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Overview

Synthesised from 5 reviews | Last Published May 26, 2026

Paycor serves the Manufacturing industry as a comprehensive HR and payroll solution, particularly valued for managing diverse workforces, complex shift schedules, and stringent compliance needs. In TrustRadius reviews, the platform's ability to centralize various HR functions, from recruitment to benefits administration, is a significant advantage for maintaining consistent practices across factory floors and administrative offices. Its robust time and attendance tracking capabilities are especially beneficial for accurate labor costing, shift management, and adherence to work hour regulations, directly addressing operational challenges in manufacturing.

Reviewers highlight Paycor's positive impact on operational efficiency by streamlining critical HR administrative tasks, leading to significant time savings. This functionality reduces the administrative burden on site managers and HR personnel, allowing more focus on production oversight. While the provided reviews primarily emphasize these positive outcomes, no significant drawbacks or limitations were explicitly reported by this small sample of Manufacturing reviewers, indicating a generally positive sentiment regarding its utility in the sector.

Pros

  • Centralized HR management for diverse manufacturing workforces.
  • Robust time and attendance tracking for accurate labor costing and shift management.
  • Streamlined administration of employee time-off requests.
  • Consolidated employee information across multiple plant locations.
  • Reduced administrative burden on HR and site managers, improving operational efficiency.

Cons

  • No significant weaknesses were reported by Manufacturing reviewers in this sample.
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ManufacturingAutomotive1Plastics1Consumer Goods1

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A well rewarded change

Rating: 10 out of 10
Incentivized

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

We use Paycor for Human Resources, Payroll and Time/Attendance. The Employee Self Service feature has reduced our workload somewhat and that is a great benefit.

Pros

  • Paycor excels at customer service. Whenever I have had a problem, our assigned specialist, or another specialist if ours is busy, has dedicated time and attention to help me resolve the issue as quickly as possible. I have never sensed any impatience on their part or felt rushed if I was asking multiple questions.
  • Paycor's employees are knowledgeable not only about their product but about payroll rules and laws as well. It is so nice to work with employees who are aware of all facets of their job.
  • I very much like the ability to view employees' payroll history for any given time period quickly and easily, just by entering the appropriate start and end dates.

Cons

  • I would like to see a complete manual for the payroll system. Sometimes I have a question after hours and can't always find the answer myself. It's frustrating to have to send an e-mail and wait until the next day for an answer.
  • There are a number of redundant functionalities, such as the taxation period for payroll, which is found both in the "Process Payroll" function and in the employee panel. The setting in the employee panel overrides the setting for the payroll and since I didn't know there were two, this has caused a problem once or twice with someone being taxed on an incorrect frequency.

Likelihood to Recommend

Paycor is well suited for a company that needs a flexible system on an economical basis.
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Susan Morano, CPP
Payroll Analyst/Human Resources in Human Resources at Camso USA Inc, formerly known as Solideal USA, Inc (Automotive, 201-500 employees)
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Paycor
2 years of experience
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I'm a fan!

Rating: 10 out of 10
Incentivized

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

We use Paycor across our entire organization, from Payroll and Time & Attendance to ACA reporting to Applicant Tracking. It allowed us to centralize all our information and made it available and easy to access for everyone across our organization.

Pros

  • Paycor is easy to use. Even for those who may not be computer savvy.
  • Paycor allows you to enter employee information once and it flows through to all areas where the information is needed.
  • Having a dedicated support contact is awesome! You never have to wonder who you'll be speaking to.

Cons

  • You can't enter direct deposit information in HR when you are entering a new employee. You have to remember to look up the employee and add their direct deposit information afterward.
  • You can't enter city or municipal taxes as you are entering a new employee. You have to go to Payroll to enter that.

Likelihood to Recommend

Our company currently has 5 locations and employees in many states. Paycor makes it easy to have them all in one database but still have the ability to run separate reports for each location and/or state. It also gives employees easy access to their own information, such as pay stubs, W-2s, etc.
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Verified User
Director in Human Resources (Consumer Goods company, 501-1000 employees)
Vetted Review
Paycor
2 years of experience

Paycor - Recommended for HRIS needs

Rating: 9 out of 10
Incentivized

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

Paycor is an extremely user friendly HRIS system. Going between each section of Paycor is a seamless transition. They are also very customer service oriented, constantly listening to their clients needs and concerns. Our client support specialist has worked with us to solve all of our problems in a timely fashion. I am extremely satisfied with Paycor.

Pros

  • Customer Service
  • User-Friendly
  • All in-house

Cons

  • Better timekeeping functionality

Likelihood to Recommend

I would say Paycor markets themselves to both small and medium sized companies. They have different products to fill different companies' needs depending on size. I would say that Paycor would be a bit tougher for much larger companies in a timekeeping sense. Attendance on Demand is a bit less user friendly and I feel would be a bit more difficult with a large group of employees.
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Danielle Johnson
Human Resources Assistant in Human Resources at ORAFOL Americas (Plastics, 201-500 employees)
Vetted Review
Paycor
1 year of experience
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