#1 most frequent
United States of America
71.1%113 installations of 159
What is Namely?
Namely is an end-to-end HR, benefits, and payroll solution for mid-sized businesses. The cloud-based platform can be used to manage the entire HR process.
Categories & Use Cases
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Screenshot of the Namely employee dashboard. This creates a central hub to access payroll and benefits info, share announcements, celebrate milestones, and navigate everything HR, from a desk or on the go.
Top Performing Features
Update personal information
Employees can update personal profile with change of address, dependents, or other personal data.
Category average: 8.3
Pay calculation
Pay calculation provides for computation of employee pay with state and federal deductions.
Category average: 8.2
Direct deposit files
Direct deposit is the ability to electronically transfer pay to an employee’s personal bank account.
Category average: 8.6
Areas for Improvement
Individual goal setting
Individual goal setting is the ability to define individual goals that align to organizational and subordinate goals.
Category average: 7.7
Line-of sight-visibility
Line-of-sight visibility is the provision of line-of sight visibility for each goal to see how goals support overall corporate objectives.
Category average: 7.6
Performance improvement plans
Supervisors can track disciplinary actions such as performance improvement plans.
Category average: 7.3
Who Buys & Uses Namely
#2 most frequent
Canada
5.7%9 installations of 159
#3 most frequent
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
4.4%7 installations of 159
It gets the job done but could be more
Use Cases and Deployment Scope
Namely is our HRIS system since 2017 and we also use the performance review module.
Pros
- User friendly
- Intuitive
- Social media feature for employee engagement
- Cloud access
Cons
- Performance management function is very basic
- More templates for employee sharing
- Reports for employee engagement
- Add peer recognition feature
Return on Investment
- Perform mostly as expected
- ROI in line
- Employees are used to using it.
Usability
Alternatives Considered
Culture Amp
Namely is a refreshing take in the staid sector of HRIS
Use Cases and Deployment Scope
Namely is the HRIS for our company, from when we were under 50 employees to now over 150 employees. We use it for all Onboarding and document e-signature, all Managed Payroll Services, Benefits Administration & Brokerage, Training & Compliance, PTO tracking, other employee records, and Performance Management. We only are light users of it social components.
Pros
- comprehensive
- user-friendly (for both administrators and users), with an intuitive UI
- ease of setup and detailed customization options
- ease and detail of reporting and analytics
- constantly evolving and adding new functionalities
Cons
- Managed Payroll UI could be improved
- Employee record keeping functionalities could be more robust
- Performance Management customization could be more robust
Return on Investment
- Significant ROI for leanly resourced HR team (robust employee self-service, automation of a lot of onboarding, compliance, etc
- Significant ROI for HR team - HR support resources and training for more junior members of HR to utilize and self-teach
- Less robust ROI from a goal setting & performance management perspective
Usability
Alternatives Considered
Oracle Taleo Cloud, Bamboo, Zenefits, Rippling and Justworks
Other Software Used
Workable, Culture Amp, DocuSign
Happy Namely User
Use Cases and Deployment Scope
We use Namely HRIS, Payroll, Benefits & Time across our whole organization. Namely has helped us tremendously keeping track of our COVID sick pay and have helped put our mind at ease with their knowledge of the CARES Act and their implementation to the program.
Pros
- Signed documents are stored directly in the app.
- Employees love how easy it is to submit PTO.
- We have just finished setting up all our EDI benefits files and I love that it takes a lot of extra work off me.
- Processing payroll is a breeze.
Cons
- The biggest con I hear from employees is that their payroll check does not show pending the day before.
- When a Workflow has been declined by any chain, the target's manager (the person who created the workflow) is not notified. This is a big problem for us.
- Their ACA support is not the best. You call in and talk to someone about your issue and then they talk to Namely's ACA specialist and then they relay the answer to you. You do not get to talk directly to the ACA specialist so if you go back and forth with questions (like I did), it takes forever to get a problem solved.
Return on Investment
- The ability for employees and managers to get information on themselves and those who report to them without waiting on a response from someone.
- Streamlined workflows that eliminate numerous emails and forgotten steps.
Other Software Used
JazzHR
Usability
Outstanding.
Use Cases and Deployment Scope
I use Namely for HR, payroll, benefits administration, compliance, and time tracking. We used to be at ADP, a done-for-you PEO. I prefer the DIY platform of Namely, both for the direct control and broad array of services and benefits choices I can offer to our employees and for the direct control by employees to log hours and get any information they need without needing to bother anyone in the HR department.
Pros
- Benefits offerings to employees.
- Integration of payroll and time tracking.
- Website layout.
- Ease of registering employees in more than one state.
Cons
- At the conclusion of onboarding sessions, they always ask, "do you have any questions" but the sessions are scheduled with a 'hard out" so it can sometimes feel like questions would take too long.
- Every communication needs to be written on their platform. I would prefer just picking up the phone to ask a question. It would take less time to get the issue resolved.
Return on Investment
- Saved cost of benefits while increasing coverage.
- Spend less time administering payroll.
Other Software Used
HubSpot CRM, Slack, Trello
Usability
Is the name in HR software still Namely?
Use Cases and Deployment Scope
Namely is the HR system for managing employees from hours, to performance reviews, tax paperwork, team assignments and vacation time for our full time employees.
Pros
- ease of access to critical data
- consolidates all HR functions into one platform
- provides top level insight into corporate structure for inter-departmental communication
- tracks hourly employees
Cons
- job code and time tracking
- the time clock app
- general ease of setup and use - many users struggle to set up some of the time tracking features
Return on Investment
- while many companies are seeing turnover, Namely is a great way to keep up to date on all things related to labor capital.
- nobody likes performance reviews, and Namely has a somewhat labor intensive process.
- the hourly time tracking is not quite there
Other Software Used
Unreal Engine, Perforce Helix Core, Google Sheets
