Hi everyone! 👋 I'm in the middle of budgeting for a new Core HR system (think employee data, onboarding, maybe basic payroll integration). The vendor demos are all promising huge efficiency gains and a fast ROI.
But I'm trying to ground this in reality. They talk about "payback" in 18-24 months. From a project management view, that feels optimistic when I factor in implementation time, training, and change management.
Has anyone here actually tracked the real payback period after switching? I'm especially curious about the less obvious costs—like internal team hours spent on data migration and ongoing admin. Did the efficiency savings on manual tasks (like updating spreadsheets) actually materialize as predicted?
Would love to hear your anonymized experiences. What was the ballpark cost, and when did you feel the system actually "paid for itself"?