BASIC Guru vs. Sage HRMS

Guru is very well suited for storing lots of product information. It's very easy to tag and organize your Guru cards which makes it easy sort through later. You can also assign certain people the responsibility of making sure their team's Guru cards are up to date which also keeps everything clean, organized, and updated.

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Sage HRMS might be great for a smaller company under 1,000 employees. I would not recommend it for larger companies. It becomes too burdensome because many processes still have to be manual and reports take forever to process if you have too many records in your system

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• Google Chrome integration works great
• Easy and user-friendly UI
• Great tagging, sorting, and organizing capabilities

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• Reporting - there are three levels of reporting - 1. Standard Reports 2. Query Tool - users can create very simple list with some filtering functionality 3. Crystal Reports - user can create very simple to complex report pulling data from multiple table, calculated fields, etc.
• Benefit Tracking - benefit plans are setup utilizing rate tables therefore rate changes are updated globally
• Payroll - everyday payroll processing and tax filing that is very user friendly

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• Chrome extension often fails to work properly
• Difficult to learn at first
• General search function can be improved

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• It is sometimes hard to identify parts of competency/compensation history. We built tables to store this data but it is not laid out well on the screen.
• Sometimes, even when you tell the system to "Add to History" it doesn't update so there is history missing. This impacts someone that relies on history for troubleshooting and reports.

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I do not work with this software anymore, and I am not involved with the renewal of it. However, if I were, I would still suggest using it unless something better was introduced

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Guru was difficult to learn and navigate at first, but once you get the hang of it, it is very efficient and actually makes day-to-day work a lot easier

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Sage HRMS is popular and it's used in most organizations due to the reputation of Sage in coming up with popular and reliable business softwares. The software is not that expensive and after learning how to use it, everything becomes smooth and perfect. It's ultimate strength lies in payroll management and helping in applicant tracking capabilities

Incentivized

• There was a steep learning curve for many in our team
• We mainly use Chrome integration and sometimes the application fails to load
• With thousands of Guru cards, searching up one specific card can sometimes be difficult as the query brings up so many results based on a key word

Incentivized

• Sage HRMS allowed us to manage payroll in house.
• It was disappointing that we had to use an outside vendor to file and pay our withholding tax.
• Ultimately, the decision was made to outsource payroll after using HRMS for 3 years.

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