UKG Ready - Time For School (TLM)
November 23, 2021

UKG Ready - Time For School (TLM)

Erin M Andrews | TrustRadius Reviewer
Score 10 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User

Overall Satisfaction with UKG Ready

We use the Time & Labor Management, Accruals, and Leave Modules to track employees' time, time off, and leave of absence. We track all time for all staff (Classified, Licensed, Administrators, and Temporary), hourly and exempt.
  • Managing accruals
  • Tracking employees extra duty time
  • Exempt hours (check in with auto-population of hours)
  • Ease of access to reporting for employees
  • Detailed accrual history for employees
  • Employee reminders (submit timesheet, exceptions)
  • Specific calendar management for employee start/end dates (school employees don't work 12 months)
  • Allow for a rule to auto-submit timesheets with no schedule and no hours
  • Currently, we have found a positive impact in all that time using UKG Ready and we are not using multiple spreadsheets to track extra time.
  • We need to clean up the payroll export file that is being generated from our timesheet processing. It is currently pulling data that we're having to manipulate and manually check.
Workforce Central was our first online time and labor maintenance system. We used it for about 10 years and though it worked, it was far too complicated for what we needed, and we overcomplicated the setup of it over the years to a degree that it was not functional. UKG Ready's "Time for School" package was set up for school districts and had built-in pieces that adhered to the best practices we needed.
Very intuitive and transparent for staff, managers, HR, and payroll.
Some of the integration pieces were more difficult and not as straightforward as I would have liked. The middleware product is not user-friendly and the custom integrations are not easy to put together (even for a programmer with 20+ years of experience).

Do you think UKG Ready delivers good value for the price?

Yes

Are you happy with UKG Ready's feature set?

Yes

Did UKG Ready live up to sales and marketing promises?

Yes

Did implementation of UKG Ready go as expected?

Yes

Would you buy UKG Ready again?

Yes

Compared to the past solution we had, UKG Ready is much easier to manage and is more adaptive to the school system. Enhanced transparency allows all staff to know exactly what they will be paid for and why.

UKG Ready Feature Ratings

Employee demographic data
Not Rated
Employment history
Not Rated
Job profiles and administration
Not Rated
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
Approval workflow
10
Balance details
9
Annual carry-forward and encashment
8
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
Tracking of all physical assets
Not Rated
Not Rated
Report builder
Not Rated
Pre-built reports
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
Not Rated
New hire portal
Not Rated
Manager tracking tools
Not Rated
Individual goal setting
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

UKG Ready Support

ProsCons
Quick Resolution
Knowledgeable team
Problems get solved
Immediate help available
Support cares about my success
Escalation required
No, it's unnecessary - the standard support is responsive and knowledgeable. If I need something ASAP, I can call the support line and get immediate answers.
Yes - Depending on the nature of the bug. If it is payroll-related, they jump right on it and resolve it quickly. If it has to do with a report that is glitchy, it may take a bit longer, but they keep you posted as to where it is in the development queue.
Bruce N. worked with me on an accrual profile issue that is specific to the work calendars in schools. He went above and beyond testing our system to determine exactly what was going on and how the system worked. Then, he explained it in detail so I could take it back to my very non-technical HR team to determine the best options for our district. Shawn C. has also helped me several times with our Timesheet and Pay Calculation profiles. She is both incredibly knowledgeable and so fun to work with. Whenever she calls, I know that not only are my questions going to be answered, but I'm also going to learn a lot and enjoy the conversation tremendously! I love working with both of them!!!
I always know that any problem I find is going to be solved and questions are going to be answered completely. That seems to be a rarity these days.