Pros
Searched for ages to find a staff Holiday tracker for small teams that didn't force you into using complex HR software. Looked so long we considered building our own! Finally found Bindle & easy to set up and crucially do not need an instruction manual/training when I share with others in the team
Cons
Would be great if the Wallchart could be horizontal/timeline/gannt & allow full screen so it could be viewed on a tv monitor. Would allow us to visualise whos off better & for the whole year at once.
Thanks for your kind words Mark. Great to have a customer from my old home town of Aberdeen.
We have got a few ideas about the Wallchart, thanks for the suggestions.
Rating breakdown
Likelihood to recommend: 10/10
I have saved a lot of time especially from the previous system which was Excel based and very time consuming to enter daily. Now the burden is on the employee to notify me about a holiday or sick day. I can of course add one myself on their behalf if needed.
Pros
I like the ease of use for both me as the admin and for my employees. I have added categories, ie. training & trade shows, that I did not initially think about being a part of this solution. I like the tracking feature for verification and that I can print a report in minutes. Nice to look at other employees that are off on the same day and I have the bigger picture.
Cons
It took me a little bit longer to setup than I expected. Not because it was difficult but I had to understand the logic behind the settings. For example I initially gave all employees 10 vacation days with the start date the same as the first of the new year. Then on the new year it gave them 10 more as it should have but I didn't realize it gave all my staff 20 days. I would like to have a feature for anniversary reminders since that info is already there and it is a good time to celebrate and review my employees. Wish there was a monthly calendar view.
Hi Jason,
Thanks for your positive comments.
Anniversary reminders are an intriguing idea which we'll add to our list of features for future possible development.
thanks again
Howard
Rating breakdown
Likelihood to recommend: 8/10
Very positive. Bindle saves me so much time tracking, approving, and reporting time off and has eliminated all discrepancies. It was the perfect solution as we did not want or need additional HR functionality. The branding does a good job of communicating the overall feel of the site. It was easy to set up and pass over to the team to book and track their own time off and gave managers easy oversite. Customer service was wonderful with the few questions I did have.
Pros
Bindle was easy to set up, while still having all the options I needed for my team. It saves me so much time tracking vacation form my team and everyone can track their own balances which saves time and conflict at the end of the year.
Cons
Specifically, when looking to add a new company-wide holiday the Action buttons were out of the screen and I didn't scroll past 2021 and 2022 to look for the ADD NEW EVENT. So I added a company-wide vacation day which I then had to undo (one by one) until I got support and created what I really intended.
Thanks for your very thoughtful review. We're glad Bindle's saving you so much time.
Rating breakdown
Likelihood to recommend: 10/10
This is a great little program for very small businesses representing good value for money but I have noticed that all my colleagues (I am an employee) can see my leave and I can see theirs. I would have thought it obvious that the functionality of the program should prevent this kind of breach of privacy. This issue needs to be addressed for the program to be taken more seriously.
Hi Andrew. Damien here from Bindle. Thanks for your review!
We take your privacy very seriously.
Within Bindle, the ability to see when colleagues are taking time off occurs very much by design. It allows you to plan your requests for time off a whole lot better.
We're careful not to show your colleagues anything (like private messages between you and your manager) that we consider to be a breach of privacy.
I'd like to reach out to you personally to talk through your concerns and how we can address them by better matching your expectations.
Again, thanks Andrew for taking the time to share your thoughts!
Rating breakdown
Pros
Bindle is super easy to setup and have running to track all employee vacation or personal leave requests. We easily integrated a time in lieu option for ourselves.
Bindle is affordable for a small business and beats tracking in excel any day !
Cons
Currently there is only 1 administrator type. It would be ideal if each department manager could have admin privileges for just their employees.
Rating breakdown
Likelihood to recommend: 9/10
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