Timekeeping Systems
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Have any of you had experience with Qquest's system (I believe it's referred to as Time Force)? We are a small company, and our main goal is to have a timekeeping system that calculates hours worked and downloads (or uploads ??)the hours to a file that can be utilized by PeopleSoft. Additionally, have any of you used Stromberg's system? I'd appreciate knowing about your safisfaction level?
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Your payroll process is eerily similar to ours.
When it comes to timekeeping systems, you're best to go with name-brand market leaders like Kronos. It may cost you a bit more on the front-end, but will pay you dividends in terms of scalability, ease of use, support and more importantly, the ability for it to "talk" or upload to accounting/payroll/HRIS systems.
Gene
We use DacEasy for payroll, and we do not have data from Qquest downloaded to payroll. There is still some manual labor involved, but I don't blame Qquest. This is not a very high priority for our company. As a bank, our processing systems related to customer service get first attention. HR's computer-related requests are low priority items.
I'll be glad to answer any questions, if I can.
okieHR
As I understand it, Qqest is the company name and TimeForce is the timekeeping software.
I'm not familiar with either Stromberg or PeoplePlanner, but I've used Kronos and Etime. Kronos did not even respond to me email pleas for a bid, and Etime was exponentially more costly.
I checked the list of payroll programs that my TimeForce will download into and it is extensive. Dac Easy was on my list, but not PeopleSoft.
We're not using biometrics or timecards. Our employees log in on their computers. Our "test run" of 18 employees has 2 or 3 that refuses to learn to log/clock in and out, and the rest are doing fine. It also allows them to look up their PTO whenever they like, a huge advantage for us.
The downside is the setup is a confusing nightmare with a 2 1/2" thick nearly worthless manual, e.g., the index shows Meal Breaks, Meal Policies, Meal Window and Meal/Lunch Policies. These are all different things in different places in the software, and after several weeks I'm still not comfortable with the system.
I was successful with one download into ADP, but then I got a new computer and we are back to square one with setup issues again, so I had to manually enter the TimeForce data this pay period.
I was about to toss it all into the trash and go looking elsewhere, but many of the posts here have been encouraging, so I'm going to give TimeForce another shot!
We seem to tolerate it and it seems to tolerate us. Work hours must be summarized, and a second data entry step is required in our operations to accomodate payroll software. Communication between the two softwares is not possible. Also, programming in Stromberg is a little bit of a nightmare, and as from the HR perspective, I'm still convinced that some of our programming is correct (relative to OT caculations and reg rate of pay). If there is a manual, I've never seen one, though I will admit that Stromberg preceded me in the organization. Aside from there, our experience is that it may blip sometimes, lose an employee's work hours sometimes, doesn't seem to have a read-only mode, and coughs when multiple administrative clearances are activated. Unfortunately for us, HR establishes employee accounts, and the facility in which Stromberg resides tweaks the accounts to get shift differentials correct.
As director, I'm not a direct user of Stromberg and really don't know if what we see is par for the course with other like softwares, but I do get the privelege of troubleshooting errors and calming ruffled feathers when payroll problems result. If I were part of a purchasing team looking at timeclock softwares, I think I'd look elsewhere.
Hope you find something that works for you.