SuccessFactors Pros and Cons
September 14, 2022

SuccessFactors Pros and Cons

Anonymous | TrustRadius Reviewer
Score 8 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User

Modules Used

  • Employee Central
  • Employee Central Payroll
  • Recruiting
  • Onboarding
  • Learning
  • IAS/IPS

Overall Satisfaction with SAP SuccessFactors

We use SAP SuccessFactors Learning, Recruiting/Onboarding, Employee Central and Employee Central Payroll. Our Learning environment is used to provide annual training courses to our associates and external users. Typically we build most of our courses internally but have partnered with third party vendors for our pharmacy courses, which easily integrate with the LMS module. We recently implemented Onboarding and Recruiting. From the manager perspective, the implementation has been a positive change in that it’s easier to track candidates, decreased process steps from our previous ATS, and better monitoring. The candidate experience has been a negative change for us. There are a lot of drop off points for candidates. Examples include that the candidate must refresh their browser to get different tasks to populate and the login for RCM is not case sensitive but it is for ONB. We also have many challenges with E-Verify in the Onboarding module. Employee Central was a positive implementation for the business and is used for MSS and ESS.
  • Flexibility to customize the system with business rules
  • Ample amount of KBAs and trainings for admin users
  • Ability to improve manual processes through automatic workflows
  • Easier tracking/monitoring for E-Verify and a simplified experience for correcting issues
  • Improving the candidate experience in Onboarding by eliminating the need to have to refresh the browser to have candidate process tasks populate
  • Allow candidates to complete both recruiting and onboarding tasks under the same login for customers using both modules
  • Improved manual paper processes such as terminations, position changes and pay changes through Manager Self Service
  • Improved the manual process of employee changes through ESS such as name, address, and contact information changes.
  • Mobile pay statements alongside ESS has improved our employee experience
EC and ECP integrate very well with replication. I have a lower score due to the lack of integration with Recruiting and Onboarding by having 2 different logins.
No global impact due to only have operations in one country.

Do you think SAP SuccessFactors delivers good value for the price?

Yes

Are you happy with SAP SuccessFactors's feature set?

Yes

Did SAP SuccessFactors live up to sales and marketing promises?

Yes

Did implementation of SAP SuccessFactors go as expected?

No

Would you buy SAP SuccessFactors again?

Yes

SuccessFactors helped us to move our terminations, position and pay changes from paper processes to an MSS experience using workflows. SuccessFactors does not do well at E-Verify and I9 tracking and monitoring. The easiest way to track this is through a People Stories report that is challenging to use for high volume hiring and turnover.

SAP SuccessFactors Feature Ratings

Employee demographic data
8
Employment history
8
Job profiles and administration
6
Workflow for transfers, promotions, pay raises, etc.
8
Organizational charting
8
Organization and location management
8
Compliance data (COBRA, OSHA, etc.)
5
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
9
View job history
9
View company policy documentation
9
Employee recognition
Not Rated
Report builder
8
Pre-built reports
8
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
6
Manager tracking tools
6
Corporate goal setting
Not Rated
Line-of sight-visibility
Not Rated
Performance tracking
Not Rated
Job Requisition Management
6
Company Website Posting
7
Publish to Social Media
7
Job Search Site Posting
7
Duplicate Candidate Prevention
7
Applicant Tracking
7
Notifications and Alerts
7