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- Industry: Law Practice
- Company size: 51–200 Employees
- Used Daily for 1+ year
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Small company, big vision
Wonderful, streamlined and I love that you believe that I am capable of learning so much more than I thought was possible. Total solution that has catapulted us into the future!
Pros
Flexibility coupled with cutting edge technology is allowing me to produce reporting and analytics our firm never thought was possible. At the same time, I am replacing all my manual processes with streamlined automation saving time and money. Finally, I am greatly increasing our professional culture in and outside the firm. My firm will never outgrow this solution. Love, Love, LOVE my Dayforce!
Cons
The only opportunity I see is the space between go live and what come next. With so much training material available, it hard to figure out a succinct plan for turning on the rest of the solution. A clear cut plan or guided track to bring you through the videos and then the correct guide would be helpful. I end up bouncing from guide to dig and guide and watching a video a couple of times to get things rolling.

- Industry: Hospital & Health Care
- Company size: 2–10 Employees
- Used Daily for 1-5 months
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Payroll and scheduling needs all under one roof
Dayforce has really trained me into using numbers to schedule employees so that I am accurately staffing and not wasting money overpayment
Pros
I liked this software because of how accurate it keeps the time of each employee and how I can incorporate these numbers into my scheduling so that I am not understaffed or over budget.
Cons
I really believe there are quite a few feature on this software that are completely redundant and repetitive.
- Industry: Accounting
- Company size: 2–10 Employees
- Used Daily for 2+ years
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My opinion on Dayforce HCM software: a complete solution for human resources management
Overall, Dayforce HCM is a complete and innovative human resource management software that offers a wide range of features to help companies optimize their personnel management and improve their efficiency. The solution is customizable to meet the specific needs of each company.Workforce scheduling is one of the key features of Dayforce HCM, which helps plan employee schedules based on business needs. The reports generated by Dayforce HCM are also very detailed, providing valuable information to make informed decisions.However, the cost of Dayforce HCM can be high for some small businesses, and setting it up can be complex and require extensive training for employees responsible for implementing and managing it. Some Dayforce HCM features may also not meet specific business needs.In sum, Dayforce HCM is a complete and powerful human resource management software that offers many advanced features to simplify the administrative tasks of HR professionals. However, before choosing Dayforce HCM, it is important to consider your specific business needs and ensure that this software will meet those needs.
Pros
Dayforce HCM is a comprehensive human resource management solution that efficiently manages employee-related processes, from payroll to workforce planning to talent management. This software offers many advanced features that simplify administrative tasks for HR professionals, saving time and reducing costs.One of the most impressive features of Dayforce HCM is workforce scheduling. This feature helps plan employee schedules based on business needs, taking into account employee skills, preferences, and constraints. Workforce planning is also integrated with payroll, which automatically calculates working hours and costs.Dayforce HCM is also highly customizable, allowing businesses to configure the software to their specific needs. The reports generated by Dayforce HCM are also very detailed, providing valuable information for making informed decisions.In sum, Dayforce HCM is a complete and innovative human resources management software that offers a wide range of features to help companies optimize their personnel management and improve their efficiency.
Cons
Although Dayforce HCM is a complete and powerful human resources management software, it may have some disadvantages for some companies. Here are some things to consider:First, the cost of Dayforce HCM can be high for some small businesses, which may make it inaccessible to some businesses with tight budgets.Additionally, some companies may find that setting up Dayforce HCM is complex and may require extensive training for employees responsible for implementing and managing it.Finally, some features of Dayforce HCM may not meet the specific needs of some businesses, which may make using the software less convenient for those businesses.In sum, Dayforce HCM is a complete and powerful human resources management software, but its cost, complexity and customization can present challenges for some companies. Before choosing Dayforce HCM, it's important to consider your specific business needs and make sure this software will meet those needs.
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- Industry: Nonprofit Organisation Management
- Company size: 201–500 Employees
- Used Daily for 2+ years
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All in one for human resources!
Pros
Dayforce is a great platform for many HR related purposes. You can track/assign employee hours and shifts, monitor and approve time off requests, and calculate payroll. In addition, it allows employees to monitor/track their benefits, retrieve pay sheets, change direct deposit information and more.
Cons
Compared to other software that is payroll only, Dayforce is a little clunky. It takes too many clicks to do simple things like adjusting time clocks, approving payroll, and using it as both a team manager AND an employee. Certain features, such as a manager adding a time off request for an employee, requires Silverlight, so we can only do that with Internet Explorer and no other browser.
Response from Ceridian
Hi Michael,
Thank you for sharing your Dayforce experience. This is incredibly valuable feedback and we appreciate you taking the time to give us your thoughts.
Wishing you continued success!
Thanks again,
Michael
- Industry: Nonprofit Organisation Management
- Company size: 51–200 Employees
- Used Daily for 2+ years
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Dayforce for a non profit
Cerdian support staff are very responsive. Ease of use for an organization that does not have a HR or Payroll sept.
Pros
Employees and management can access anytime anywhere!
Cons
Price, great features are available, but all come at an added cost.
Alternatives Considered
PayworksReasons for Choosing Dayforce HCM
More featuresSwitched From
PowerpayReasons for Switching to Dayforce HCM
Better features- Industry: Information Technology & Services
- Company size: 10,000+ Employees
- Used Weekly for 2+ years
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Decent Software for Payroll Management!
Pros
The company I worked for moved from ADP to Dayforce for Payroll and it was an easy transition and the mobile app was great.
Cons
I didn't have any issues with this software while using it on my PC or mobile device.
- Industry: Education Management
- Company size: 51–200 Employees
- Used Daily for 2+ years
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Why I love Dayforce
It’s been great!
Pros
I like the efficiency. It saves time and money running the business.
Cons
I enjoy all of what the product has to offer.
- Industry: Accounting
- Company size: 501–1,000 Employees
- Used Daily for 2+ years
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Ceridian
Pros
easyness and how everything just tie in together.
Cons
reporting and how we can not really control all aspect of it.
- Industry: Financial Services
- Company size: 51–200 Employees
- Used Weekly for 1+ year
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Employee User Review
Good experience - I would recommend it to other companies to use for the HR systems.
Pros
The main page was easy to navigate and use. I was able to get to everything I needed without searching endlessly on a busy screen. I appreciated the time of functionality as well as the benefits administration functionality. It was all super easy to work through.
Cons
I did not like the performance management system set up. It was not set up in a user friendly way. I also didn't like the rating system wasn't well explained - for example, meets expectations vs meets expectations beyond.
- Industry: Nonprofit Organisation Management
- Company size: 51–200 Employees
- Used Monthly for 1+ year
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Convenient Software for your company!
Overall, my experience with Dayforce has been positive. I would recommend this product.
Pros
What I liked most was having mobile access to submit and approve timecards for staff on the go! Much needed in a busy environment!
Cons
What I liked least is, sometimes the application would glitch, and I would have to resubmit my time or other times for them.
- Industry: Telecommunications
- Company size: 51–200 Employees
- Used Daily for 2+ years
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Ceridian
My overall experience is great. I so rarely have an issue I cannot solve on my own. The software is easy to use and the customer support is friendly and super helpful. Not 1 complaint on my end.
Pros
EVERYTHING!!!!! I love how simple it is to use, straight-forward, I so rarely have to call for issues and when I do need customer support they have all the answers quickly and efficiently.
Cons
Nothing I absolutely love this software for Payroll.
- Industry: Transportation/Trucking/Railroad
- Company size: 201–500 Employees
- Used Daily for 1+ year
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Happy Customer
Our payroll is much easier, HR processing is a bit harder than prior and reporting is good but complex.
Pros
Flexibility, customer support, sales team, leadership
Cons
Complexity. The software is so powerful that it becomes quite confusing .
Alternatives Considered
UKG ProReasons for Choosing Dayforce HCM
We were at the lowest version and forced to upgrade or change and we decided to leaveSwitched From
ADP Workforce NowReasons for Switching to Dayforce HCM
The company history and background- Industry: Transportation/Trucking/Railroad
- Company size: 5,001–10,000 Employees
- Used Daily for 1+ year
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Dayforce Review
We use this for payroll currently and are in the process of implementing HR.
Pros
The system is easy for us to use. We have not had any issues with our processes.
Cons
Report Building is not as robust as we would like.
Alternatives Considered
Oracle PeopleSoftReasons for Choosing Dayforce HCM
Contract running out and wanted something different.Switched From
Oracle PeopleSoftReasons for Switching to Dayforce HCM
We preferred this cloud version- Industry: Hospitality
- Company size: 501–1,000 Employees
- Used Daily for 2+ years
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Dayforce Rocks!!
I love it. It is user friendly and real time tracking which is awesome!!! Super easy to learn and teach!
Pros
I use the recruiting module a lot and I really like it. I love the talent management pool and how easy it is to use and send resumes. The talent pool keeps me organized as well,
Cons
Nothing really. Sometimes it lags in the recruiting module but otherwise I love it,
- Industry: Paper & Forest Products
- Company size: 1,001–5,000 Employees
- Used Daily for 1+ year
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Dayforce HCM Review
We have been able to become more paperless with Dayforce. For the most part, payroll processes correctly each pay period. Open Enrollment saved lots of time and paper and the employees seemed to really like the process. I think as we learn to use all of the functionality of the system, we will find more benefits and cost-savings. We are just disappointed that we did not get this information/recommendations from our implementation team. And the fact that modules that should have been live and working properly at the time of implementation are still not functional has been extremely frustrating. Our HR Admins are doing more work now, than they did before implementing Dayforce , where Attendance Management is concerned.
Pros
The system has lots of flexibility and functionality - unfortunately our implementation did not go very well (we are still working on it over a year after going live) so I don't believe we are using the system to its full capacity. The user experience is really friendly. Our current employees and onboarding employees like the system.
Cons
It seems that the implementation team wants to cut you off long before the system is running as expected. It's wonderful that Ceridian is working on so many great, new, cutting-edge options but our users (PR/HRAdmins, Managers) just want the current functionality to work properly. We are still submitting lots of tickets to support on a weekly basis and we have found the quality of support to be herky-jerky. Some of the reps are really good and others seem to just want to get the case off their plate without full resolution of the issue.
- Industry: Construction
- Company size: 501–1,000 Employees
- Used Daily for 2+ years
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Not userfriendly but to discover
Overall, it was painful at moments (because of all the issues) but I'm happy I only had one centralized system to work with.
Pros
I worked with Dayforce from Ceridian for over 2 years. It was difficult to implement it but what is good with this system is how EVERYTHING is centralized, employee information, payroll, timesheet, time off request, onboarding, etc. This is GREAT, it saves time. They do have FEW but VERY competent technical support specialist that we can rely on but unfortunately, not all of them are able to support you properly.
Cons
The problems with Dayforce are that EVERYTIME you want to do a modification (vacation calculation per example) it cost you money. Every time they do a modification based on what you asked, it will impact something else (since everything is centralized) and most of the time, their customer support team are not specialized enough to know what changes impacts what. It is VERY painful working with their team sometimes as a problem solved creates another issue where most of the time you still need to pay extra money to solve it.
Alternatives Considered
ADP Workforce Now- Industry: Mental Health Care
- Company size: 1,001–5,000 Employees
- Used Daily for 2+ years
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Dayforce - HR and Payroll software
It is a good product. It is cloud based which makes is highly desirable during the pandemic. Customer support is also very helpful.
Pros
A lot of features are easy to adapt and there is less of a learning curve. The software can be used for a host of HR functions from payroll to recruitment, LMS, performance management and more.
Cons
The system has a vast number of features and one needs to rely on a consultant for customization. Advanced knowledge of software engineering is necessary while creating reports or XML forms.
Alternatives Considered
Dynamics 365Switched From
Workday HCM- Industry: Hospitality
- Company size: 51–200 Employees
- Used Daily for 6-12 months
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Empowering Team Members
Overall, we have truly benefited from partnering with Dayforce. Our team members are excited about the user friendliness of the program, the accessibility from their mobile devices and the functions that empower them to submit requests & changes electronically. Our managers have raved about being able to schedule within labor guidelines and team member availability. Time Off requests are easier to track, schedule, approve/decline. Personal Action Form items that require approval are now electronic, which has smoothed out our process. We have seen a decrease in the amount of paperwork that was being processed & tracked, we have seen an increase in managerial productivity, we have seen a time savings in our payroll processing and an improvement in our reporting capabilities.
Pros
• Our team members are excited about the user friendliness of the program,
• Great to have accessibility from their mobile devices and the functions that empower them to submit requests & changes electronically.
• Managers have raved about being able to schedule within labor guidelines and team member availability.
• Time Off requests are easier to track, schedule, approve/decline.
• Personal Action Form items that require approval are now electronic, which has smoothed out our process.
• We have seen a decrease in the amount of paperwork that was being processed & tracked, we have seen an increase in managerial productivity,
• We have seen a time savings in our payroll processing and an improvement in our reporting capabilities.
Cons
Implementation might drive you crazy, but your team will be elated & productivity improved. It would have been helpful to know more about what was required & expected for implementation so we could have made better decisions with assigning responsibilities during the implementation process.
- Industry: Marketing & Advertising
- Company size: 51–200 Employees
- Used Daily for 6-12 months
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Good intention, but poor execution
I like our older system, TimeForce by Qquest much better. It was much more user friendly.
Pros
This product attempts to gather all HR themed items in one location. That is beneficial. Timesheets, schedules, pay stubs, benefits, etc.
Cons
Much of the software appears outdated. Organization is at a minimal, it's like they kept adding things and never organized it well. Locations for certain aspects are all over the place, and rarely makes sense where to find. Forms are not very clear. Training videos are outdated and show clearly older versions of the software. Work Schedules for my employees are never correct, I then correct it, but it keeps going back to incorrect schedule data, so I just ignore it and figure my employees know when they are working. For my employees, the clock-in, clock-out time sheets are horrible, it shows them nothing in regards to when they clocked in, when they clocked out, and how about a running total for hours for the week?...forget about it. From a manager stand-point, viewing my employees time sheets isn't good, as it doesn't total worked hours from time off hours to holiday hours, etc....so I always have to manually add up their hours to make sure correct. Lots of time wasted...
- Industry: Financial Services
- Company size: 51–200 Employees
- Used Daily for 2+ years
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Easy to use, lots of flexibility, and huge time saver!
Our company launched Dayforce HCM in May of 2015. We went from an entirely manual process to a sleek HRIS. This was a large challenge due to the significant amount of change for our managers and employees. Luckily, Dayforce was easy to use so it reduced the amount of training our employees needed. Now that we are fully functional on the program, we are seeing huge productivity gains from our admin, payroll, HR and management teams. We have also increased our ability to effectively manage our business by increasing our visibility and access to employees. I would highly recommend this product to others looking to invest in an HRIS or considering changing providers.
Pros
The ability to customize the product to fit our unique business challenges. This was very important to us given we work in a very complex environment. Ceridian was able to make software changes that allowed us to accomplish the specific tasks we needed in order to effectively manage our business.
Cons
The thing I like least about the software are some of the compatibility issues. The recruitment module is unable to accept formatting from Microsoft word which means we need to change the format of job descriptions before they can be posted.
- Industry: Human Resources
- Company size: 1,001–5,000 Employees
- Used Daily for 1+ year
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Ceridian Dayforce Review
I'd describe the experience with the cliche "it's a rollercoaster." There have been many process improvements that have come about based on Release updates and the interface is so nice to utilize. However, we have spent so many extra dollars attempting to fix issues stemming from implementation. It should be easier to make improvements without an added cost.
Pros
I enjoy that this system is constantly evolving and improving their features and services. They listen to customer feedback and work to add improvements with each release.
Cons
Unfortunately, the hand-off between Implementation and Support can be difficult, especially if you were not on the team to implement the product. Additionally, the added cost to fix issues stemming from implementation can be incredibly frustrating, especially for a not-for-profit client. We have to debate whether the cost is worth the advancement or if we should continue utilizing manual work-arounds. That's a terrible place to be in when attempting to improve HR processes. Additionally, if you are not knowledgeable in technological terminology, it can be very difficult to "speak the same language" as the Support Team and this can lead to communication break-downs.
- Industry: Entertainment
- Company size: 501–1,000 Employees
- Used Daily for 1+ year
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Software is great
AWESOME
Pros
Get one report across countries. Single platform us, and was able to help keep us in compliance
Cons
There is no roll total feature for multiple checks
Alternatives Considered
UKG ProReasons for Choosing Dayforce HCM
Not in complianceSwitched From
ADP Workforce NowReasons for Switching to Dayforce HCM
Single Platform- Industry: Public Safety
- Company size: 501–1,000 Employees
- Used Daily for 6-12 months
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reporting & scheduling
Good - working through the issues with support
Pros
reports should be able to put numbers in two decimal places
managers should be able to edit schedules on the same screen as timesheets
Cons
reports - creating
employee change report - runs be change date not date range of change.
Alternatives Considered
UKG ProReasons for Choosing Dayforce HCM
Management decisionSwitched From
ADP Workforce NowReasons for Switching to Dayforce HCM
Manager decision- Industry: Nonprofit Organisation Management
- Company size: 201–500 Employees
- Used Daily for 2+ years
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Longtime partnership continues to improve through Dayforce!
Pros
Flexibility! Dayforce is easily customizable to accommodate our business needs as they change. As we continue to add modules, our processes increasingly become more efficient, effective and accurate.
Simultaneously and seamlessly the system streamlines all of the data, whether it's HR or Payroll, in a functional manner. We've reduced the time to process payroll by 70%!
We appreciate the partnership with Ceridian, a relationship that has lasted over 29 years!
Cons
I would like to see quarterly regional meetings to meet other Ceridian/Dayforce clients, gain insights and share ideas. The only time I get an opportunity to meet and collaborate with other users is during Insights and I seem to always miss the opportunity to meet other users.
I would like to see a price break for non-profit companies. It's important to retain our services but we are limited in the dollars we spend annually.
- Industry: Banking
- Company size: 1,001–5,000 Employees
- Used Daily for 2+ years
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Payroll requires accuracy
So far so good but willing to submit idea to support portal for improvement.
Pros
Accurate in reporting, easy to run simple reports, automatically to do retro pay, can automatically calculate pay checks without manually changing any. Fields
Cons
WFM reporting not that accurate if there is no pay in timesheet, no show in employee attendance, no records can be found in report with WFM