PurelyHR

Pros

This is user friendly, easy set up and customer service response is fast and effective.

Cons

We did not choose to complete all of the HR pages since it was a duplication of our general HR pages.

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Pros

It has a lot of features that can offer complete customization for the needs of the business. I specifically like the modular pricing structure; allowing a business to choose what features and functions they need and not requiring that business to have to pay for what they don't. I also appreciate that they offer a non-profit discount, which is really the only reason we can afford to use the service. I've also found their customer service very responsive.

Cons

I wish they had a dedicated app to make it easier for employees to access their time off and time sheets. I also wish they had some additional customization for schedules of each person to allow a better sync between time off and time sheets.

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Pros

It's relatively easy to use, and it has some functionality that we wanted when we were looking for an HR program. The auto-reminder function for birthdays and anniversaries is helpful

Cons

It's a bit clunky. We originally wanted to use the performance management section for our lawyers and legal assistants. Unfortunately, we were never able to get it to work for our lawyers (because we have to solicit feedback from more than 10 partners. We also stopped using it for assistants, this year, because the process seemed a bit difficult to manage. If 3 people were reviewing one person's performance, the first or second would inevitably choose "FINALIZE" which then required an admin to go back and re-open the process before others could add their input.

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Pros

I like that you can code different time off types with colors, then look at the calendar to see who is off/why. This really helps with planning! I also like being able to set up all the different time off categories, and length of service plans.

Cons

The reporting is a little 'cumbersome' to me. I would like to see a report that concisely lists the name, and then how much of each time off type left at end of year, without a different line listing each one.

Pros

Love the time-off function in general - great overall tracking of accruals, time off policies, and reports are easy to pull and so helpful!

Cons

The timesheet function would better suit our company with a more streamlined interface. We don't need project/scope specific work logging, instead just capturing the hours and the site address is what we need. Too detailed in my opinion, but still works!

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Pros

customizable to a certain extent, it is very useful for staff to have booking autonomy but also have certain controls implemented

Cons

Difficulty implementing our various vacation plans at times and sometimes support is not very helpful, lack of urgency in responding to requests for support

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Pros

Simple to use, never IT issues. I manage 30 staff members over 2 offices and remote workers. Easy to add/remove employees

Cons

It all works well. Flexibility to change policies works in our favor.

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Pros

Easy to use and great visibility with Google calendar. Keeps track of many records and events in one place

Cons

Doesn’t work with all systems can be hard to utilize fully.

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Pros

Ease of use, employees like the transparency and being able to submit their own requests. Keeps us organized as a team and helps us manage time off requests.
We like the option of being able to limit number of employees off during certain times of the year to make sure we have adequate staffing.

Cons

Multi-Day requests can be a bit tricky especially if it is around a holiday.

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Pros

I am a huge fan of how employees are able to add and customize their talents, skills, goals, values, and qualifications.

Cons

Theres a very limited amount of tutorial videos.

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Pros

It allows a common understanding of what is going on, schedule wise, for the whole office.

Cons

It can be a little slow to load and navigate at times. Perhaps a more integrated dashboard could be useful.

Pros

Ease of use and easy to set up. Staff really like this product.

Cons

Some difficulty setting of holidays and other time off, probably because it's only done once a year. Some staff work more hours per day than others, so it's kind of tricky to set up a universal system.

Pros

Easy set-up process for your employees. Employees can easily request time off, or time earned according to your time-off policies.

Cons

There have not been any downsides for our organization using PurelyHR.

Pros

I can always get virtual support timely with by booking an appointment via the portal

Cons

I think pricing could be considered steep and can offer discount to long term users

Pros

Simple to use. Easy to train. Never had a glitch in the about 10 years we've been on it. Support has always been quick and supportive.

Cons

We've never had any issues with PurelyHR.

Pros

EASE OF USE FOR STAFF
CALENDAR FEATURE
EMAIL PROCESS FOR APPROVING REQUESTS

Cons

WOULD LIKE TO HAVE ACCESS TO NEXT YEAR BEFORE PRIOR YEAR HAS ENDED

Pros

We used PurelyHR strictly for time off tracking.

Cons

Learning the system is a little tricky as you have to load the profile in a few different screens. The termination screen is also limiting 'OTHER' would be a great option but your forced into a box of a handful of reasons. We dont PurelyHT for term tracking so wasnt a big deal for us.

Pros

It is easy to set up and easy to manage.

Cons

I wish there was a way to make a time off policy automatically added to all new users by default.

Pros

The holiday tracker and planner is very easy to use.

Cons

Nothing that I can think of. It does everything that I need and does it well.

Pros

Very user friendly system. Very easy to navigate. Checks all the boxes for an HRIS system.

Cons

I have no complaints about the system. I have been using it for several years now and its been awesome. The support team is always quick to respond with any issues.

Pros

It's an easy process to keep track of time off for employees.

Cons

It would be nice to maybe have an app to make requests and approvals easier.

Pros

For a small business owner it makes scheduling a time saver

Cons

I've been using the product for four years now and haven't really found anything yet.

Pros

very easy to use and it friendly. work like a charm

Cons

I have nothing bad to say about the software

Pros

Honestly, I like everything. Since our business start to use PurelyHR my life become much easy.

Cons

PurelyHR - please make your interface little bit easy for users.

Pros

It was easy to use for submitting time off requests.

Cons

It did not have as many options as other programs.

Pros

The ease of use, my employees love it and so do I.

Cons

I can't think of anything that I don't like about it.

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Pros

Simplicity and customization are made quite easy for administrator and employee's onboarding. We currently only use the time tracking portion of PurelyHR but we have been using for more than 10 years with great satisfaction. The cost has been quite positive as a not for profit.

Cons

As far as time-off module goes, I think there's many reporting options and sometimes its hard to find on the first go the exact report type you need but there are some many options that what you are looking for does exist.

Pros

The timesheets are relatively simple to use

Cons

You can not remove a holiday after the time sheets are out. It cant handle the hours our staff do, so it messes up every single holiday stat pay. It never accrues properly.

Pros

I appreciate the ease of use for both administrators and employees.

Cons

I wish the site had a mobile app for employees to access on their phones.

Pros

We are a small business so Purely HR offers us a reasonably priced option to provide time off transparency to our team members so we dont end up with too many people off per day.

Cons

Nothing in particular. My complaints is I dont know enough about all the features they offer but weve had Purely HR for a long time and my entire company likes using it

Pros

I like that it is easy to use, and has a lot of options

Cons

I wish they had an app, it would make things so much easier for staff to update from home.

Pros

What I like most is that PurelyHR is an easy-to-use system where specific time-off requests and approvals or rejections are managed and recorded for both the employee and employer.

Cons

Calculations are the least of I like to do, but calculations are absolutely required for the system to work accurately.

Pros

I thought the navigation was easy and the user interface clear. It was not a product where I needed a ton of support to navigate.

Cons

As an admin, pulling vacation balances for the team members always took a little bit of reviewing. It wasn't as clear as other platforms I have used in the past.

Pros

Most of the set-up is easy and managing the time off for employees is simple.

Cons

I do not like that carry over time and the way it shows an employees current vacation. It is confusing and is hard to figure out. Some of the placement of the settings once you are up and running and need adjustments is also hard to locate.

Pros

Stable, I've never known an outage, easy for staff to use.

Cons

MFA is hidden behind a paywall; so many settings pages for similar things; inability to customize all time off types but have to conform to how purely believes a business should run, UX has odd design choices that make pop ups require a vertical scroll unnecessarily, lack of integrations, cannot do scheduling at all

Pros

This is a perfect product for our 20 person office. We are able to keep up with accrued time with ease and it is user friendly.

Cons

We have had intermittent issues with getting e-mails when there are two approvers for a single employee.

Pros

Purely HR is very easy for staff and managers to use and also administration.

Cons

There really is nothing we don't like about Purely HR!
Other than it would be nice to have it on an app on your phone or ipad.

Pros

PurelyHR is incredibly user friendly and provides us what we need for our payroll. It tracks accurate time off accruals and time off used. The timesheet module is very easy to use for both admin and staff.
For the services it provides you can’t beat the price.

Cons

My only real dislike is that the remote access through a phone is very limited.

Pros

Reasonable Price
Stable product (not a lot of downtime)
Easy PTO management

Cons

Performance module could use some additional options, and it can be difficult for new managers to use.

Uploading user files has to be done one at a time.

Pros

It is fairly easy to use. We can easily upload to our calendar from the approval email.

Cons

It doesn't work well with Carryover Days. We will be doing lots of manual work in order for it to work properly.

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Pros

I enjoy the user friendly experience. The portal is very beginner friendly.

Cons

One thing I would like the least is the inability to access certain reports after an employee is terminated.

Pros

Fairly simple to use. Employees don't seem to have too many difficulties.

Cons

Sometimes getting the reports I want aren't as easy as I would like

Pros

The web based system was easy to set up. No set up for end users.

Cons

the off summary information is not easy to follow. Total time taken info is not easy to follow

Pros

This web based software is very easy to use and navigate. I have only had to contact customer support a couple of times since 2013 and the quick assistance was very much appreciated.

Cons

Not having a mobile app would be the only negative.

Pros

PurelyHR is so easy to use and such a big asset to our company and employees.

Cons

Really nothing it is a great product! I guess the only thing would be that I would like to see the admin have the ability to change holiday time on the timesheets manually if needed.

Pros

I like the easy of use of the organizational tool. I can quickly input PTO information while also track my employees time-off visually through a simple but effective calendar view.

Cons

I haven’t been able to have it easily connect to our current HR software (Gusto) as a supplemental 3rd party software.

Pros

Display of calendar including color coordinating different office locations. Also like how full days off display differently than partial days.

Cons

Paid Vacation and Special Event Icons! They're dull black and white/gray and small in the corner. Please consider offering color version or something that stands out more!!!

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Pros

Feature packed and easy user interface. This is a great product for a small business to get many of the features in much larger HR software packages.

Cons

Just getting the initial invoice paid was the worst part and that didn't take long :)

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Pros

It makes keeping track of vacation and sick time so easy and effortless. Just put your settings in and they do the rest.

Cons

I can't really find anything negative to say about it. We have experienced zero issues and we have been using them for several years now.

Pros

I find it extremely easy for myself and my employees to use. The navigation is very intuitive.

Cons

I don't have any negative comments about this platform.