Cezanne HR

An All Round Helping Hand - Excellent HR Software Solution

Comments: Our HR department was a very paper heavy function and we needed something to bring us up to date as quickly, easily and cheaply as possible. We tested a number of options and many of them seemed to have close to everything we needed but when it came to costs, we were always faced with a 'but'. A 'You can have this, but if you want that, it will cost you extra' scenario. The version the sales person had demonstrated to us was always the most expensive option and would cost a great deal more than we have been lead to initially believe. We felt many of the sales people we met with from those companies, had a habit of talking 'at' us. An approach which did not sit well. By chance, we stumbled upon Cezanne at a HR exhibition. The representatives on the day were incredibly friendly, helpful, approachable and the information they provided was very clear and we left them having arranged for a demo of their product. We were impressed with how they 'conversed' about their product and did try the hard sell. We were impressed with the ease of navigation, the fact it was cloud based and therefore always accessible. Things looked even more promising when the figures came back in terms of the cost - the same as had been explained to us when we had spoken to them at the exhibition. No hidden extras! From the very first contact with Cezanne, they were always there to help and always went the extra mile. They uploaded our core data, and after a very worthwhile day of training at their head office in London, we were good to go. We started with around 120 employees when we first integrated Cezanne, and that number has now more than doubled. The performance of Cezanne has remained effective and efficient with no visible signs of slowing down in performance. We have also uploaded the hard copy contents of over half our employee files and still, there has been no drop in performance. We do not operate within just the UK, but rather several offices throughout Europe and Asia, and Cezanne has been able to adapt to the different legalities of each country. Since bringing Cezanne on-board, we have been able to hand over much of the employee administration, to the employees themselves - change of addresses, contact numbers, absence management. We've also streamlined our performance management function to a completely paperless process. It has allowed us to hand over much of the day to day running of employee matters, to the Line Managers. It has negated the need populate multiple reports each month for our directors and senior management, as the data is available to them at the push of a button. We were able to tailor reports to individual managers and assign it to them personally. A very big help in itself as it has freed up a great deal of time for the HR department, allowing us to concentrate on other projects that there simply wasn't time to address before. Cezanne is very much a company that encourages customer feedback. They are keenly interested in ideas and suggestions and actively do what they can to meet the requests and suggestions wherever possible. The customer service and support is absolutely first-class. Issues (and user errors as is often my case) are addressed and resolved extremely promptly. Cezanne HR is definitely a software and a company that I would recommend.

Pros:

Software is very straightforward to use with a great user friendly interface. Encourages a greater involvement on the part of the employee and the manager Some of the best customer service I have experienced. The team at Cezanne work with their customers to continually develop and improve the software. They really do listen to the voice of the customer. Has the ability to streamline many HR functions. Has everything - is an all-in-one solution

Cons:

Were I to recommend one area of improvement, it would be the interactions available with some of the data on screen. For example, the ability to filter information on screen so that I can control the order in which I'm viewing it, rather than exporting it to an Excel spreadsheet. However, is is a very minor cosmetic point and as a whole I think the product offers huge benefits.

User friendly with good reporting

Comments: Very positive - easy as a general user to book leave and good from the HR side for things such as reports

Pros:

User friendly, especially functions such as booking leave

Cons:

Difficult to do individual work patterns or alternative patterns within the system

Alternatives Considered: Bob

Reasons for Choosing Cezanne HR: We were growing as a business and needed more from the HR system

Switched From: Cascade

Reasons for Switching to Cezanne HR: The cost of HiBob was too much for us as a business

Reporting functionality not satisfactory

Pros:

the level of details the platform offers

Cons:

somehow the report function is too heavy, lack of simplified instant reports too complicated menus and too much details not organized well for a simple view

Alternatives Considered: Personio

Reasons for Switching to Cezanne HR: it had more input data options and more detailed input

customer review

Comments: very good, very helpful support, would recommend

Pros:

ease of use, looks good, easy to explain

Cons:

not able to have 2 managers for employees

Alternatives Considered: Workday HCM

Reasons for Choosing Cezanne HR: cost, features available and for ease of use

Switched From: Access PeopleHR

Reasons for Switching to Cezanne HR: cost, features available and ease of use

Great System

Comments: Very good. Experts always reply in a timely fashion.

Pros:

Great for running basic reports. Easy to navigate.

Cons:

The onboarding section could have more options to it, feedback has been that it isn't very clear to navigate. It would be good to have signatures embedded into contract documents