Zenefits: Easy usability, moderate service, poor payroll support
December 11, 2018

Zenefits: Easy usability, moderate service, poor payroll support

Zach Shelley | TrustRadius Reviewer
Score 7 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User

Overall Satisfaction with Zenefits

Zenefits provide our organization with an effective organizational chart, timeclock software and to a lesser extent, payroll system. Our HR department were the primary users of the portal. Employees used the portal for time clock and PTO requests. After a year, we discontinued the Zenefits payroll system and replaced it with a more streamlined solution. Our HR department felt that Zenefit's payroll was more difficult and convoluted than it needed to be.

The organizational structure, staff bios and PTO tracking functions were well liked and well received by the majority of our employees. As a manger of 25 individuals, I found it easy to track time, vacations and absences.
  • Simple User Interface
  • Creates informative employee bios to help teams get to know each other
  • Easy PTO/Vacation request, tracking system
  • Clunky payroll system (as reported by HR)
  • Less than satisfactory technical support
  • Difficult initial implementation
  • Organizational Clarity
  • Required Additional Tools for Payroll Processing
  • Increased Employee recognition
Zenefits has a much friendlier user interface than iSolved, but iSolved provided our HR department the necessary functions for payroll tracking and processing. iSolved requires much additional user training but has been a solid payroll solution for our company for two years. We continue to use Zenefits for organizational structure and employee profiles.
For smaller organizations with a low employee count, this is an easily trainable solution. For larger organizations or organizations with a limited HR department, this may not be the best solution. Much of the effectiveness of Zenefits relies on employee buy-in so training on processes and procedures is necessary for a successful integration.

TriNet HR Platform Feature Ratings

Employee demographic data
10
Employment history
9
Job profiles and administration
9
Workflow for transfers, promotions, pay raises, etc.
10
Organizational charting
10
Organization and location management
10
Compliance data (COBRA, OSHA, etc.)
Not Rated
Pay calculation
5
Support for external payroll vendors
4
Benefit plan administration
7
Direct deposit files
6
Salary revision and increment management
6
Reimbursement management
2
Approval workflow
9
Balance details
10
Annual carry-forward and encashment
7
View and generate pay and benefit information
7
Update personal information
8
View job history
5
View company policy documentation
7
Employee recognition
9
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
New hire portal
8
Manager tracking tools
9
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