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BambooHR pros and cons

Vendor: BambooHR
4.1 out of 5

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PROS

BambooHR is user-friendly and accessible, allowing those without an IT background to find employee information easily.
The platform is highly scalable and reliable, handling HR needs from onboarding to learning efficiently.
BambooHR integrates well with a wide partner network and features an open API, promoting growth and integration opportunities.
The platform automates annual leave calculations, providing clarity on days taken and those on hold.
Technical support for BambooHR is highly responsive and rated ten out of ten by users.

CONS

BambooHR's mobile app has restricted features, limiting workflow efficiency.
Document storage performance has declined, requiring improvements in speed and code maintenance.
There is a need for expanded approval and workflow options.
Timesheets functionality is limited, especially for hourly employees, lacking advanced features.
BambooHR lacks sufficient flexibility in performance management evaluations and assessment questions.
 

BambooHR Pros review quotes

Ram-Mohan - PeerSpot reviewer
Senior Software Engineer at Align Technology
Feb 13, 2025
Bamboo has a vast number of pre-built adapters which can be used as plug and play components.
Vineeth John - PeerSpot reviewer
Director, People & Culture at a agriculture with 201-500 employees
May 21, 2024
It's very user-friendly and easy to train someone new. It was easy to implement and get someone onboarded on the system.
Carlos Ãgueda - PeerSpot reviewer
Operations Manager EMEA at a computer software company with 201-500 employees
Aug 11, 2023
The product is user-friendly.
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ROCHELLE RAMOS - PeerSpot reviewer
Director, Human Resources at a construction company with 1,001-5,000 employees
Dec 9, 2022
The HR metrics that this solution provides has been most useful. We also really like the fact that employees have the ability to be self sufficient and manage their own information.
Chloe Livadiotou - PeerSpot reviewer
HR Officer at a financial services firm with 11-50 employees
Dec 6, 2022
BambooHR is accessible to users who aren't good with technology. If you don't have an IT background, you can easily find information about any employee.
Gerald Chioke - PeerSpot reviewer
Quality Assurance Analyst at Flutterwave
Jul 7, 2023
I can easily go to BambooHR to search for any staff member in the company.
SyedTaha Amjad - PeerSpot reviewer
Sr Officer - Learning & Employee Engagement at Byco Petroleum Pakistan Limited
Jun 3, 2022
We use this solution for our end to end HR needs from onboarding and hiring to learning.
Tino Samardjioski - PeerSpot reviewer
Senior Security Officer at IT Labs LLC
May 22, 2022
The performance goals and personal features of every employee with the dashboard is most valuable.
Jovana Pavlovic - PeerSpot reviewer
Senior Back Office Manager at a financial services firm with 51-200 employees
May 18, 2022
I like the fact that the annual days are calculated automatically and that if annual leave is taken in the future, those days are put on hold. You know at every point how many days of annual leave are you left with and how many are on hold.
Francesca Theodorou - PeerSpot reviewer
HR Associate at TICKMILL LTD
Apr 27, 2022
The scalability of BambooHR is good.
 

BambooHR Cons review quotes

Ram-Mohan - PeerSpot reviewer
Senior Software Engineer at Align Technology
Feb 13, 2025
If Bamboo can provide a dashboard with tool health, such as whether the master or instance has the required space, it would be beneficial.
Vineeth John - PeerSpot reviewer
Director, People & Culture at a agriculture with 201-500 employees
May 21, 2024
The only thing that could have been added is better integration with local payroll systems or a local Canadian payroll module.
Carlos Ãgueda - PeerSpot reviewer
Operations Manager EMEA at a computer software company with 201-500 employees
Aug 11, 2023
We cannot add more questions to the assessments if we want to.
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ROCHELLE RAMOS - PeerSpot reviewer
Director, Human Resources at a construction company with 1,001-5,000 employees
Dec 9, 2022
I would like to be able to export some documents into PDFs a little easier. Right now, only HR can update the training record and as you scale your company, managing the system can be manual and time consuming.
Chloe Livadiotou - PeerSpot reviewer
HR Officer at a financial services firm with 11-50 employees
Dec 6, 2022
The performance could be improved. When you save some documents, it takes longer to store them in BambooHR's systems than it used to. Something needs to be upgraded or fixed in the code. Alow, we provide services to other companies, so Bamboo isn't able to help us in many areas because of the way we work.
Gerald Chioke - PeerSpot reviewer
Quality Assurance Analyst at Flutterwave
Jul 7, 2023
The UI needs improvement because it needs to be more user-friendly.
SyedTaha Amjad - PeerSpot reviewer
Sr Officer - Learning & Employee Engagement at Byco Petroleum Pakistan Limited
Jun 3, 2022
The color palettes could be changed to make the solution a little more attractive and easier to use.
Tino Samardjioski - PeerSpot reviewer
Senior Security Officer at IT Labs LLC
May 22, 2022
It would be useful to have the possibility to assign a task to the different users within the software.
Jovana Pavlovic - PeerSpot reviewer
Senior Back Office Manager at a financial services firm with 51-200 employees
May 18, 2022
BambooHR could be improved by managing leave in a way that transfers remaining days at the end of the annual year to the following year.
Francesca Theodorou - PeerSpot reviewer
HR Associate at TICKMILL LTD
Apr 27, 2022
In the BambooHR performance management annual evaluations we have some limits to the questions. We can only add four extra questions, and they already have three basic questions, this is not easy for us. We would like to have more flexibility with the questions.