PurelyHR reviews

An easy to use platform, PurelyHR serves as our time off management service. We don't use all of its features and capabilities, but for what we use it for it does the job well.

The interface is a little bit behind the aesthetic times. It's not as flashy and 'cool' looking as some other platforms, but that's not really an issue. It works.

I like the different options for admin to share with employees as well as all the reports you can create. It is also very easy to put in time off and I like the calendar share so at a glance everyone can see who is off. I also like being able to code my different departments. There are many many things I like so I can't say that I like something the MOST, I like it all!

I don't like not being able to edit at times after someone has put in a time off request, especially if it is for multiple days. I find it easier to just delete the original and start over.

great price. good policy flexibility. attractive platform. user friendly for those on desktop computer.

There needs to be an app!!!!! The website is not very mobile friendly. The whole point is to encourage our employees to use the system but that is very difficult without an app. Most of our employees do not have desktops but rather mobile devices.

The automation in approving time off is great! It really makes things easy and you can make it so there are a set of people that each need to approve in a certain order and then it can also email other people that arent approving it. Which info's people that need to know with the data of whats going on.

There is a limit in how much data you can put in your time off request comments. This is frustrating because we require each employee to list out all their functions and how they are going to have the covered while they are gone but it isn't long enough for some positions. However, we have a workaround and I hope they fix this soonish.

Ease of use for employees, very friendly interface. Plenty of depth for recording information beyond just time & attendance which was our primary motivator. Integration with Outlook and Google calendars is a time saver. LOTS of reporting capabilities.

Set up can be a bit confusing, still not sure we have everything set up quite right. Managers were a bit reluctant initially (but came on board once they realized the visibility the system gives them).

All the information for employee time off are available in one site, one calendar and to all managers, other employees if you choose.

Sometimes a bit of a game moving between screens and adding time off types etc
Don't like having to type out "delete" to verify the I want to delete a terminated employee

It was very easy to set up. Employees find it easy to use. Bring a manager, I like the custom reminders.

I like pretty much everything. If I could change anything it would be that the employee number prints on the emails.

Customer support was fantastic.
Easy access.
Banked time feature worked fantastically.
Audit function has been useful at tracking every step and submission.

Wish there was a way for users to see when banked time is pending approval.
A pre-made training program for staff would be helpful. I made this program up myself, but having a standardized program would have saved a lot of time.

It's cost-effective and does the job. allows quite a high degree of customisation in assigning holiday types and renewals

the user experience is simply terrible, especially after the merge into pure light now information is scattered and very difficult to find

Purely HR is easy to use. It allows us to quickly and easily submit and approve time off requests as well as access time off documentation and reporting.

I manage several employees and It can be difficult to toggle between my personal profile and the profile of my employees.

ease of use once you learn all the factors and set policies correctly, but was rolled over and not set up correctly for the rollover to be smooth so transitioning is still showing bugs to fix

too many errors with multi-day requests so days off are requested to be one at a time to avoid wrong totals to balance.

The ease of use and the ability to only use the time-off portion of the software. also the ability to access it from everywhere and any device.

Changes to Policies do not apply to users that already have the policy without re-applying the policies.

The ease from manual tracking to automated tracking. This gave Managers the ability to approve and decline vacations for their subordinates instead of going to HR.

It's inability to cater to very specific needs.

hassle free from leave mechanism

some of the customized features are not available

Ease of use. The program is very easy to use for both myself and our users. I like the fact that we can customize it for days and not just hours.

Nothing really. Maybe the recent price increase. Also, sometimes the reports print in a font that is too small. And there are a few areas within the system that still show as hours rather than days (we like to have days like. 833 days.)

Easy to import users and do bulk user updates. Accessible for our staff from anywhere and user friendly. Customizable to which fields you can have agents select. Mutli-site capable and can accommodate as many programs and buildings as necessary.

If an agent is removed from assignment, you have to in and delete all existing upcoming request offs by hand. We would love for all of them to be able to be auto removed.

Ease of use! My employees knew how to pick it up right off the bat. They have access to their time reports which is super helpful to me!

It's a very user-friendly system that has a lot of capabilities. Simple features that can be modified to the specific needs of a company. It looks good and is easy for all users - a huge time saver!

It's 'simply' an HR system and we don't use it for anything other than a database for employees and tracking vacation.

Not fully functional in multiple languages.

Looks very nice and is looking nicer and nicer as time goes on. The system is easy to use and learn for staff and the administrative side of things is easy (once learnt) and offers a range of options to facilitate your HR requirements.

Pricing is also acceptable for the time it saves in other areas. Unfortunately we still use slips of paper as well to sign off leave .

The reporting needs work and booking leave also. Customisation for international users. For Example - we do not call it Vacation but rather Leave so calling it Vacation can be confusing at first.

The ability to change descriptions would be good. This goes for clocking in and out as well. I don't want to have to select what type of work I am doing if all work is the same. Rather than it noting 'No Job Code' we can change it. Just for aesthetics and ease of reading.

Also booking the vacation, the delays in changing it from single to multiple days. Why not have the system figure that out from the days you select? Click one day, one day. Drag to multiple, multiple...

The price is right, we use it strictly for PTO tracking, and it works fine for that. The price is very reasonable.

I don't things are intuitive. It would be nice to be able to run reports and select multiple people, don't think that functionality is there.

Easy to use automated system. Customer service is excellent.

I had a hard time setting up the accruals.

Employee visibility of team calendar and their accrued time off; less phone calls to me! Very reasonable pricing

Some of the initial set up is confusing with selecting what employees can see on their calendars. Other than that it is very straight forward

The most affordable product we found, while maintaining complete functionality. Customer support and responsiveness to customer requests is excellent. Intuitive steps and controls. Audit trails allow for easy and complete research of employee leave behaviors. Wide variety of reports are ready-made.

Ability to establish multiple tiers of approval would be nice.
Not able to build a custom calendar (different number of days per week or hours per day during different parts of the year)

Easy to use the cost is very resonable

I like the price as we are a not for profit org and I love how easy it is use. The reports feature is great as well.