Paylocity

Pros

This company had excellent rollout of the product into the work environment with the most amazing customer support I've ever received. Training and utilization were easy to understand and execute, with very little hiccups at all. Their app is colorful and keeps you very updated on your progress and profile management issues!

Cons

There wasn't an easy way to find answers to questions "fast", you would always get a personable and functional response to your questions from a real human who knew your name, but sometimes an immediate assist is more important than an overly communicative/thorough one.

Pros

I love the interface and intuitive location of tabs. Finding what I need is easy and the search gets me answers to most questions without having to call tech support

Cons

I don't like that my account manager keeps changing, I understand turn over is high currently but it's much better to not have to "fill in" each person I call on whatever issue we were working on. There is currently a gap between what we can do remotely on the mobile app and what we can do in the browser based system. I need more functionality on the mobile devices.

Alternatives Considered

Reasons for Switching to Paylocity

Pros

Good system and easy to understand. Reports were ok

Cons

reports not changeable. they quit paying our taxes. no customer service. new employees in customer service know nothing. being on hold on the phone for over 30 minutes MOST times.

Pros

The product is both well designed and executed. While implementation and support have been another story, the product's functionality and ease of use have been enjoyed by both our administrators and users.

Cons

Unfortunately, our organization had an extremely poor implementation experience. Like many, our industry has some unique payroll tracking and reporting requirements; however, through numerous meetings, Paylocity's salespeople and implementation specialists ensured the product could handle these requirements out of the box. With consultation from Paylocity's team, we scheduled over three months to implement and test the product before going live for a stress-free experience. Unfortunately, our experience was the opposite of what was promised. In addition to breaking numerous commitments and being misadvised by our implementation specialist on multiple occasions, we were not re-assigned an implementation specialist for over a month, which pushed us past our "go-live" date.
Ultimately, we had to self-implement the product to a large degree. After seven months with the product, we are still waiting on promised fixes to multiple issues. We have tried for months to address these experiences and concerns with Paylocity's [SENSITIVE CONTENT] of Implementation Services and other higher-ups. Unfortunately, our e-mails go unanswered for weeks, and the short responses we receive don't address the topics we have raised.

Pros

It has been a while since we switched over to Paylocity, and I suppose that speaks to how well it works, but I specifically remember the implementation process being very easy. For our purpose, mostly payroll, Paylocity works perfectly fine. It does not have the best user interface, but it works just fine. As a payroll administrator, you have a lot of autonomy to make changes as you need without having to call in.

Cons

Reporting can be a bit of a pain. They market their reporting system as easy and you can create any report you want from the fields that are in there, but creating a custom report is much harder than we thought. Many times, we find ourselves calling in to get the report that we need/want. And even then, if we export it to excel, it has so many spaces and gaps that it makes it difficult to play with. Their customer service can also be lacking. We rarely ever get our rep on the phone and they always take so long to get back to us when our issues are more complicated such as getting a W-2 corrected or amendments on tax returns.