
  • Onboarding very effective. Like storing all the onboarding doc's in Paylocity's Cloud
  • Easier to add cost centers to employees time cards

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