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UltiPro is the Ultimate experience for both Employers and Employees!
Updated July 03, 2017

UltiPro is the Ultimate experience for both Employers and Employees!

Louise Schultz | TrustRadius Reviewer
Score 10 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User

Overall Satisfaction with UltiPro

We implemented UltiPRO on the 1st payroll of 3rd quarter 2015. We are currently using the Payroll, Time Management and the HR modules, however we have purchased the full package and plan to implement the Open Enrollment in early 2016 and the Performance Module in 2016. We have only 3 employees within the HR/Payroll department so we are limited as to what we can implement at a time to make sure that everything is working/set-up correctly. The whole company has access to the system, and the employee experience has been great. The employees have access at any time to submit time-off request, view their information and update personal data as needed.
  • The employee experience with UltiPro is fantastic. Less data entry for the HR department and employees have access to their information at all times.
  • The payroll module is very smooth - payroll on our prior system took over 2 days to process, we now can process payroll for around 500 employee's in about 6 hours. The process is well documented and runs effortlessly.
  • Customer service is the best in the business. I have worked with many payroll systems for more years that I want to admit and UltiPro has the best customer service that I have ever experienced.
  • Setting up new domains for employment taxes is not available for the user to update. This should be a collaborative effort.
  • Checks/Direct Deposit notices are printed in a certain format - we don't have room on the checks to provide more detailed information to our employees - they need to log onto the system to see all of their benefits/deductions.
UltiPro's customer service and Reporting was key in the decision.
I have worked in multiple industries, both public, private and education - UltiPro would work well for all scenarios.

UKG Pro Feature Ratings

10.0
Employee demographic data
10
Employment history
10
Job profiles and administration
10
Workflow for transfers, promotions, pay raises, etc.
10
Organizational charting
10
Organization and location management
10
Compliance data (COBRA, OSHA, etc.)
10
10.0
Pay calculation
10
Support for external payroll vendors
10
Benefit plan administration
10
Direct deposit files
10
Salary revision and increment management
10
10.0
Approval workflow
10
Balance details
10
Annual carry-forward and encashment
10
10.0
View and generate pay and benefit information
10
Update personal information
10
View job history
10
View company policy documentation
10
Employee recognition
10
10.0
Tracking of all physical assets
10
10.0
Report builder
10
Pre-built reports
10
Ability to combine HR data with external data
10
Integration with other HR capabilities ()
Not Rated
10.0
Performance plans
10
Performance improvement plans
10
Review status tracking
10
Review reminders
10
Multiple review frequency
10
10.0
Create succession plans/pools
10
Candidate ranking
10
Candidate search
10
Candidate development
10
10.0
New hire portal
10
Manager tracking tools
10
10.0
Corporate goal setting
10
Individual goal setting
10
Line-of sight-visibility
10
Performance tracking
10
10.0
Job Requisition Management
10
Company Website Posting
10
Publish to Social Media
10
Job Search Site Posting
10
Duplicate Candidate Prevention
10
Applicant Tracking
10
Notifications and Alerts
10

Using UltiPro

300 - Employees and Administration - for self service and processing for Payroll and HR.
3 - COO, HR Manager and HR/Payroll Administrator- combined HR/Payroll experience of 50+ years.
  • HR Data Base
  • Time Management
  • Payroll
  • Payroll processing is easy and effective to use.
  • Business Intelligence reports allows us to get prompt and accurate data.
  • The ease of use of UltiPro makes it a system that is so user friendly - it encourages learning more about the system to get more than expected,
  • Implementation of all the modules with bring our company into the future with less stress and more accuracy!
Best system I have ever used and I have been in the HR/Payroll business for 40 years.

Evaluating UltiPro and Competitors

Yes - ADP - very poor customer service, sales force never contacted us after we originally purchased it in 2013. So we were on ADP only 2 years and found it very lacking.
  • Product Features
  • Product Usability
  • Product Reputation
Product usability was probably the most important factor - ease of use is and still is very important.
I wouldn't change the process at all.

UltiPro Implementation

I would never do an implementation alone again!!! You need a team to be effective.
Yes - We initiated the HR, Time Management and Payroll modules in July 2015. I was the only member of the implementation team for the company so it was a bit stressful. I don't recommend it! The implementation team was great and helped with this transition probably more than most teams as it was such a big project.
Next phases of implementation will be taken on in 2016.
Change management was a small part of the implementation and was well-handled - Had lots of difficulty with former HR/Payroll system - getting them to assist with reporting requirements and such. Finally escalated the requests - then got results.
  • Former HR/Payroll System responses
  • Getting the audits completed timely - this was because I was the only employee working on the implementation with the UltiPro team (they did great).
  • Implemented in-house

UltiPro Training

  • Online training
  • In-person training
  • Self-taught
Gives customer access to all training - and it can be done multiple times if needed. Employees are given quick tours to view and see how things can be done in the Employee Self-Service
Implementation team member went through the tax module with me as our company is in multiple states and wasn't set-up correctly in the prior HRIS system

Configuring UltiPro

I believe that there should be more understanding about the previous payroll system nuances and what UltiPro offers. This is not a comment on Ultipro's capability. I just ran into some issues that were created because the prior payroll system didn't set up payroll correctly/legally. Also the Configuration for some of the benefits seemed a bit overdone at the time, but in looking at the system now it makes perfect sense.

UltiPro Support

Customer service is the best I have ever experienced.
ProsCons
Quick Resolution
Good followup
Knowledgeable team
Problems get solved
Kept well informed
No escalation required
Immediate help available
Support understands my problem
Support cares about my success
Quick Initial Response
None
Yes - I reported a bug during W-2 processing more than 5 years ago - the team worked night and day to fix this issue - and gave me continuous updates as to their progress. As I was the first customer to process the W-2's it was fixed for me as well as all the other customers in the quick and timely manner.
Again, I reported a bug during W-2 processing more than 5 years ago - the team worked night and day to fix this issue - and gave me continuous updates as to their progress. As I was the first customer to process the W-2's it was fixed for me as well as all the other customers in the quick and timely manner. The manner in the follow-up with fantastic as I knew they would contact me with updates which was priceless!

Using UltiPro

Again this is the best system I have ever used.
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
  • Data entry is step by step to get the information into the system - walks you through everything
  • Payroll Processing is easy and the steps are very clear to complete an accurate and complete payroll
  • None that I have found, and I have been on the system for over 8 years.
Yes - This works well for the individual to view and change information

UltiPro Reliability

Integrating UltiPro

We did have some difficulty with integration, but that was because ADP was not easy to adapt to UltiPro and I was a 'one-man' band trying to do the implementation for my company. I would strongly suggest several employee's work on the implementation, so the little things don't fall through the cracks.

Relationship with Ultimate Software

Easy to talk to about issues and concerns during this process and the sales force continues to follow-up to make sure that our company is satisfied and happy with the software.