PARiM

Avantages

We have used PARiM to manage our staff, their shifts and absences in our Retail group for several years now. PARiM made it quick and easy to get started and schedule the staff. With its sortable, fast, unlimited database we can manage our flexible staff pool in seconds. It makes managing staff across several locations much quicker and simpler and gives me an overall view of staffing costs and levels

Using the Apps, staff can see their current, past and future shifts as well as their gross pay per shift so we receive far fewer pay and holiday queries.

Inconvénients

Its not free software! Just needs integration with a payroll software to make it perfect. However its great value for money with excellent support from the PARiM team.

Avantages

The Schedule, people management and pay and charge has drastically reduced our work load and ensured we are more productive as a team. Its enabled us to concentrate on more important aspects of our job and saved us valuable time and money

Inconvénients

The time clock needs to be more accurate in the pay and charge section.

Avantages

When the product was sold to us we were satisfied that it could do everything we needed it to, it was only later on that we realised this is not the case! (unless you want to spend a lot of money!). This is the review I wish we're read before moving to Parim.

Inconvénients

We found a flaw in user permissions that we highlighted to Parim. They used this as an opportunity to increase their costs and tie us in. We're an incredibly unhappy customer and they couldn't care less!

Avantages

When shopping for workforce management systems, PARIM's market competition all looked too system and tech orientated. When choosing the system, we wanted a system that welcomes the user in, had friendly approachable functionalities whilst delivering real results.

PARIM's continual drive for improvements that upgrade not only ours but the system used by multiple companies works so well. It means that we benefit from the feedback and inspiration of likeminded PARIM customers.

Inconvénients

At times updates interrupt current operating methods within the system. These are often worked around quickly however.

Avantages

What I like most about Parim is the ability to schedule workers' shifts and rota. I also like the fact that Parim prompts workers when they're running late for their shifts, or they haven't clocked in.

Inconvénients

I can't say what I like the least about Parim. Parim is actually a good platform every company should explore.

Avantages

How effective it is when it comes to employee scheduling, time monitoring and timesheet management.

Inconvénients

I have not discovered a feature I don't like yet.

Avantages

The app is very easy to use, works fasts and is reliable. It has almost all of the best functionality out the in the scheduling app field.

Inconvénients

If you have such a need that every employee should see every other employee's schedule then that is only possible if everyone can CHANGE everyone else's schedule. We operated like that on trust for 3 years, but there's a constant possibility that someone can delete the whole schedule.

Avantages

Ease of use. It is simple (which is easier said than done in software design). The software is ease for administration and the app is easy for the employees including compatibility with all of the employee smart phones. The GPS and time-date reference is perfect for our business where employees have multi-site work schedules sometimes in same day. Recordkeeping is excellent but not differentiating factor.

Inconvénients

It is difficult to find a flaw or weakness. I suppose the graphics from the report writer are simple but so what?

Avantages

We love PARiM and use quite a few of its modules. I really like the way you can colour code positions, absences and certificates so after a while you can see at a glance the status of everything. PARiM also allows us to decide for each site or event whether we want to allocate shifts or for staff to apply for them or a mixture of both.

Inconvénients

There is nothing we do not like about PARiM. Any feature we could think of was getting added very quickly to their later version. Recently we've advised PARiM to devise a few extra things for their sub-contractor module and they are already working on it.

Avantages

Great support, a development team that listens easy to use portals.

Inconvénients

Can't think of any that are worth mentioning.

Avantages

Makes scheduling very easy, can easily track employ details

Inconvénients

Parim is a very good app, I like everything about it

Avantages

I love the simplicity and ease. The system is extremely easy to read and understand, minimal training is required since it is so straightforward and simple.

Inconvénients

As far as the financial side of things, I do tend to get frustrated with the inability to customize expenses. We NEVER pay the same amount as we bill for an expense. When there is mileage or a bonus that needs to be paid out to our employee, we bill a higher amount to our clients but there is not an option to bill, not pay. I have to keep a side list of notes for which clients need to be charged so I can manually create the expense on their invoice. There should be an option for payable expenses, and billable expenses.I also get frustrated that notes are shared across all shifts within the same group. A few weeks ago I reported an issue where 3 of our caregivers worked the exact same shift at the exact same facility. The notes entered into the different shifts were automatically shared between all 3 caregivers. We had offered one caregiver a higher rate, the note was added into the shift for payroll purposes, but the note was automatically added into all 3 shifts. For another one of the caregivers, our scheduler spoke with the facility over the phone and had approved for us to bill a higher rate for that 1 caregiver. Since the notes were shared across all 3 shifts, there was no way to find out which caregiver it was actually approved for. #1- there should be an option for notes about a shift to be private, not shared with the caregiver at all. #2- notes entered for one shift, should not transfer into another as it only applies to the shift the note was entered

Avantages

Has all of the features (and more) to make managing people, shifts, locations, pay grades, holidays, visa's, employee documents etc.

Inconvénients

Can take some time to get used to, although, Parim can train you.

Avantages

The customer service is unparalleled. Even being in a different timezone/country doesn't stop PARiM from answering my questions quickly. The layout is also very simple and easy to understand. For a big company with more than 300 employees, we had to find software that was easy enough to understand but also had all the features we wanted and PARiM allows us to have tons of different tools while still being easy to use. Our employees also love the app because now they can easily access their schedules from their phone on the go and everyone is alerted of schedule changes on their phones so there is no excuse for not knowing shift changes! Especially useful for employees who are students and are always busy and don't have time for complicated new software to get used to

Inconvénients

There are not many negatives to be said about PARiM. Our only dislike is that some of the modules with extra features such as SMS messaging and other things cost extra.

Avantages

PARiM has ticked all the boxes for us and is extremely well supported by their team. We love the colour coding and the automated communication side of it which saves us a lot of admin time, emails and phone calls. We are slowly using more and more of the system and PARiM will suit us as we grow our business.

Inconvénients

Any new additional features we could think of was getting added very quickly to the later version.

Avantages

We recently started using PARiM to manage our events staff and their shifts for our Catering Company. We found it very quick and easy to get started, create events and schedule our staff. PARiM allows us to schedule our core staff and then get other staff to apply for Open Shifts. As most of our staff aren’t office based the mobile app helps them apply for shifts and see their schedule.

Inconvénients

There is a need for improved functionality of the app, which I believe is being worked on.
Whilst you can export all reports as a .csv and import this into other systems it needs more automated integration/ synchronisation to other systems such as invoicing and accounts at a click of a button.

Avantages

Before Parim we had quite a few staff members overlapping on holidays, Parim organises holidays and shift at a click of a button making staff management incredibly simple.

Avantages

Pros could be Shared access, individual login, timesheets and facilities, Great and very awesome easy to use Apps. I really love using it.

Inconvénients

None because I am really amazed by how Parim works.
It really makes my life easier I can organize everything with the help of Parim.

Avantages

Using PARiM has surprised me because it was a lot easier to use than I expected and saves me time in areas I hadn't considered like messaging my staff and communicating their rotas. I had just expected it to save me time scheduling staff but it does a whole lot more.

Inconvénients

The check call module is a little temperamental and it would be good to be able to see which staff members live within a certain radius of client sites.

Avantages

What it says it can do, it does well! My company demo'd plenty of systems and decided on Parim. It offers all the functionality you could require and more. Employee files can even contain a field for shoe size! It is as basic or advanced as your needs require.
We love the open shifts functionality - it helps to ensure cover for each shift!

Inconvénients

The open shift functionality could be improved by changing the rate in which pay and charge is depending on how soon the shift is etc.
Probably something their team can implement for my companies specific needs.

Avantages

This platform makes it so easy for us to plan rotas, see where we have gap and analyse for future recruitment drives.

Inconvénients

The back data to get full usage can take some time