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Insperity

Score4.7 out of 10

27 Reviews and Ratings

What is Insperity?

Insperity’s complete PEO services provide the scalable infrastructure needed to eliminate inefficiencies, control expenses and reduce risks to help sustain profitability. The Insperity PEO solution combines personalized service and HR technology, aiming to maximize the effectiveness of the client's people.

Insperity makes the onboarding process better

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

We use Insperity for pre-employment testing and promotional moves within the company to check skills for new or current employees who want to make a change.

Pros

  • System is easy to use
  • Have tools that can be sent to managers so that they can choose the testing that works best for their position.
  • Easy to deal with.

Cons

  • We honestly don't see anything that needs a change at this point.

Return on Investment

  • It has helped us avoid bad hires.

Alternatives Considered

Asana and Paylocity

Other Software Used

Paylocity, Asana

Great for what it does

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

They handle a lot of items - benefits, separation agreements, payroll, etc for our US entity. If we are unsure of any legal-related items for specific cities and states, we would go to Insperity and they would have the resources to share with us that we should be aware of. They also have a learning and development platform that we are currently looking into.

Pros

  • Payroll Processing - they are always on time and very compliant with everything
  • Onboarding - new hires find it easy to complete their insperity onboarding and for the HR admin, its easy to find out what docs are still pending and what needs to be complete
  • Benefits - they offer a lot of options for employees. Their videos are useful as a high-level summary and their ALEX tool is REALLY great to use. Helps employees know what benefits is best suited for them
  • Compliance related questions - whenever we are unsure of anything in regards to compliance, they always are responsive via email and provides lots of details

Cons

  • When it comes to any sort of changes, we are expected to always submit an employee change form which can be a big hassle. If there was a way to change some details on the platform directly, that would save us more time. Also, some forms require wet signatures and we only find this out after we submit the first form that was e-signed. If it was made clear earlier that they had an alternative to the wet signature (such as their docusign), that would have saved us a lot of hassle and frustration on the employee's end.
  • Timeline of when to expect benefits - often new hires are ocnfused on when they have the option to enrol in their 401k. If there was a timeline given on when to expect all their benefit related info, that would be nice.
  • Pulling reports - I find the website hard to navigate and not as intuitive when looking for reports to pull from the system.

Most Important Features

  • Payroll processing - we rely on this a lot, especially when it comes to new hires. I like how quickly they process payroll, even for new hires who have joined well passed the payroll deadline. They make off-cycle payments for the new hires.
  • Access to any HR law-related information - If we had a question about ANYTHING about the US HR law landscape, the team has all the information that you need. They're easily reachable and responsive.
  • Drafting of separation agreements - although the processing time is a bit long (weeks), it provides us comfort that we are in compliance.

Return on Investment

  • I don't have an ROI but we save lots of time on our end when it comes to dealing with anything HR and payroll related. Employees have a great experience with customer support because they know they can reach out to Insperity directly rather than through us first.

Other Software Used

Hibob, DocuSign, HelloSign

Maybe their POE works, but in my experience, their other models do not...

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

We were promised an HR team, and we received a few phone numbers for team members who were nearly impossible to reach...

Our biggest complaint though is that, in my opinion, the user interface is very outdated and extremely difficult to use.

To be fair, we were not using the POE model that they offer but were using the self guided option.

In my opinion, the ease of use offered by basic industry names like Gusto and OnPay far outweighs any benefits you receive from using Insperity Workforce Optimization.

Pros

  • Onboarding Processes

Cons

  • In my opinion, user Interface is terrible
  • In my experience, HR "Team" very rarely answers the phone numbers that you are given
  • I think it is very expensive for what is offered

Most Important Features

  • Payroll

Return on Investment

  • Made the Payroll process more difficult than cheaper options

Small Business Switch Away from Insperity Workforce Optimization

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

Insperity Workforce Optimization was being used for all HR functions upon my arrival to the company, including but not limited to: payroll onboarding, I-9 process, employee handbook signing, benefits including medical, dental, STD and LTD, time and attendance and HR record keeping. Prior to my assignment as an HR Consultant (Generalist) for this small company client, they were utilizing Insperity and Insperity's specialists for all of their administrative HR needs.

Pros

  • Payroll Administration

Cons

  • Cost of overall product
  • Cost of benefits (medical, dental, LTD, STD, other)
  • Sales process
  • Small business HR Support (State law administration and knowledge, etc)

Most Important Features

  • Payroll
  • Benefits
  • State Law administration

Return on Investment

  • For the cost, Insperity no longer made sense for the organization. We ended up going with a smaller but highly reputable PEO that gave us a better product and service for less cost.

Alternatives Considered

Justworks and Paychex Flex

Other Software Used

Justworks, Paychex Flex, TriNet

Small and Medium Size Businesses Beware!

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

Small and medium size businesses beware. I don't normally write reviews, but my experience was so poor I felt obligated. In my opinion, Do NOT invest any time into investigating Insperity. They will require you to submit all of your current pricing for all of your services. They sell you on the fact that healthcare will cost less. In the end, healthcare will cost less, but they will REQUIRE you to sign-up for other services at exorbitant prices. Ultimately, it will cost you about the same. If you include the fee that goes to the salesperson it ends up costing you thousands more ($5k in my case). There tools are slow, outdated, and hard to use. The demo does not do this justice. Getting any kind of report requires a certification in Insperity. I run a tech company. I know how to navigate online tools. Insperity does not function well. Read the other reviews. In the end I left after about six months. Ultimately this will cost me more money in the short term, but I could not, in good faith, continue to give them money. In terms of cost, it is probably the most expensive option available. In terms of time, it is the MOST EXPENSIVE option. Before Insperity payroll took 30-seconds. Now payroll takes a couple of hours every week. I feel they do NOT care about you if you are a small or medium size business. They will give you hours to respond to emails or decide randomly to mail PAPER checks to your employees. The people behind the scenes DO NOT care about you from my experience, or your employees and will show you ZERO respect.

Pros

  • Healthcare costs are low.
  • Everything but healthcare is expensive.
  • Surface level service is acceptable, but behind the scenes service is terrible!

Cons

  • Pricing. Insperity is probably one of the most expensive services.
  • Lack of customer service.
  • Lack of respect for small and medium businesses.
  • Zero flexibility.
  • Software and tools are outdated.

Most Important Features

  • Healthcare

Return on Investment

  • Negative ROI

Alternatives Considered

Rippling

Other Software Used

QuickBooks Online