Criterion HCM Reviews & Product Details

I appreciate how Criterion HCM facilitates payroll processing, making it quicker, more accurate, and less manual. Its ability to handle complex pay calculations and ensure tax compliance across multiple jurisdictions is particularly impressive. I value its unified architecture and how it acts as our single platform for all HR, payroll, and benefits, as well as time and attendance needs, negating the need for integration with other tools. The system's high configurability suits unique business rules well, especially for mid-market companies like ours. I am truly impressed by the dedicated, responsive, and high-quality customer support from Criterion HCM, which contrasts favorably with our previous experience with an enterprise provider. The initial setup process was intuitive and well-managed, allowing us to smoothly transition despite our complex HR needs. Criterion HCM proves to be a powerful, stable, and truly unified system that has effectively resolved our most intricate payroll and compliance challenges. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

I have experienced occasional slowness or lagging within the Criterion HCM system, although it's not a major issue. Additionally, I have faced some time clock issues. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

I’ve worked with a wide range of HCM solutions throughout my career, and Criterion HCM truly stands out as a scalable, user-friendly, and highly configurable platform that meets the complex demands of modern HR operations.

I first implemented Criterion in my role as an HR Generalist at a social services organization with approximately 250 employees. We were a lean HR team managing a high volume of transactional, reactionary, and compliance-related tasks. Adopting Criterion allowed us to operationalize efficiency by leveraging workflow automation, self-service functionality, and role-based access controls. The platform enabled us to decentralize HR processes, empowering managers and employees to own their experience and access information that mattered to them.

Payroll was previously a highly manual, time-consuming process that left little room for flexibility or transparency. As a result, we were effectively locked into a rigid compensation structure that didn’t reflect the nuanced contributions of our employees or allow for differentiated rewards. This not only created inefficiencies, but also contributed to a perception that compensation wasn’t aligned with performance or value. With Criterion, we were able to automate payroll processes, apply complex pay rules, and generate real-time visibility into how employees worked and got paid, enabling the ability to be more equitable and responsive.

Over the past three years, I’ve moved into an HCM Implementation Consultant role doing implementations of Criterion every day, and remain impressed by its flexibility and effectiveness across industries.

Overall, Criterion HCM strikes the perfect balance between functionality and flexibility. It’s a robust system that scales with your organization and enables HR to move from administrative execution to strategic impact. If you're looking to reduce administrative burden, enhance employee experience, and modernize your HRIS ecosystem—Criterion delivers. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Because Criterion is so flexible and open-ended, a strong implementation team is essential. If you're not clear on your internal processes or don’t have the right support, you might miss opportunities to fully optimize the system. Fortunately, once it’s set up properly, it runs beautifully. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

the ability to have all of the employees information, payroll, timesheets, and company reports at the tips of my fingers. And each year, the Criterion team strives to make it better based on customer reviews. I also like how efficient the help desk is. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Criterion has many great things, but we have had issues with the system glitching in the past and either removing something important or changing something. We have also had a few issues with the end of year time accruing and roll over, but the support team was able to help us through that and found a solution. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

I previously worked with Criterion during my tenure with the government. During our implementation and integration, the Criterion team was very flexible and understanding. Every module is easy to follow and when there was a question, the customer support team would quickly respond. Criterion provides all the features needed in HR. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

During the role out, we didn't have enough training on the Learning Module. Even though we didnt have enough training on this particular module, we did receive plenty of training on the remainder of the modules. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

I like the most that everything is gather together, and everything works well together. Other HR systems feel that they added the functions one by one, but Criterion keep everything connected well versed. Easy to use, and easy to figure out, with a lot of flexibility for different types of businesses. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Customization is tricky. I like how you can tailor stuff based on your business, but sometime it takes more time than you would expect. If you are not good with technology or have someone dedicated to doing that, in might be an issue. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Criterion HCM has the ability to customize alot of very complicated payroll rules. We have alot of very process intensive rules that require a trusted rules engine. Criterion has been able to handle these in most cases and has worked with us when we need to modify them, Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Implementation took longer than expected, but this could have been scope changes or not fully grasping the complicated rules we needed. Otherwise the integration was pretty good. Eventually we were able to get all our rules accounted for. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What I like most about Criterion HCM is how easy it makes managing everything in one place. It’s user-friendly, keeps things organized, and helps save time by simplifying processes like payroll, performance tracking, and employee data. It just makes HR tasks smoother and more efficient. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What I don’t like is that some parts aren’t very flexible. It works fine for basic tasks, but if you want to adjust things your way, it can be tricky. Sometimes it also runs a bit slow or has small glitches. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

The customer support is exceptional. The developers are always implementing improvements based on client input. We use the system every day all day and we have not been disappointed. Our employees are 'tech-shy' but Criterion doesn't scare them ad it is easy for them to understand. We have been able to integrate with other systems. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

So far I have had nothing but a positive experience. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Their customer service and response time. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Need some flexibility in report distribution to our management team by location. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

its easy to post my PTO and check to see how much ive worked. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

A little confusing where everything is still. but overall a good tool for work Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.