#1 most frequent
United States of America
73.1%49 installations of 67
What is Betterworks?
Betterworks offers intelligent performance management software solutions. Its enterprise-ready SaaS platform helps workforces and organizations achieve their potential with tools that foster greater manager effectiveness and employee performance, with the goal of increasing engagement and retention.
Categories & Use Cases
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Screenshot of Betterworks Goals with Google Sheets Integrations
Top Performing Features
Corporate goal setting
Corporate goal setting is the ability to define corporate goals, and/or vision statements in the system.
Category average: 6.6
Subordinate goal setting
Subordinate goal setting is the ability to define subordinate departmental or team goals in support of overall corporate goals.
Category average: 6.9
Individual goal setting
Individual goal setting is the ability to define individual goals that align to organizational and subordinate goals.
Category average: 7.3
Areas for Improvement
Workflow restrictions
Workflow restrictions ensure that employee can only see finalized official review once completed.
Category average: 5.7
Manager note taking
Ability for managers to insert ad-hoc notes about performance or evaluation process; supports continuous feedback.
Category average: 8.7
Review reminders
System can generate reminders to ensure review completion timeliness.
Category average: 8.5
Who Buys & Uses Betterworks
#2 most frequent
Canada
7.5%5 installations of 67
#3 most frequent
India
6.0%4 installations of 67
BetterWorks makes implementing OKRs framework simple
Use Cases and Deployment Scope
We use BetterWorks to keep track of our Objectives and Key Results. The platform allows linking our Objectives with those of the rest of our team, and with the rest of the company. I also use BetterWorks to assess my key results and their progress. It is part of our company strategy.
Pros
- Plan and set quarterly objectives and key results.
- Follow up progress on key results.
- Link objectives within the organization.
Cons
- The UX could be updated.
- I sometimes get confused with color assessments and progress tracking.
- Some functionalities are locked according to the type of user.
- Would like to have an option to track specific to-do's.
Most Important Features
- Linking objectives
- Progress tracking
- Status tracking
Return on Investment
- It has allowed us to align priorities.
- Simplifies the annual employee assessment.
- Gives visibility to the entire operation.
Alternatives Considered
Asana and Todoist: To-Do List & Task Manager
Other Software Used
Workday Human Capital Management, Ironclad, Workhuman (formerly Globoforce)
Betterwork for OKRs Management
Pros
- Web based platform with everyone being able to access it anytime anywhere
- Allows for company wide OKRs management and promotes transparency
- Has some reporting functionalities
Cons
- The platform is not very user friendly and requires training
- Reporting is limited and has to be heavily customized to work for your organization
Most Important Features
- OKRs management - creation of and tracking of objectives, key results
- Reporting
- Recordkeeping of performance evaluations
Return on Investment
- A tool like this was highly viewed by the new hires as it shows the company's commitment to track everyone's contribution to corporates goals
- Provides transparency into what each team does
- The implementation was a big effort
Alternatives Considered
Lattice
Other Software Used
Slack, DocuSign
Loved Hyphen!
Use Cases and Deployment Scope
We used Hyphen company-wide. At the time, it was the only platform that we could find that allowed us to send text surveys to employees. Having the majority of our work force not be on a computer daily meant that we had to get creative in how we received feedback from our team. Hyphen was able to help us ensure that our workforce was happy, as well as to identify problems quickly and pinpoint any areas that we needed to further investigate. The team was great at helping us customize the platform, and really engaged with us to ensure that we had what we needed.
Pros
- Customized platform
- Ensured that we had the support we needed.
- Engaged with us to ensure we could meet our team's needs.
Cons
- The ability to respond back to our team members anonymously to dig deeper into issues.
Return on Investment
- This allowed us to have a beat on the pulse of our team quickly.
- This allowed us to see targeted areas of need for development or coaching.
- This alerted us to an issue quickly so that we could investigate and deal with a situation before it became a larger issue.
Focus, Alignment, and No Duplicate Work
Pros
- Neat and easy to understand
- Easy to sort by different critera
- Shows how goals roll up in a tree/chart
Cons
- It's sometimes hard to see ONLY your milestones and goals
- Having more default units of measure might be nice (or being able to save your own custom ones)
- Native integrations with software (like HubSpot) would be great
Return on Investment
- We've been able to cut down on duplicate work because we're all aware of what everyone is working on.
- We can best leverage everyone's skills by collaborating to achieve top company goals.
- With BetterWorks our top company goals are always front of mind and driving our everyday work keeping us focused.
Other Software Used
HubSpot, HubSpot Sales, Engagio
Usability
Game changer for aligning organisation goals
Pros
- Amazing user experience
- Gamification and social
- See alignment of your objectives to the top leadership
Cons
- Seeing all people in the org and their objectives is not so intuitive
- Mobile app has some bugs
Return on Investment
- Results driven objectives
- Alignment of goals across organisation
- Transparency
