#1 most frequent
United States of America
76.7%198 installations of 258
What is PDS Vista?
Vista® is a human resource, benefits, payroll, recruiting, and self-service software. Functional elements include recruitment, staffing, position and training management, compliance, and performance and compensation.
Categories & Use Cases
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Screenshot of employee data, which is the heart of a corporate knowledge base. Within Vista, an organized database of employees, applicants, jobs, and positions can be created and maintained. The product’s flexibility allows users to structure corporate data as simply or as complicated as business needs require.
Top Performing Features
Reimbursement management
Reimbursement management provides cash reimbursement for employee expenses related to business travel or other.
Category average: 7.7
Tracking of all physical assets
Tracking of track laptops, pagers, phones, and other company equipment.
Category average: 8.2
Performance tracking
Performance tracking allows managers to track individual progress against goals as a component of overall performance.
Category average: 7.5
Areas for Improvement
Job Requisition Management
Job Requisition Management – Job requisition management is the ability to create jobs quickly and easily
Category average: 7.7
Company Website Posting
Software allows postings to be displayed on the company website
Category average: 8
Applicant Tracking
Applicant tracking allows recruiters to assign applicants to various stages so others can see status at a glance
Category average: 7.7
Who Buys & Uses PDS Vista
#2 most frequent
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
9.3%24 installations of 258
#3 most frequent
Canada
5.4%14 installations of 258
HRM(no).
Use Cases and Deployment Scope
We use PDS Vista for both our payroll and HRMS system. We use it for recruiting and onboarding, in addition to benefits and time keeping.
Pros
- Customizations
Cons
- Onboarding
- Recruiting
- File Management
- Automations/Workflows
- Technical Issues
Return on Investment
- Loss of applicants
- Loss of onboarding applicants
- Missing documentation
- Redundancy
- Redundancy
- Redundancy
Usability
Other Software Used
TalentLMS
VistaHRMS
Use Cases and Deployment Scope
We are currently using it for are HRIS in our HR department. It is used for payroll as well. We have rolled out self-service to a few of our employees. It helps bring all functions of the HR/Payroll together in one system.
Pros
- User Friendly application.
- All information for employees is a click away.
- Customer Service for Vista is very helpful.
- Reports are very useful and easy to pull.
Cons
- Manual check process is very long and drawn out.
- Importing a large batch from an excel spreadsheet - without having to ask someone to write a function for that.
- It would be great if the system gave you some kind of an alert if something was wrong, without having to wait until the employee came to you.
- Payroll reports that could be more user-friendly.
Return on Investment
- It makes for better customer services when mistakes are made. You can fix it yourself instead of haivng to wait until the next payroll
- The reports have done wonders for our accounting team
- the negative impact would not know what errors in the setup process you have until it is too late
Alternatives Considered
ADP Workforce Now
Overall Satisfaction
Pros
- User-friendly and easy to learn.
- Reporting options through Crystal Reporting.
- The best support team when something is not right, especially if they are aware that you are currently running payroll.
Cons
- If you manually input a transaction into the payroll entry screen once payroll is run you can no longer see that transaction. It would be nice to be able to see a history of all transactions per employee.
- Future changes cannot be made on the HR side during the payroll processing time frame or the changes will occur during the current payroll. For example, if someone is getting a wage increase it cannot be future dated because payroll will pick it up even though it is future dated.
Return on Investment
- We are more organized and efficient in the HR/Payroll department now [that they are] using the system
Vista is a solid product for small/medium organizations
Pros
- Seems intuitive, well organized
- Mostly configurable--just a few customizations required
- Reporting structure is well defined and ready for reporting
Cons
- Vista Time system is a different product, but it's integrated. Sold as "one system"
- Not yet fully accessible for Screen Reader users so we are working with PDS on a solution
Return on Investment
- We haven't implemented the system yet
- Hoping for improved efficiency with time and attendance and employee self-service
- Hoping to onboard more efficiently
- One integrated HR/Payroll system promises improved operational efficiency
Other Software Used
Salesforce Experience Cloud (formerly Salesforce Community Cloud), Campaign Monitor, Microsoft Dynamics SL
PDS is money in the bank!
Pros
- Security - flexibility to a wide variety of types of users.
- Expansion - When acquisitions happen it was quick to add a company.
- User Exp - Users find it easy to navigate and find what they need.
Cons
- Job History - Too many areas that dates populate.
- ATS - There is a lack of flexibility for applicants when applying for multiple jobs.
- Searching - The functionality is a little limited, would be nice to type in any information on a person and search.
Return on Investment
- Automation of reporting has cut manual tracking down by 75% for benefits.
Other Software Used
ADP Vantage HCM, Paylocity Web Pay
