
About Dayforce HCM
Dayforce is a global HCM software platform that transforms the employee experience. It unifies data from across the entire employee lifecycle to enable better decision-making at every level.
Dayforce is a comprehensive cloud platform that combines HR, payroll, benefits, workforce management, and talent management in a single application. Our scalable HCM software is built with a single, flexible rules engine combined with real-time updates and calculations that help address complex regulatory requirements.
Key benefits of Dayforce HCM
Continuous pay calculation: Traditionally, payroll admins have been unable to access their data until after the pay period had ended, and consistently ran out of time for audits. Dayforce has a single, flexible rules engine for time and pay. This means that pay is calculated continuously throughout the pay period, giving administrators the time they need to produce high-quality pay.
One application: With data stored in a single, central location, get data-driven insights across all HR functions so you can make better decisions for the entire employee lifecycle. Dayforce HCM software eliminates the need for complicated integrations to simplify workflows, increase accuracy, and enhance compliance.
Actionable insights: Get the right data to the right people at the right time. Dayforce provides critical data-driven insights to help you make fast, informed decisions. Sophisticated predictive technologies help align business strategy with daily operations.
Anytime, anywhere access: Access Dayforce's HCM software using the device of your choice on web or mobile. Dayforce is easy to learn and easy to operate. It gives employees control of their data with anytime access and helps organizations ensure their employee information is accurate and up to date.
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- Industry: Law Practice
- Company size: 51–200 Employees
- Used Daily for 1+ year
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- Likelihood to recommend 10.0 /10
Small company, big vision
Reviewed on 18/10/2018
Wonderful, streamlined and I love that you believe that I am capable of learning so much more than...
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: Hospitality
- Company size: 1,001–5,000 Employees
- Used Daily for 6-12 months
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- Likelihood to recommend 6.0 /10
Managing your own settings means lots of potential for success and mess
Reviewed on 16/11/2020
Honestly, I am pretty neutral at this point. For each thing that has changed for the positive,...
Honestly, I am pretty neutral at this point. For each thing that has changed for the positive, there is something else that has changed for the negative. I am still optimistic this will work out for the better in the long run but as in my previous comment, implementation has been extremely difficult and we are in a severe situation with our clients and investors on the 401K funding situation.
Pros
-Ability to control the majority of your settings
-Real time gross to net calculations
-Great payroll auditing tools
-Many standard reports and ability to tweak them to your needs
-Auto setup of a lot of policy assignments based on data management criteria - eliminates human error
Cons
THE IMPLEMENTATION PROCESS - We went through at least 3 weeks worth of work to gather all our settings, decide on how we would like it built, did research on the best way to put our data in the system, even received guidance from one of their recommended consultant groups, THEN went through 16 hours of Discovery calls to talk through how we wanted the system setup. In the end though, all the job codes and mapping we requested at implementation went out the window and they setup the system based on the data from our old provider, which was a mess and part of the reason we moved in the first place.
We are now a year into this project and 6 months post-live and are STILL trying to cleanup the mess caused during implementation. My time and my team's time is dominated by this cleanup process.
Lastly - we are currently have a major struggle with funding our 401K. Apparently, 401K funding is currently only done via check and NOT ACH. We have 3000+ team members and 90+ locations - we cannot have that many 401K checks being cut bi-weekly. In order to setup as an automatic feed, there would have to be a separate file feed for each location, based on software limitations - which means 90+ file feeds - all associated with a cost to build and to maintain should there be a change required.
I truly believe (and hope) that once it's all cleaned up and all settings are the way we need them to be - we will be in a much better place but this process has been extremely difficult.
Reasons for Choosing Dayforce HCM
We are growing rapidly and we outgrew the functionality of our previous company. There were many things we had to do manually should now automatic in Ceridian - once its setup properly. Also, inconsistencies of setup in the previous system caused issues in reporting.Switched From
NetchexReasons for Switching to Dayforce HCM
The structure of team members have ONE record that is references by all the modules as opposed to multiple databases/records throughout the modules.- Industry: Transportation/Trucking/Railroad
- Company size: 11–50 Employees
- Used Daily for 6-12 months
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- Likelihood to recommend 10.0 /10
Dayforce
Reviewed on 02/05/2023
Overall experience is very good and useful.
Overall experience is very good and useful.
Pros
I use Dayforce daily to get time record and time sheets for each employee. I can also keep record of time off and vacation leave which is easy to keep record of payroll
Cons
It took awhile to get use to the program but with the customer service it was easier.
- Industry: Wholesale
- Company size: 1,001–5,000 Employees
- Used Daily for 2+ years
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- Likelihood to recommend 5.0 /10
Dayforce - Implementation Beware
Reviewed on 23/10/2019
Bumpy at best. Some days I actually say I miss ADP.
Bumpy at best. Some days I actually say I miss ADP.
Pros
I like the 'one' database aspect the best.
Cons
Implementation was very lacking. Nearly a disaster. I am over 2 years in and still have not been able to get everything we originally intended to do up and running.
Reasons for Choosing Dayforce HCM
ADP was unable to accommodate some things we needed and they were not flexible to find other ways to help us.Switched From
ADP Workforce NowReasons for Switching to Dayforce HCM
Recruiting module was most robust (the one module we do NOT have running and will probably abandon at this point). We also liked the GL feature - which does work well and was implemented by the one rockstar of our implementation team.- Industry: Legal Services
- Company size: 51–200 Employees
- Used Daily for 2+ years
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- Likelihood to recommend 9.0 /10
Dayforce HCM is an excellent HR, Payroll, Workforce Management Software
Reviewed on 28/03/2023
Pros
Dayforce HCM is a reliable software and easy to use. Having payroll, HR, onboarding, benefits, attendance, and much more combined in one software is significant. Dayforce HCM meets our needs.
Cons
The benefits module is what I like least about Dayforce HCM. It can be finicky at times.
Dayforce HCM FAQs
Below are some frequently asked questions for Dayforce HCM.Q. What type of pricing plans does Dayforce HCM offer?
Dayforce HCM offers the following pricing plans:
- Free Trial: Not Available
Contact Ceridian for pricing information
Q. Who are the typical users of Dayforce HCM?
Dayforce HCM has the following typical customers:
11–50, 51–200, 201–500, 501–1,000, 1,001–5,000
Q. What languages does Dayforce HCM support?
Dayforce HCM supports the following languages:
Chinese, Czech, Dutch, English, French, German, Hungarian, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Polish, Portuguese, Spanish, Thai
Q. Does Dayforce HCM support mobile devices?
Dayforce HCM supports the following devices:
Android (Mobile), iPhone (Mobile), iPad (Mobile)
Q. What other apps does Dayforce HCM integrate with?
Dayforce HCM integrates with the following applications:
DocuSign
Q. What level of support does Dayforce HCM offer?
Dayforce HCM offers the following support options:
Email/Help Desk, FAQs/Forum, Phone Support, 24/7 (Live rep), Chat
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