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Desperately seeking HR System - Small US Company (50 people)

posted at 2/2/2012 11:02 AM EST on Workforce Management
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Need your help!  We're a U.S.-based company of 50 employees looking for an HRIS/HRMS that can meet the following criteria:

Basics
       Cloud-based
       Easily implemented; minimal training; easy to use
       Relatively inexpensive
      
Scalable 

Desired Features
     Employee demographics
     Applicant tracking (and hiring)
     Feeds directly to benefits plans (not just track employee benefits selections)
     Standard and customized reports
    
     Accepts feeds from ADP

Nice, but not neccessary           
    
Employee self-service
           
Many thanks.  Your suggestions are very much appreciated! 

Re: Desperately seeking HR System - Small US Company (50 people)

posted at 2/10/2012 12:24 PM EST on Workforce Management
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Don't know if this company fits your profile, BUT avoid UltiPro.  Too labor intensive, report-writing is not intuitive.

Re: Desperately seeking HR System - Small US Company (50 people)

posted at 2/12/2012 3:04 PM EST on Workforce Management
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Have you looked at ExponentHR or Paycom?

Re: Desperately seeking HR System - Small US Company (50 people)

posted at 2/13/2012 10:43 AM EST on Workforce Management
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In Response to Desperately seeking HR System - Small US Company (50 people):
Need your help!  We're a U.S.-based company of 50 employees looking for an HRIS/HRMS that can meet the following criteria: Basics        Cloud-based        Easily implemented; minimal training; easy to use        Relatively inexpensive        Scalable   Desired Features      Employee demographics      Applicant tracking (and hiring)      Feeds directly to benefits plans (not just track employee benefits selections)      S tandard and customized reports           Accepts feeds from ADP Nice, but not neccessary                  Employee self-service             Many thanks.   Your suggestions are very much appreciated!  
Posted by nitacahn


Hello NitaCahn,

Have you checked with your representative wth ADP? ADP offers several different types of HRIS/HRMS services and systems. Seeing as how you already work with ADP, it should be a very seamless transition.

Re: Desperately seeking HR System - Small US Company (50 people)

posted at 3/1/2012 11:08 AM EST on Workforce Management
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Thanks everyone! 
Rureese12, I'll be sure to stay away from Ultipro (fortunately I've never heard of it!).

Rebross1, Notwithstanding my response to Hokiefan below, I'll definitely check out ExponentHR and Paycom.   

Hokiefan, we actually tried HRB (the ADP product) about 3-4 years ago and it was a fairly clumsy implementation, with many, many hours of training.  The ultimate problem was that HRB drove payroll, and in our company payroll is totally separate from all other HR functions.  However ADP has sent a proposal and they say that they've made tremendous improvements to the product.  In the long run we may return to them.

Re: Desperately seeking HR System - Small US Company (50 people)

posted at 3/6/2012 10:59 AM EST on Workforce Management
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Give us a try!  Payroll Data Services serves over 1000 clients in your size market, and we have a solution that's a good fit for your needs.  We've been in business for 19 years and are the largest independent payroll provider in Wisconsin, paying clients' EE's in 48 states.  We provide solutions for Payroll, HR, Time and Labor Management, Applicant Tracking, Employee Open Enrollment and EE Self Service, all in a single data base via the Cloud.  Use only the pieces that you need.

We boast a 95% client retention rate, and our last client survey we scored 96% satisfied, and 98% willing to recommend us. 

Email me if you're interested - michaelh@payrolldata.com - and we can set up a time to chat and show you a demo.

Thanks, Mike.

Re: Desperately seeking HR System - Small US Company (50 people)

posted at 3/6/2012 1:11 PM EST on Workforce Management
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Revisit ADP - they've come a long way in the last four years.

Check our their Workforce Now product.

Re: Desperately seeking HR System - Small US Company (50 people)

posted at 3/7/2012 12:48 PM EST on Workforce Management
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Something to think about when selecting the system is how you get the data out. If you have an HR analyst that does your HR reporting they should be included in all aspects of selecting the system of record because the ultimate goal of collecting the data (other than managing personnel transations) should be to enable robust reporting of the HR data. The system you choose should allow connectivity to productivity data collected in the business, and I recommend you engage your C-suite in a robust conversation about what analysis they need to support their business strategy to inform your system selection criteria.

I also recommend moving Employee Self Service from Nice to have to critical functionality. HR has historically been thought of as administrative support staff, and one of the ways to shift this paradigm is to have robust self-service functionality that requires managers and employees to own their personell transactions. Ultimatley the business owns the data, and the integrity of the data in the system. Establishing this ownership up front, and ensuring your HR function is thought of as stategic rather than administrative is key to having a "seat at the table" rather than be treated as glorified admins.

I recommend you take a look at Success Factors as you research your options.
http://www.successfactors.com/homepage.html

They have an excellent white paper on how to build an HR Analytics Center of Excellence. I realize your company is small, but it is never too soon to consider your future state aspirations because the system you select today will impact your ability to provide meaningful metrics well into the future.

Re: Desperately seeking HR System - Small US Company (50 people)

posted at 3/15/2012 12:53 PM EDT on Workforce Management
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You've all been SO helpful! Thanks for taking time to share your experience, advice and suggestions.

Mbugaleski, thanks to you, I requested a demo of the new ADP Workforce Now, and I can see has matured and is much improved from a few years ago.  So I think we will give them another shot--especially since they gave us some very favorable pricing and implementation options.

Pamela, about Employee Self Service...I ABSOLUTELY will take your sage advice that it is critical to implement ESS. 
My administrative assistant used to administer our benefits plans, COBRA, FMLA, plan enrollments, changes, and terminations.  Since she retired at the end of last year, this now falls to me.  Last week, it took me 32 minutes to change ONE person's address, what with changing each of our internal spreadsheets and going to the web sites of our each benefits carrier!  Not only is this a hugely inefficient use of my--or anyone's--time, but as you wisely mention, it is costly to the company (and costly to the HR profession).

Signing off now.  You're a great bunch!

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