Collage HR

Avantages

As a user of Collage HR software in a company, I can confidently say that it has significantly improved our human resources processes. Collage HR is an all-in-one HR management platform that includes features such as employee onboarding, time off management, benefits administration, performance management, and more. The platform is easy to use and provides a comprehensive view of all HR activities.One of the standout features of Collage HR is its employee onboarding process. The platform provides a customizable onboarding checklist that guides new hires through the necessary steps to get up and running. Additionally, Collage HR has made it easy for our HR team to manage employee benefits. The platform allows us to easily enroll employees in benefits and manage ongoing changes.Another positive aspect of Collage HR is its reporting capabilities. The platform provides a variety of HR reports that give us insight into key HR metrics, such as employee turnover and benefits utilization. The reports are easy to generate and provide valuable data that helps us make informed decisions.

Inconvénients

there are also some areas where Collage HR could improve. The platform does not currently offer a native payroll feature, which means we have to use a separate payroll system. Additionally, the platform's performance management module could be more robust, with additional features such as goal setting and career development plans.

Avantages

I love that it's easy to use for all staff, regardless of their tech capacities. The deployment was seamless and Collage made it really easy with one on one training for admin. It has made things like recruitment, employee data base management and time-off tracking SO much better for our company and diminished so many manual processes before.

Inconvénients

There are not that many cons. There are a few features that would be nice to add - but I am sure they will come as they continue to work on the software.

Avantages

Reports are easy to access, and time off is easy to input

Inconvénients

I wish the report were more customizable

Alternatives envisagées 

Pourquoi passer à Collage HR

Avantages

I love how you can export your performance reviews to view them all at once. This platform was also extremely easy to get used to, their support team is also highly attentive and will address all your questions or concerns very quickly.

Inconvénients

They offer very minimal integrations. For example, unless you are willing to switch over your payroll/expense tracking software to their integration, there is no option to do so.

Avantages

Its ease of use, the customer support is amazing, always new updates making it better. Recruiting integration with indeed.com. Performance reviews. Integrates with GWL benefits and Wagepoint payroll.

Inconvénients

Training module has potential to be a bit more comprehensive, would be nice to be able to design courses in the software. Time-off could use a bit more detail when it presents on the company Outlook calendar, would be nice to see the exact hours people are off during each particular day.

Avantages

I like the simplicity of the software and the ease of use.

Inconvénients

Missing a bunch of features promised during the selection process. Their time off feature is terrible, they don't adapt for holidays and we've paid employees who have left the company too much because of the way Collage's software is configured.

Alternatives envisagées 

Pourquoi passer à Collage HR

Avantages

It's easy to get up and running, very intuitive from both user and administrator perspective, and their customer support is outstanding.

Inconvénients

When we first started using Collage there were a few minor annoyances, but their product development team is so responsive, most of these have all been resolved in the 9 months since we have been using it. The only thing left they need is Single Sign-On with Google.

Avantages

The system is very intuitive and easy to operate. Both administrative staff and employees enjoy the simplicity of the platform.

Inconvénients

I would like thought and design into the HR policy and procedure requirements that a company has. A documentation and review management policy app would really help manage an overwhelming process.

Avantages

The only pro I can see with this company is that it's free, but you get what you pay for. It's not even worth free.

Inconvénients

First and foremost, their staff are incredibly rude. They will stalk you after signing up, calling multiple locations for which they were not provided contact info, and disrupting our business with these harassing and spammy calls. We have to ask them multiple times to quit calling/messaging us, and they continued to do so endlessly.

The so-called HR 'features' they offer are so bare boned it's laughable. They are just here to stink you into a benefits plan, and I can't even imagine how poorly that would go based on the the staff member I dealt with. Avoid!

Avantages

There is so much to love about this software. However, if I only had to pick one, it would be the ease of use. This software is incredibly user friendly! I am able to customize on a whim and should I need help, my questions are answered in a very timely manner.

Inconvénients

I would say the one thing I feel that this software is missing is an App. I would love for their to be a mobile App. Hopefully this is something that is in the works.

Avantages

Collaboration with Sunlife for easy editing and viewing, home page is interactive, downloadable calendars are helpful

Inconvénients

Missing some functionalities (no template option in Surveys category), or have to click a bunch of times to get to desired location (Time Off page could be organized better), Roles & Permissions/ default roles are a bit of a hassle to navigate, [sensitive content hidden]
from customer service has been the only reason I've been able to get through these areas!

Avantages

This software has really impacted the way our company hires. We are a construction company and are expanding quickly, bringing on around 4 new hires a week. Collage has made the entire vetting and onboarding process streamlined and effortless by consolidating everything into one easy timeline. The best part is you have full control over where the candidate is in the timeline, right from their application to onboarding, furthermore you can make notes and track the vetting process at each stage. I think what has saved us the most headache is how easy the onboarding process is, being able to send out multiple documents and training packages at the click of a button is game-changing.

Inconvénients

To be honest I really haven't found anything that I don't like. At the moment, one of the biggest things that we are working on is planning out a set of clear goals and key performance indicators that we could use to track our employees' progress. I'm not sure if this is something that we would be able to utilize collage for, we have briefly spoken about it with our representative. We would be looking to integrate our scheduling software with whatever software we use to use data to track the employees' goals.

Avantages

Collage is so user friendly. It makes onboarding very easy and very little training is needed in order for a new employee to be able to use Collage.

Inconvénients

There are still some areas of improvement that can be made to the APS, but I have seen improvement slowly be implement over the last couple of years. I look forward to the continued development of it. Also, with the training platform, we use it a lot to track all of our training but again, some room for small improvements here too. For example, ensuring that the employee has actually reviewed the content before being able to click they have completed it. Recently quizzes have been added which is a fantastic addition.

Avantages

Collage is very straight forward and easy to navigate. The price is great compared to our former web-based software HR platform and the fact that it is Canadian is very helpful. The benefit administration has also proven to be very helpful. Online support always follows up, and I very much appreciate that.

Inconvénients

I know Collage is still relatively new, but some of the feature requests that have been submitted still haven't come to fruition. For example, the inability to sort reports with the platform. I wish you could click on a report column heading and have it auto-sort (i.e. alpahbetically, numerically, etc). I also have requested the ability to create folders in each individuals "Documents" tab so we can organize documents accordingly.

Avantages

It is easy to use - intuitive for the most part. Does a great job of automating recruitment and onboarding. Also really great at keeping track of employee data

Inconvénients

there are some areas that just are not robust enough - the training , the performance management.

Avantages

Easy and simple to use. Always updating and improving their product. Easy to contact customer service who always answers my questions in a timely manner.

Inconvénients

Some improvements could be made with annotating documents. There should be an option for us to be able to create our own dynamic fields.

Avantages

Keep track of Employees files, Onboarding so easy, Employee signature. Over all just Excellent.

Inconvénients

Takes a little time to work around Support is A+ Chat email etc.

Avantages

The time management and employee profiles are very easy to use.

Inconvénients

The integration into other small business platforms like QuickBooks would be great.

Avantages

Good system when it was offered for free. Makes onboarding/offboarding easy with customized email reminders to make the experience seamless. Allows a company to have important information in one spot. Also great for tracking vacation and time-off requests.

Inconvénients

No longer offered for free. Great for small to medium sized companies, but I wouldn't recommend it for a larger company. There are comparable options out there.

Avantages

I like the Recruitment and performance modules however they can be difficult to navigate at times.

Inconvénients

Wish that it was easier to see when vacations were taking place in more of a calendar style view.

Avantages

The ease of use, intuitive end-user programming, simple for administrator - this was designed with the end-user in mind

Inconvénients

In the billing sections, and upon receiving invoices, a bit more clarity in costs for transactions, changes and additions would be useful - but upon closer review, the invoicing/billing makes sense. When queried, the response from Collage has been timely and accurate.

Avantages

Intuitive to use for staff and administrator
Basic ATS and customizable performance modules included
TIme off module has automated process
Link to payroll
Canadian
Chat support
Discount for not for profits

Inconvénients

Missing some helpful features in other similar software, e.g.,:
- administrator ability to "view as" someone to check permissions
- permissions don't go a granular as needed (e.g., access to documents is all or nothing, can't go file or folder level
- custom fields are located in one area only

Avantages

The calendar feature is great along with the ability to allow staff to login and request time off. There are some cons for calendar but i've listed them below. I like the user interface and the staff have taken to it quite easily. I like the custom fields, just wish they were in the payroll affected area as well such as for rrsp contribution amounts.

Inconvénients

The reporting functionality, in particular for time off. I would like to be able to pull a report on just one employee with a list of all days off. It also doesn't stop you from booking the same day for the same person twice. There should be a warning or error. The benefits section is not applicable to any provider except your own. I understand you are working on this so i look forward to that upgrade. Also, would like to have reminders for calendar as an option.

Avantages

I am able to easily request vacation time and other time for days off. I can also easily find any documents I am looking for within Collage.

Inconvénients

It would nice if "Company Calendars" was an actual calendar however it easily syncs with google calendar so it's not a big deal.

Avantages

- clean and easy to use as a user or admin
- employee "self serve" or "self enrolment" options to enter their own info
- integrates seamlessly with benefits provider
- mobile-friendly