Paylocity Review for a Newbie
July 01, 2025

Paylocity Review for a Newbie

Monica Wilson | TrustRadius Reviewer
Score 9 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User

Overall Satisfaction with Paylocity

I currently use Paylocity in the following ways:
Payroll
Recruiting
Exit Interviews
Time and Attendance

Pros

  • Time and Attendance
  • Ease of adding a new position
  • Recruiting emails to candidates
  • Customer Service online when I have questions
  • Help feature online
  • User friendly

Cons

  • I wish I had a nice tutorial of all the features we have paid for since I am new to the org.
  • Want to utilize the social part of the software to get greater insights into what our employees are thinking. I do love the surveys.
I am not sure, but I do not like how we should be able to term an employee and not have to manually do their payroll, this should be automated.
For instance, I term an employee effective 6/20 but on 7/3 they don't get a check because the system doesn't have them as an active employee. So my payroll person misses them.
None so far, I have done exit surveys which were positive but I need to do more of the Peer recognition as well as the social parts of the system. This could help with engagement as well as I am looking forward to doing an engagement survey. I am excited about all of this.
Very user friendly, easy to figure out on my own, even as a 60 year old.
Workday seemed to be more set up for larger pools of employees and information. For a small employer this is fine.

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 am currently exploring the features that I can use and the demo at the conference was very enlightening. I was able to very easily start things that the firm was not using prior to me starting there and those were onboarding (taking away lots of paperwork). Also the recruiting which links right to Indeed.

Paylocity Feature Ratings

8.5
Employee demographic data
9
Employment history
10
Job profiles and administration
9
Workflow for transfers, promotions, pay raises, etc.
6
Organization and location management
Not Rated
Compliance data (COBRA, OSHA, etc.)
Not Rated
8.2
Pay calculation
8
Off-cycle/On-Demand payment
8
Benefit plan administration
8
Direct deposit files
9
Salary revision and increment management
8
9.0
Approval workflow
9
Balance details
10
Annual carry-forward and encashment
8
8.4
View and generate pay and benefit information
8
Update personal information
8
View job history
8
View company policy documentation
8
Employee recognition
10
Asset Management ()
Not Rated
6.0
Report builder
6
Pre-built reports
6
Integration with other HR capabilities ()
Not Rated
Not Rated
Multiple review frequency
Not Rated
Succession Planning ()
Not Rated
9.0
New hire portal
9
Performance and Goals ()
Not Rated
9.8
Company Website Posting
9
Job Search Site Posting
10
Applicant Tracking
10
Notifications and Alerts
10

Comments

More Reviews of Paylocity

  1. Home
  2. HR Management Software
  3. Paylocity Reviews
  4. User Review of Paylocity