Paycor

Score7.1 out of 10

650 Reviews and Ratings

What is Paycor?

Paycor provides core HR functions scaled towards small and mid-sized businesses. Paycor offers an integrated benefits platform for interfacing directly with insurance carriers and an adaptable time management platform.

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Direct deposit files
Direct deposit is the ability to electronically transfer pay to an employee’s personal bank account.
Category average: 9
Pay calculation
Pay calculation provides for computation of employee pay with state and federal deductions.
Category average: 9
Support for external payroll vendors
Support for external payroll vendors is the ability to integrate with 3rd-party payroll services.
Category average: 7.2

Salary revision and increment management
Salary revision is the ability to modify individual employee pay.
Category average: 8.7
Reimbursement management
Reimbursement management provides cash reimbursement for employee expenses related to business travel or other.
Category average: 8.1
Benefit plan administration
Benefit plan administration is administration of health insurance plans and 401k plans, and other benefits.
Category average: 7.9

#1 most frequent

Construction

32.3%

21 installations of 65

#2 most frequent

Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services

12.3%

8 installations of 65

#3 most frequent

Public Administration

7.7%

5 installations of 65

Sara Baker View profile

HR Director in Human Resources at Kitchen Social (201-500 employees employees)

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

We use Paycor for our payroll, onboarding, and Benefits Administration.

Our prior payroll company was not a good partner and we had a lot of issues, so we moved to Paycor to help us get things on track.

Pros

Payroll compliance
Customer Service
Benefit Administration

Cons

Escalated issues - customer service times
The ability to customize some of their features.

Return on Investment

It Streamlined our processes and saves us at least 15-20 hours a week of manual entry/verification time.
Our employees like using the app for Paycor to have better access to their pay info.
The reporting features make it easier for us to flow the correct information into our financial reports.

Usability

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Toast Payroll & Team Management

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Jo Mor

Director for HR in Human Resources at The North Church (51-200 employees employees)

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

We use it for payroll and benefits management.

Pros

Payroll flexibility - offering the ability to add additional payrolls or make temporary one-time changes to each employee.
Timekeeping flexibility - we're willing to adjust our timekeeping to match our current practices.
They understand our demographic - church, non-profit and our unique tax implications.

Cons

They can be buggy. When employees log in, they frequently encounter issues, such as being unable to log in, navigating to the required page, entering time, or requesting vacation. At times, I need to do these things for employees who are unable to get Paycor to work for them.
Inflexibility in performance reviews.
Inability to impersonate an employee to help them.

Return on Investment

It has provided payroll stability and compliance.
It has standardized onboarding and benefits open enrollment.

Usability

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Russ Fatum BS MBA MBB PMP View profile

Corporate Director for Human Resources in Human Resources at Ligon Industries (501-1000 employees employees)

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

We used the Payroll, ATS and Recruitment, LMS tools, and the performance tools at 8 of our manufacturing plants after using another product that was not easy to use

Pros

Intuitive to learn how to use and maintain
Great support
Innovative tools and solutions
Great Representatives

Cons

To be able to reduce key strokes by parceling documents
To have error notices actually give you the fix
More online community coversations with other users

Return on Investment

Payroll Processing was reduced from 2 full days to 4 hours a week
Minimal software issues, maybe 1-2 a year if any
Quicker tech support with timelines updated daily

Usability

Marla Cavendish, SHRM-CP View profile

HR Director in Human Resources at Peace river center (201-500 employees employees)

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

Paycor is being used for time and attendance functions and for onboarding, recruiting and other functions such as performance, and engagement

Pros

Ease of functionality
Customer service
A lot of knowledge
Responsive

Cons

Offer more one on one training for customers that dnt have prior experience setti g up modules such as HR

Return on Investment

Since we just went live a week again its too soon to cment

Usability

Alternatives Considered

Paycom

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Verified User

Employee in Human Resources (1001-5000 employees employees)

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

At my company, we solely use the Paycor Recruiting platform, which helps us streamline the recruiting process and keep our candidate pool organized. The product has helped us track our time to fill for specific job titles, departments, and even locations (we have 82 branches across the Midwest). We use Paycor Recruiting on a daily basis to review applications, communicate with candidates, and track our progress in the hiring process. Additionally, Paycor Recruiting has helped us put together quarterly metrics to review not only time to fill but also trends such as candidate sourcing, what jobs receive the most applications, and problem areas that need to be researched further and addressed in a timely manner.

Pros

With the click of one button Paycor Recruiting will seamlessly post a position to multiple job boards directly from their platform! We also post our job openings to our company careers page and our internal careers page which are included in the single click to post along with Indeed, LinkedIn, Glassdoor, and ZipRecruiter.
The customized workflows in the applicant tracking system are excellent for staying organized and allowing both recruiters and hiring managers to quickly assess where each candidate is at in the hiring process. This helps ensure no candidates are getting duplicate calls, emails, or requests from those involved in the recruiting process.
The customizable templates are a huge time saver! You can create specific job templates to make posting position faster. You can create email and texting templates to make sure communication with candidates is consistent across the board. You can create offer letter templates and thank you letter templates as well so the information doesn’t have to be typed up from scratch every time. These features all make the recruiting process seamless and ensures that’s each candidate is getting the same great experience!

Cons

The reporting capabilities of Paycor Recruiting are lacking. While there are some great features I would like to see more options for customization. The options to build my own report from SCRATCH with whatever fields I want/need would be a huge improvement. At this time, I have to finagle the reports to try and get what I need and often times I have to pull multiple reports and then do extra work outside of the system to end up with metrics close to what I’m looking for in the data.
The candidates search feature could use some improvement. In theory, the tagging system is a great idea but it leaves room for inconsistency and trying to search for a previous candidate who interviewed well isn’t always easy. This makes it harder to re-engage with people who could be a strong match for a new job opening.
Although the platform is very user friendly as far as ease of use and intuitiveness it can be VERY slow at times. There are days where the system moves at a snails pace and when there are multiple clicks to have to get to a specific spot in the system this can be very frustrating. This is especially try for navigating through job postings and candidate details.

Return on Investment

By streamlining job postings and candidate tracking Paycor Recruiting has helped shorten the average time to fill for our job postings from an average of 45 days days to 32 days (for certain job postings). This is due to the efficiency of the system when moving candidates through the pipeline.
Recruiting costs have lowered due to the systems ability to post openings to multiple job board from one central location. This takes a lot of the administrative burden off recruiters and saves us time on manual follow ups and agency fees.
Higher quality candidates! The tools Paycor Recruiting offers has provided the recruiters with a more effective form of evaluation. This leads to more informed decisions which results in better quality hires. When people stay longer this reduces turnover related costs.

Usability

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Direct deposit files

Pay calculation

Support for external payroll vendors

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Salary revision and increment management

Reimbursement management

Benefit plan administration

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Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services

Public Administration

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