About myHappymind

myHappymind provide a curriculum to teach primary-aged children lifelong habits to manage their mental health and wellbeing, and sell online courses to families to do the same. They’re very proud to be backed by the NHS based on the impact they have seen the program have in a large number of primary schools.

Tracking who is off

“Tracking who is off, when, was something that we were not doing adequately using our spreadsheet-based approach, and we don’t need a full-blown HRIS being a small business so we went to market to find out what was there and having spoken to several vendors chose scheduleleave and are very glad we did.”

As a result of this, Tim knows who is off when and who to contact when work needs to be actioned accordingly.

“Tim Earnshaw, COO, ensuring smooth running of the company from point of sale onwards”.

For this reason, Tim is fond of the Wallchart page, as it provides a simple view of who is off month by month without digging into the detail.

“I use the Wallchart heavily as it gives me a great view-on-a-page of who is off when without needing to dig into every last detail. Adding custom bank holidays has also been useful to put in blackout dates when we don’t want any employees taking holidays due to major business activities.”

Simplicity is key

Tim recognised that although a spreadsheet may be a viable initial solution to managing leave, it quickly becomes complicated and hard to manage.

“It’s saved me a lot of time wading through email trying to piece together information that I’ve forgotten to put into the spreadsheet, and it does the calculations for me in terms of who has got what time left without me needing to make spreadsheets which quickly get complicated when you factor in different start dates, different working hours etc. meaning it sounds simple to do in a spreadsheet but quickly becomes complicated. For the low-cost, it’s a no-brainer to use an external system for this, and new functionality being added all the time without needing to do it yourself is a plus as well!”

Low cost is also a key factor for any small organisation to justify the jump from spreadsheets and emails to a leave management solution.

If you’d like to find out how ScheduleLeave can simplify your company’s annual leave tracking, as well as all aspects of staff absence management,  then sign up for a free, no-obligation trial.

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