Customer Reviews

Policies Now v v 6.1.11

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2 star:		(1)
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I used this software to create a handbook for the company where I am employed. I'm always pressed for time, and Policies Now was simple and quick. I created an entire handbook in no time. I receive email updates on changing HR laws from Knowlegde Point, which is helpful.

The software also allows you to create your own inclusions that apply specifically to your own business. The user can create the handbook as HTML, text, or a Word document, which is great.

Overall, I was very satisfied.

I wrote an entire company policy manual in less than 2 hours. It is about 100 policies and is very professional. This is a super product. I wish we knew about it at my former company.

Used this in the past, and may again in the near future. One caveat, though. Spring for an attorney to review it before use, so it doesn't come back and bite you.

This is a great and inexpensive program to use in order to create a fairly good and comprehensive handbook for a small to medium size company.

I used an older version years ago and the enhancements have been good. You can virtually create your handbook without any need for program training, etc. It's really fairly simple.

My only suggestion is for Knowledgepoint to create a Canadian version of this program.

Pro: I liked the inclusiveness of topics. Con: I hated the fact that I cannot easily move a topic to a different section. For example, I would have liked to put the topic "Personal Appearance" under "Employee Conduct" instead of "Disciplinary Action." I cannot fool the system into letting me do that. For people who just want to print out a generic HR manual, this is a good product. Any attempt to customize a handbook for your employees is much, much harder than doing it in MS Word. In fact, I am reduced to exporting the policies (thank goodness for Export) and formatting it in a different program because it is sooo much faster. I get mad every time I have to do that, though, and it defeats the purpose of having a safety system that protects your policies.

This product is a great starter tool for small companies. It helps the company think through and establish the corporate culture.

Policies Now walks you through dozens of issues that need to be addressed in a employee manual. It gives you an explanation of the issue, factors that should be considered when deciding on a policy, gives you options on how to address the isue and lets you proof read and edit the policy. Its very easy to use.

We are trying to evaluate this software for our HR Dept's use, but Symantec Endpoint Protection anti-virus detects backdoor.trojan, an old virus, and won't allow it to be installed or run. Several attempts to contact the company have met with no response so far.

Not very impressed.

Our HR Department was given the daunting task of updating our employee handbook, following an acquisition of another company. We purchased Policies Now to assist us, and it was well worth the cost of the product! Our guidebook was completely re-written from the start, published on our intranet and forwarded to all employees with the touch of a button. Updates will be equally as simple. I would highly recommend this product to anyone who needs to have help with developing a guidebook or company policies. The only small drawback is that when you have the document placed on an intranet, employees have to return back to the table of contents in order to move through the document, as opposed to having a "Next" button at the bottom of each policy. That, however, is a slight inconvenience compared to the ease of creating and updating an entire manual.