Bob

About Bob

Bob is a modern HR platform for modern HR challenges.

Simplify complexity
Bob lets you manage people globally and thrive through change. From culture and connections to performance and payroll, Bob is the HCM built for everyone in your company, for everything HR. Whether it's streamlining HR processes to save HR admin time, understanding your people with feedback cycles and surveys, or creating reports for leadership and board members, Bob has what it takes to put your people first while getting your HR strategy done.

Remain agile and flexible
Bob easily adapts to your organization’s ever-changing needs. Unlike legacy HR systems that make HR conform to traditional HR practices, Bob’s unparalleled configuration capabilities let HR set up processes that fit their unique organization. Quickly meet local regulations, market conditions, and much more while giving your people an exceptional experience.

Save time on core HR processes
Bob streamlines core HR and saves time while preserving accuracy. You can automate and simplify processes, customize onboarding for any site or position, set up task lists, and automate approval cycles. Time and absence management can be tracked via desktop and mobile or Microsoft Teams and Slack integrations. Surveys let you closely monitor employee sentiment changes, while HR insights and reports allow you to improve HR performance and enhance the employee experience.

Leverage powerful analytics
Gain meaningful intel, and uncover hidden insights about your people. Bob’s Analytics provides you with real-time, cross-platform data, enabling you to tell the story behind the numbers. Bob’s KPI dashboards help you view and measure important metrics such as headcount, growth, retention, and absenteeism to uncover blind spots, patterns, and hidden bias.

Drive global connections and belonging
When your people feel they belong, they’re more likely to want to stay and grow within your company. Having a platform to help you do this—no matter where your people work—is critical. Bob includes features for creating community and culture like Clubs, Shoutouts, and Kudos. It also allows for personalized pre-boarding and onboarding workflows that help new hires get comfortable, learn your culture, and meet their teammates.

Pricing starting from:

Not provided by vendor

  • Free Version
  • Free Trial
  • Subscription

Key benefits of Bob

Save time on core HR processes and focus on the big picture
Bob streamlines core HR by automating and simplifying processes, including onboarding for any site or position, easy to set up task lists, and automated approval cycles. Time and absence management are easily tracked via desktop and mobile or on Microsoft Teams and Slack. Surveys let HR closely monitor employee sentiment changes while HR KPIs and talent analytics deliver reports with metrics that let you continuously improve HR performance and enhance the employee experience.

Support scaling
Bob’s flexible, global-at-the-core, and specialized capabilities such as support for non-hierarchical organizational structures make it easy to scale from a 50 ee company to a 2,500 ee company. Configurable processes for each site, including time-off policies and workflows enable growth and scaling.

Leverage powerful analytics
Using Bob, your team can produce reports and proactive insights on vital HR KPIs. Data is collected daily from employee and manager engagement with the platform. Data insights from the platform assist HR leaders in forming strategic programs and bringing valuable information to the executive table.

Retain talent
Your people will want to use Bob. Bob offers a distinct user-friendly experience that brings people together to create meaningful professional and social relationships, whether they work on-site or remotely. Employee records act as social media-style profiles and company news is shared on the homepage feed. Employees and managers can acknowledge achievements using the Kudos and Shoutouts features. Using Bob motivates employees and keeps them feeling good about their company and their contributions.

Create a remarkable employee experience
Bob enhances your company culture by creating transparency in the organization’s structure with the Org Chart functionality. It also provides the ability to click and see each employee's journey (or timeline) so new employees, as well as veterans, can quickly see important details about their co-workers. Bob’s Your Voice feature is an anonymous reporting tool that creates a safe and inviting space for your people to voice their concerns, enabling inclusivity and honesty.

Typical Customers

  • Freelancers
  • Small Businesses (2-50)
  • Mid-size Companies (51-500)
  • Large enterprises (500 and more)

Deployment

  • Cloud-based
  • On-premise

Countries available

Albania, Argentina, Australia, Austria, Belarus and 55 others

Supported Languages

Brazilian Portuguese, Danish, Dutch, English, French and 6 others

Pricing starting from:

Not provided by vendor

  • Free Version
  • Free Trial
  • Subscription

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Bob Software - Leave & absences can be managed through bob, with employees able to make requests online, and line managers able to approve or reject requests
Bob Software - Reports can be generated throughout the year to analyse time off, and identify any under- or over-spends
Bob Software - bob enables new hires to upload their own information during the onboarding process, removing the workload from HR
Bob Software - Team members can be introduced to new hires through the onboarding process, before the new employee's start date
Bob Software - Employees can join 'clubs' in bob, based on their interests, allowing new hires to feel part of the company culture before they start
Bob Software - Employee 'clubs' can be viewed and used to identify prospective activities or benefits to be offered
Bob Software - Employee and company documents can be stored & managed in bob
Bob Software - Report templates can be created by users, which automatically update with real-time data when they are needed
Bob Software - Filters can be applied to drill down into report data
Bob Software - Users can manage a range of employee benefits through bob, including automatic pension enrolment
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Bob Software - Leave & absences can be managed through bob, with employees able to make requests online, and line managers able to approve or reject requests
Bob Software - Reports can be generated throughout the year to analyse time off, and identify any under- or over-spends
Bob Software - bob enables new hires to upload their own information during the onboarding process, removing the workload from HR
Bob Software - Team members can be introduced to new hires through the onboarding process, before the new employee's start date
Bob Software - Employees can join 'clubs' in bob, based on their interests, allowing new hires to feel part of the company culture before they start
Bob Software - Employee 'clubs' can be viewed and used to identify prospective activities or benefits to be offered
Bob Software - Employee and company documents can be stored & managed in bob
Bob Software - Report templates can be created by users, which automatically update with real-time data when they are needed
Bob Software - Filters can be applied to drill down into report data
Bob Software - Users can manage a range of employee benefits through bob, including automatic pension enrolment

Features

Total features of Bob: 136

  • 360 Degree Feedback
  • API
  • Access Controls/Permissions
  • Activity Dashboard
  • Activity Tracking
  • Alerts/Notifications
  • Anonymous Feedback
  • Appraisal History
  • Approval Process Control
  • Assignment Management
  • Attendance Management
  • Attendance Tracking
  • Audit Trail
  • Benchmarking
  • Bonus Management
  • Budget Management
  • Budgeting/Forecasting
  • Calendar Management
  • Candidate Management
  • Clock In/Out
  • Collaboration Tools
  • Commenting/Notes
  • Commission Management
  • Communication Management
  • Compensation Management
  • Compensation Plan Modeling
  • Compensation Statements
  • Configurable Workflow
  • Continuous Feedback
  • Customisable Branding
  • Customisable Forms
  • Customisable Questions
  • Customisable Reports
  • Customisable Templates
  • Customizable Fields
  • Dashboard
  • Data Import/Export
  • Document Management
  • Document Storage
  • E-Verify/I-9 Forms
  • Electronic Forms
  • Electronic Signature
  • Email Reminders
  • Employee Database
  • Employee Handbook
  • Employee Management
  • Employee Onboarding
  • Employee Portal
  • Employee Profiles
  • Employee Recognition
  • Employee Scheduling
  • Employee Self Service
  • Employee Time Tracking
  • Engagement Tracking
  • Feedback Management
  • File Management
  • Gamification
  • Goal Management
  • Goal Setting/Tracking
  • HR Management
  • Import Tasks
  • Incentive Management
  • Individual Development Plans
  • Job Description Management
  • Job Management
  • Job Requisition
  • Labor Forecasting
  • Leave Tracking
  • Market Data Analysis
  • Merit/Bonus Management
  • Mobile Access
  • Mobile App
  • Multi-Country
  • Multi-Currency
  • Multi-State
  • Negative Feedback Management
  • On-going Performance Tracking
  • Onboarding
  • Online Punch Card
  • Online Time Clock
  • Organisational Charting
  • Orientation Workflow Management
  • Overtime Calculation
  • Payroll Reporting
  • Peer Appraisals
  • Percent-Complete Tracking
  • Performance Appraisal
  • Performance Management
  • Performance Metrics
  • Performance Review Management
  • Progress Tracking
  • Project Templates
  • Pulse Surveys
  • Question Library
  • Rater Selection
  • Real Time Analytics
  • Real Time Data
  • Real Time Notifications
  • Real Time Reporting
  • Real Time Updates
  • Recruitment Management
  • Recurring Tasks
  • Reminders
  • Reporting & Statistics
  • Reporting/Analytics
  • Review Cycle Tracking
  • Role-Based Permissions
  • Salaried Employee Tracking
  • Salary History
  • Salary Planning
  • Search/Filter
  • Self Assessment
  • Sick Leave Tracking
  • Skills Assessment
  • Spreadsheet View
  • Status Tracking
  • Succession Planning
  • Survey/Poll Management
  • Surveys & Feedback
  • Task Board View
  • Task Editing/Updating
  • Task Management
  • Task Progress Tracking
  • Task Scheduling
  • Task Tagging
  • Third Party Integrations
  • Time & Attendance
  • Time Off Management
  • Time Off Requests
  • Time Tracking
  • Timesheet Management
  • To-Do List
  • Vacation/Leave Tracking
  • Visual Analytics
  • Weighted Performance Measures
  • Workflow Management

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Reviews

Overall rating

4.6 /5
(132)
Value for Money
4.4/5
Features
4.4/5
Ease of Use
4.5/5
Customer Support
4.6/5

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Elena
Overall rating
  • Industry: Human Resources
  • Company size: 51–200 Employees
  • Used Daily for 1+ year
  • Review Source

Overall rating

  • Value for Money
  • Ease of Use
  • Customer Support
  • Likelihood to recommend 10.0 /10

I've chosen bob over another great product I was using in the past and haven't regretted!

Reviewed on 06/06/2018

ease of HR management, also our finance team benefits from easy holidays/absenses management,...

ease of HR management, also our finance team benefits from easy holidays/absenses management, payroll reports and such.
I'm doing all admin in bob, from contracts to onboarding, org structure, salary changes etc

Pros

It's very easy to use - user friendly interface, intuitive navigation, you can find whatever you need in the matter of seconds even if it's your first experience with the platform
It's beautiful - our employees love it too
The support team is amazing - they not only resolve any issues quickly, but they also listen to suggestions and implement them within reasonable time. I love getting product updates as I know that there will be something I asked about.
The system features everything you'd want from a modern HRIS and even more - we love club feature and about section - it helps employees learn more about each other and find common interests.
There's some functions that I'd love to have but they are not yet there (such as pre-boarding or e-signature) but the guys are constantly working on them and I've seen that for example e-signature is coming within next few weeks.

Cons

If we are talking about bob as HRIS there's very few things that I don't like, or rather I would like to have and they are not yet there - prebording being one example.
I'd love performance module to be more sophisticated but the guys have just introduced it and I see that it gets updated constantly, which is great. also, it's not a separate platform for performance management so I wouldn't expect it have all the features that other platforms dedicted to performance only have.
There are other small things (such as I can't send a survey to 1 person only), but they are small compared to all the benefits and again, I know that sooner or later those will be resolved too.

Jenny
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  • Industry: Import & Export
  • Company size: 51–200 Employees
  • Used Daily for 6-12 months
  • Review Source

Overall rating

  • Value for Money
  • Ease of Use
  • Customer Support
  • Likelihood to recommend 9.0 /10

User friendly and current

Reviewed on 12/06/2023

Really positive, would recommend as it's very engaging in design, but also useful in terms of a HR...

Really positive, would recommend as it's very engaging in design, but also useful in terms of a HR portal.

Pros

I really like the social media style communication on the profile page, this has brought our teams together so well across all locations.

Cons

Some of the dashboards could be adapted to show more of a breakdown. For example time off by reason, not just by month.

Alternatives Considered

Sage HR

Reasons for Switching to Bob

More modern than Sage which fits our people better.
Sara
Overall rating
  • Industry: Insurance
  • Company size: 51–200 Employees
  • Used Daily for 2+ years
  • Review Source

Overall rating

  • Value for Money
  • Ease of Use
  • Customer Support
  • Likelihood to recommend 0.0 /10

Looks pretty but not an effective HRIS

Reviewed on 10/02/2022

I inherited the system from my predecessor who was non HR. It looks pretty to the end user but on...

I inherited the system from my predecessor who was non HR. It looks pretty to the end user but on terms of functionality it is limited and feels totally detached from what HR professionals actually need

Pros

There are very few positives I can draw on

Cons

The software feels like it has been created in the absence of any HR feedback. Forms dont flow, modules arent effective (talent management for example is completely 2 dimensional and not aligned to any global talent frameworks), org planning is almost impossible.

Natassa
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  • Industry: Biotechnology
  • Company size: 51–200 Employees
  • Used Daily for 6-12 months
  • Review Source

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  • Value for Money
  • Ease of Use
  • Customer Support
  • Likelihood to recommend 10.0 /10

Bob review

Reviewed on 30/05/2023

Great HRIS system! Strongly recommend. Easier to use and add more value than the previous one....

Great HRIS system! Strongly recommend. Easier to use and add more value than the previous one. Excellent customer care.

Pros

Easy to use for both admins and users, modern design, data management

Cons

I'd like to be able to upload many photos in the documents section

Neha
Overall rating
  • Industry: Information Technology & Services
  • Company size: 201–500 Employees
  • Used Daily for 1-5 months
  • Review Source

Overall rating

  • Ease of Use
  • Customer Support
  • Likelihood to recommend 10.0 /10

Bob has made our lives so easy

Reviewed on 07/07/2023

Bob has brought on so many efficiencies. Right from demo to implementation and now support, it has...

Bob has brought on so many efficiencies. Right from demo to implementation and now support, it has been smooth. There are some delays on certain tickets due to mutiple reasons.

Pros

Flexibility, customisable, intuitive, user-friendly, real-time people changes, reporting etc. The list is long

Cons

Integration with Netsuiote Infinite Cloud and conducting salary review via Bob using Package was hard

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Bob offers the following pricing plans:

  • Pricing model: Free Version, Subscription
  • Free Trial: Available

Contact bob for pricing information. Free 14 day trial, no credit card required.

Bob has the following typical customers:

51–200, 201–500, 501–1,000, 1,001–5,000

Bob supports the following languages:

Brazilian Portuguese, Danish, Dutch, English, French, German, Italian, Norwegian, Spanish, Swedish, Traditional Chinese

Bob supports the following devices:

Bob integrates with the following applications:

360Learning, Apideck, Auzmor Learn, Breezy, Capdesk, Carta, Comeet, Culture Amp, Deel, DocuSign, EasyLlama, Go1, Google Calendar, Google Workspace, Greenhouse, HowNow, JUNO, JazzHR, Jira, JobAdder, Jobvite, Jobylon, JumpCloud, JumpCloud Directory Platform, Leapsome, Learn Amp, Learnerbly, Learnster, Ledgy, Lever, Microsoft Azure, Microsoft Outlook, Microsoft Teams, Navan, Occupop, Officevibe, Okta, Omnipresent, OneLogin, Oyster, PayEm, Payfit, Pento, Perkbox, Pinpoint, RAMP, Reachdesk, Recruitee, Rydoo, Slack, SmartRecruiters, Stryve, Teamtailor, WorkMotion, Workable, Workato, Zapier, Zavvy, Zinc, tilr

Bob offers the following support options:

Email/Help Desk, FAQs/Forum, Knowledge Base, Phone Support, Chat

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