BambooHR Reviews & Product Details
For anyone looking to manage payroll and HR minus the stress, Bamboo HR comes with extensive features that include document storage, benefits tracking, time-off management, and an organizational chart with employee onboarding. The intuitive interface is easy to use for anyone who wants to get started with an all-in-one solution It also comes with built-in HR apps, compensation tools, and hiring and onboarding features. Bamboo HR can also deliver powerful insight into employee data, double data entry tracking, and numerous automation options.
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| Deployment | Cloud / SaaS / Web-Based, Mobile Android, Mobile iPad, Mobile iPhone |
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| Languages | English |
Interactive Org Chart Easy to request time off and see what I have available for time off Everything is in one place, I can view my performance evaluations, and access co-worker contact information, I rarely feel that I don't know what is available to me on BambooHR
On a day-to-day basis, I have never had an issue with BambooHR for my needs. There is nothing I dislike about BambooHR
- Requesting time off and having the correct people approve it efficiently - Storing performance Evals - Space to enter workplace surveys & feedback - Workplace directory for contact information
Really enjoy the rockstar customer service professionals they have on their team- they always answer so quickly, and are super thorough. Overall user friendly system
I have brought up a couple of suggestions/areas of improvement to the BambooHR HQ, and they seemed genuinely open to making these, which is great. If you are using for hiring, they have an AWFUL ATS
Great for our HR uses and onboarding in a simple, fast system. All of our team info is readily available/comparable
Bamboo allows for a one-stop location for business documents, training information, and certifications all run through every major web-browser and very securely!
To date, only the menuing system and navigation could use some streamlining... make it simpler to allow user to quickly access main items within the menu by combining "like" items or offering a "most used"/"favourites" or "What's New?" option to show items within Bamboo.
For me, as an IT person, it's allowed a simplified location to point users to in order to find and access information as well as a way to indicate the information has been accessed and worked on.
The interface is very intuitive, and none of our employees have ever had an issue understanding what they need to do on the platform. It's effortless to set up and highly customizable as well!
The software is missing workflow automation features that other modern HRIS systems have. It would be great to have a workflow builder that can leverage the data in the system.
BambooHR is our employee source of truth. It is the one-stop shop for all people data for our local and international staff (FTEs and contractors). Also, it integrates with almost any other HR platform you can think of so the system is very modular in nature.
BambooHR is often praised for its intuitive and easy-to-navigate interface, making it user-friendly for both HR professionals and employees. It is an User-friendly interface.
Sometimes BambooHR's customization options could be more extensive. While the platform offers flexibility, it may have certain limitations in terms of tailoring specific workflows or configurations to meet unique business needs.
BambooHR helps me in HR processes by centralizing employee data, automating workflows, and reducing manual administrative tasks.
It is easy for all employees to access to get their personal information. Managers have all the details at their fingertips without digging through paper files.
Items need to be scanned, then saved and then uploaded to Bamboo. I wish they could just be scanned directly to Bamboo.
It informs me of which employees have time off each day, when reviews are due, 30/60/90 day projects need to be completed for new hires, birthdays and anniversaries.
It allows me to manage my contracts properly
I don't like the process of setting up signatures
It allows me to have sight of all the documentation presented by an employee during the onboarding process
Ability to track performances, goals progress, and streamline all HR aspects in one platform.
I haven't faced any negative aspects so far.
It has helped track my goals and progress, eased leave applications, and personal document management.
It's very easy for us HR to get a custom report that our upper management would like to have. This saved a lot of time for us!
I'd rather say the current functions that we are using are good, so not that I can remember now.
Helped Recruiting a lot especially that we can post through bambooHR to other recruiting websites which makes our job posting much easier!
BambooHR is a very user-friendly application. I like the fact that they are continually improving the software; every month, there are new functionalities that are making my work always more straightforward.
There is nothing that I dislike in this software. Maybe a new functionality that could be useful is to be able to mark the days people are workings for part-time workers, so they are shown as "off" in the calendar the day(s) of the week they are not working.
BambooHR is keeping track of our employees vacations, sick leave, etc. We can also easily store there all the HR documents so the employee can access them quickly. The ATS is great and saving us a lot of time in the recruitment process.
-Extremely User Friendly, easy to use -Easy implementation -Great customer service and opportunities to customize to your business needs -Good value for money
-Some features need improvement, such as the Performance Management and ATS modules. They are basic and do the job for small companies, but could be improved to be much more sophisticated to scale with a company as it grows -Even more opportunity to customize would be handy in some scenarios we've encountered
-Compliance and organization is the most significant benefit, when it comes to signing paperwork and other documentation and then having that documentation live on an employee's individual file is very beneficial
BambooHR has a user friendly design, easy way for employees access and manage their own personal information. Great employee director with a interactive org chart.
BambooHR doesn't seem to have a robust reporting function. The time off tracking should have some more flexibility to edit and a different form of calculating, for example deducting planned vacations from days available to give a more accurate sum.
BambooHR has a good integration with our Applicant Tracking System (Greenhouse). It removes a lot of admin time of creating employee profiles. Although we're not using it now, they have a nice Bamboo Onboarding feature as well which let's you continue to streamline admin work.
BambooHR is the most user-friendly HRIS I have used. Very good for small to medium businesses
It's limited to small and medium businesses, I don't think they can cater at the moment, larger businesses with more complicated admin requirements
It is an all-in-one HRIS system. They even have now a payroll system. I like how it can store data, and do tasks from the beginning to the end of the employee life cycle.
BambooHR is really intuitive to use and very user-friendly. This is my go-to tool whenever I want to browse the employees and know any kinds of details about that person. It is also very easy to set up a feedback mechanism for the direct reports which helps speed up the review process.
There isn't anything I dislike about this tool. However, one simple feature which I would love to see is the ability to turn on dark mode.
Peer feedback is really important aspect of people management and with BambooHR, it has really made it easy to set up a feedback mechanism system that automatically reminds the direct reports which helps speed up the overall review process.
BambooHR Is intuitive, I like being able to see right on the profile page when an employee is due back from leave. I also like being able to set the mandatory training components and properly track them (separately from non-mandatory). Same with Drivers license and education. The Managers appreciate the quick view in seeing how employees have moved around the agency, and who they used to report to
I have not been able to figure out how to do a "time frame" query in the reports function - this means you have sort on the full list then delete records that are outside of the time period. I also find it frustrating when doing a training / certificates list, that I get two columns at the end that says "date completed" with no reference to what course or certificate it is referring to (and the dates are different!!) That there is not a "control" for adding new items (such as job title, location etc) so some people just make up their own and that goofs up the list.
Able to use it as a mini "intranet" where we can upload forms and other documents that all staff can access. It is solving the problem of trying to figure out who someone used to report to or when they are to return from leave. We have been short-staffed, so we have not had the chance to implement some of the features we were originally excited to use, such as onboarding and exiting.