HR Performance Solutions was founded in 1989, so it knows a few things about managing employee performance, which is why more than 200,000 professionals make use of its applications. It offers an online performance appraisal software system that is highly customizable, allowing companies to streamline performance appraisal through online automation. The company also claims it can match features to an organization’s budget, resulting in pricing that tends to be at least 10% less than its competitors. The system was designed by HR professionals with an eye towards effectiveness, flexibility, and security in the employee development and evaluation process. The system is updated at least once a year to incorporate new features, functionalities, and other improvements. At the point of logging in, you can start customizing to see calendar alerts, milestone schedules, updates and status reports, notes, routing, and electronic signatures. Each job title and position will have its own array of weighted factors. Employee evaluations can be shared by two appraisers, and each employee can also fill out a self-appraisal. The system also includes an extensive library of hundreds of professional and performance goals organized by topic categories. There is also a large library of more than 350 pre-loaded but customizable position profiles with performance level definitions and performance factors, as well as 250 built-in job descriptions.

Pros

Here are some of the great things users note about Performance Pro:

• Nearly all users note that being able to automate the performance appraisal process makes life much easier.
• In general, users find it very friendly and easy to use, both for employees and appraisers.
• Several users noted that being able to incorporate historical data is very useful.
• A number of users noted that a lot of the “pre-fab” information available is good, offering a great starting point that can easily be tweaked and customized further.
• Other users note that the customization available in scoring categories is a great feature.
• Many users note that just having all this employee information available and easily accessible at one’s fingertips is a huge benefit.
• Support also receives high praise as friendly, effective, and responsive to customer needs.

Cons

Here are some of the drawbacks to Performance Pro noted by its users:

• A few users noted that being able to create custom reports would be a nice enhancement to the system.
• Several users wished the system would expand into pay, vacation, personal time, and sick leave so they didn’t have to have multiple systems.
• A few users noted that sometimes it can be hard to find very specific functions without going through each of the tabs, which is time-consuming.
• Some users feel that the “finish appraisal” piece requires too many steps, that printing an appraisal doesn’t include employee comments, and that an appraisal that has been stamped “not approved” can still be labeled “complete” by the appraiser.

Performance Pro is another employee appraisal software system that seems to both meet and exceed user needs on all levels. Beyond a few minor issues, there are no major drawbacks.