Onwards HR Reviews & Product Details

Onwards HR is the leading offboarding platform for HR, legal and finance teams. Employee separations are complex, time intensive, and risky. One mistake as part of the separation process that makes headlines can have a devastating impact on the corporate brand and reputation. Onwards HR helps organizations ensure consistent, compliant, and supportive employee exits. The data-driven platform reduces administrative costs and shortens processing timelines. It improves collaboration across HR, legal and finance and automates severance pay and packages using real-time data from your HCM platform. Compliance is easy with Onwards HR. Mandated disclosures and separation notices generate automatically. Its Compliance Dashboard provides advanced insight into discrimination, local regulations, and employee relations. Create loyal alumni and a better employee exit experience using notification work queues to help coordinate communications across the organization. Onwards HR customers have improved productivity by 83%, reduced administrative and legal costs by over $6K per separation, and prevented costly mistakes. Don’t let a simple mistake cost your organization millions of dollars. Streamline separations and protect your brand with Onwards HR. The better way to say goodbye. https://www.onwardshr.com/

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David J.

Human Resource Analyst

Enterprise (> 1000 emp.)

4/6/2026

"Intuitive, Thoughtfully Designed Platform for Managing Complex Severance Events"

5/5

What do you like best about Onwards HR?

From a usability standpoint, the Onwards platform is intuitive and easy to navigate, even when managing complex severance events. The interface is thoughtfully designed, making it straightforward to move between workflows, review employee data, and involve multiple stakeholders without feeling overwhelmed. This ease of navigation reduces friction in time‑sensitive situations and allows teams to focus on decision‑making rather than figuring out how to use the system. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Onwards HR?

As with any evolving platform, some functionality continues to mature. At times, certain workflows—such as document generation, reporting, or integrations—require additional clarification or manual follow‑up. While this can be challenging in time‑sensitive situations, the Onwards team is highly responsive and works quickly to address issues and provide solutions. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Onwards HR solving and how is that benefiting you?

Onwards HR helps us solve the challenge of managing complex, high‑risk severance and offboarding processes that were previously manual, fragmented, and difficult to coordinate across teams. The platform provides structure, visibility, and governance around severance events, allowing HR, Legal, Payroll, Finance, and Workforce teams to work from a single source of truth.

It supports timely and accurate execution in areas where precision matters most—such as payroll coordination, leave status management, document generation, and severance package calculations—reducing risk and minimizing downstream impacts. Onwards also enables us to scale these processes during high‑volume events while maintaining consistency, compliance, and a positive employee experience. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Verified User in Hospital & Health Care

Enterprise (> 1000 emp.)

2/10/2026

"Easy Implementation That Streamlined Separation Notices and Keeps Us Compliant"

5/5

What do you like best about Onwards HR?

Easy to implement with a fantastic team to partner with. This product has streamlined our separation notices and keeps us compliant. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Onwards HR?

I don't have any dislikes about OnwardsHR Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Sheila D.

Chief People Officer

Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.)

2/27/2025

"OnwardsHR is amazing!"

5/5

What do you like best about Onwards HR?

My company has been using OnwardsHR for over 2 years and I am a huge advocate of their solutions and highly recommend any HR practitioner to consider it for their organization. Our implementation experience was fantastic and the team has treated us as true partners for any needs that have come up since. Leveraging the technology to automate offboarding has significantly reduced the time to manage any elements of the offboarding process, minimized costs related to completing adverse impact and WARN analysis, and has reduced the administrative burden while also ensuring we remain compliant and following legal requirements. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Onwards HR?

I haven't come across anything I've disliked about the solution. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Melissa G.

Enterprise (> 1000 emp.)

2/13/2023

"Great platform and wonderful customer service!"

5/5

What do you like best about Onwards HR?

We had a very short time frame to get everything up and running and Onwards HR completed everything with time to spare! Even with changes and last minute decisions - the Onwards HR team is very responsive and accurate. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Onwards HR?

Really, there's nothing to add here at the moment. The team has been very responsive with any reporting or new configurations that are not already in production. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Onwards HR solving and how is that benefiting you?

Our company had a very manual process for all severance agreements which lead to mistakes and a poor experience for not only the HR teams but for those impacted. Onwards HR helped us solve for the "ease" of a platform while also benefiting the impacted employees with accurate and on-time agreements. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

A. R.

Enterprise (> 1000 emp.)

2/16/2023

"Intuitive system improves processes and encompasses the full offboarding life-cyle"

4.5/5

What do you like best about Onwards HR?

The Onwards HR system joined many of our individual offboarding tasks into one easy-to-use system. The checklists are awesome and keep us honest! The system is intuitive, and the customer support has been very timely. As a result, our productivity has increased. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Onwards HR?

There have been no downsides thus far. I look forward to future enhancements already in the works that will only improve upon the positive attributes noted previously. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Verified User in Telecommunications

Enterprise (> 1000 emp.)

4/18/2023

"Collaborative partnership to improve the HR and employee experience"

5/5

What do you like best about Onwards HR?

Onwards HR has helped us automate and streamline our severance process. They are fantastic partners willing to make additional changes and enhancements to meet our needs. A truly "blue ocean" offering in the marketplace! Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Onwards HR?

Onwards HR is continuing to enhance its platform. They have been transparent about what is coming and when. It's been great to see the continued evolution of the product. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Onwards HR solving and how is that benefiting you?

Onwards HR has helped us created an automated and streamlined severance process. It allows us to focus more on the employee experience in their exit versus the administration. The severance is calculating automatically within the system and creates the severance agreements dynamically. It's been powerful to use for both Reduction In Force and Individual Separation Agreements (ISA). Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Christy H.

Project Manager

Enterprise (> 1000 emp.)

1/17/2023

"The Onwards team has outstanding customer service and are extremely responsive!"

5/5

What do you like best about Onwards HR?

I really like that the system was built with all types of users in mind. And the Onwards team is always ready to brainstorm any additional development. They are quick and efficient! Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Onwards HR?

There is nothing that I can think of at the moment. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Recommendations to others considering Onwards HR:

The Onwards team will make configuration easy and will be the expert in the room when needed. They are adaptive and are ready to help their customers find the best process for their business! Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Onwards HR solving and how is that benefiting you?

The Onwards team has helped us build out an intuitive severance management tool that is streamlining our reduction in force process. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Ann Marie B.

People Solutions Project Manager

Enterprise (> 1000 emp.)

8/29/2022

""Innovative Product that Improves Efficiency!""

5/5

What do you like best about Onwards HR?

The Onwards Team excels in providing an innovative product that focuses on client needs. They are responsive, collaborative, and very knowledgeable in the Human Resources field. They continue to partner with our organization to meet our ever-evolving goals and priorities. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Onwards HR?

I have not experienced anything to dislike about Onwards after working with this team for over 4 years. They are extremely professional, responsive and a pleasure to work with! Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Recommendations to others considering Onwards HR:

Schedule a consultation to see how they can improve efficiency in your termination processes. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Onwards HR solving and how is that benefiting you?

They have improved the overall efficiency of processing our RIFs. Their product captures all documents and decisions, ensures consistency, and the reporting functionality is robust. The time to fully process a RIF has significantly decreased, so our teams can focus on other priorities. It also assists with compliance requirements such as WARN analysis. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Rumana H.

Workforce Administration Team Lead (HR)

Enterprise (> 1000 emp.)

9/7/2022

"State-Of-The-Art Technology and Best Collaboration"

5/5

What do you like best about Onwards HR?

Onwards HR offers innovative solutions that reduce processing time and improve overall efficiency. They are client-driven, apt in building enhancements and accommodating clients’ needs. In addition, they are a great partner to educate the client regarding the product's functionality to use best. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Onwards HR?

I have never had a negative experience working with the Onwards HR team. They are accommodating and supportive. Their professional outlook, responsiveness, and problem-solving make it a delight to collaborate with this team. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Nadine R.

HR Operations, Workforce Administrator

Enterprise (> 1000 emp.)

9/26/2022

"High-quality product and excellent service to go with it!"

5/5

What do you like best about Onwards HR?

I love that they are always open to helping to find a solution and providing us with a helpful and feasible outcome. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Onwards HR?

I simply can't find anything to dislike about this team. We're so excited for all of their future recognition and endeavors. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Recommendations to others considering Onwards HR:

Do not delay! Make that call or send them an email for your first consultation. You won't regret it! Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Onwards HR solving and how is that benefiting you?

Onwards HR has been impressive in streamlining our Reduction in force process and mitigating current and potential issues. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.