Paylocity and Jimmy Buffett - nothing in common but both get the job done
September 18, 2025

Paylocity and Jimmy Buffett - nothing in common but both get the job done

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

Overall Satisfaction with Paylocity

My company uses Paylocity for payroll processing, quarterly and yearly payroll tax processing, and personnel management. Paylocity handles everything related to our needs mentioned. We run payroll every two weeks using time clocks that feed the payroll system, we use the onboarding feature of the personnel module. Paylocity provides timely payroll reports and other features that help my company complete such tasks as Workers Comp insurance compliance reporting.

Pros

  • Ease of payroll processing
  • Payroll support
  • Payroll tax compliance
  • Personnel management

Cons

  • Sometimes the wait for support can be long
  • I can't talk to the Tax Department directly. Can turn into a game of telephone
  • This would be better if you did not ask me the same thing over and over. Paylocity is a very good product with tons of features and it is user friendly. If I started a business tomorrow, Paylocity would be one of my first phone calls.
Yes. Paylocity is a very good product and is valuable help in running my company. Paylocity makes my work life easier.
Paylocity provides plenty of tools to any company educate and train employees with their many features.
Compared to other programs I have used in my career, Paylocity is very user friendly in my opinion. Could it be even better? Sure. I would bet my last dollar that they have a talented staff working on that right now. I am too happy with Paylocity to take any more time to nit-pick their product.
We looked at 3 national products and one regional payroll processing company whose names i don't recall because it was six years ago. I do remember one was QuickBooks. Reasons we picked Paylocity. Cost. Ease of use. Support.

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?

Yes

Would you buy Paylocity again?

Yes

Initial training was great. The program has tons of features to capture information about your employees. I am a degreed Accountant with years of experience in accounting and payroll processing so not being able to talk to the Tax Department directing can be frustrating and time consuming. Also, they do not have very good responses when I need help determining the source of a Paylocity transaction posting to my payroll bank account.

Paylocity Feature Ratings

Employee demographic data
9
Employment history
9
Job profiles and administration
9
Workflow for transfers, promotions, pay raises, etc.
Not Rated
Organizational charting
Not Rated
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
Not Rated
Balance details
Not Rated
Annual carry-forward and encashment
Not Rated
View and generate pay and benefit information
Not Rated
Update personal information
Not Rated
View job history
Not Rated
View company policy documentation
Not Rated
Employee recognition
Not Rated
Tracking of all physical assets
Not Rated
Not Rated
Report builder
Not Rated
Pre-built reports
Not Rated
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
Not Rated
New hire portal
Not Rated
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
Not Rated
Company Website Posting
Not Rated
Publish to Social Media
Not Rated
Job Search Site Posting
Not Rated
Duplicate Candidate Prevention
Not Rated
Applicant Tracking
Not Rated
Notifications and Alerts
Not Rated

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