Timetastic

Avantages

Timetastic is a great piece of software for any company. The ease of use and most importantly the visibility / clarity is second to none in terms of other products I've seen.

Inconvénients

Not a lot, it does what it says. Perhaps better reporting would be beneficial. It's annoying that we have a system for this and a second system for HR management. Would be better if we had this as an all in one. Long terms we'd move away from timetastic once we get something that integrates both.

Avantages

Really easy to setup and get started. Simple to use and switch on and off as needed when tracking time. Also really easy to integrate with other applications

Inconvénients

There wasn't anything that I didn't like as straightforward and simple to use

Avantages

As a small non profit it is incredibly affordable and efficient. Before this we were tracking leave inefficiently on a spreadsheet. Timetastic has been a gamechanger for us and is a system thats well worth it.

Inconvénients

There isnt anything I dont like about Timetastic

Avantages

Very clear interface
Very easy for everyone to use
Local public holiday database very useful
Birthday and Work Anniversary function helpful
Not too expensive per user
Good system for keeping historic records

Inconvénients

Nothing comes to mind, it does what we need it to do in a very clear way

Avantages

Easy to use for all users, easy to set up and maintain.

Inconvénients

Nothing negative to say. Have been using it for 3 years now.

Avantages

Ease of use, great user interface, cost effective.

Inconvénients

None that I can think of - it fulfils all our current needs.

Avantages

The ease of implementation and roll out to users.

Inconvénients

The lack of flexibility around leave types and not being able to book "hour" slots

Avantages

Timetastic gives you an extremely quick and simple way to manage all kinds of staff absences from holidays to sickness days and is flexible enough to be able to cover most scenarios within a business.
In a world where some software is priced at a level where small businesses cannot even contemplate using it, Timetastic provides an excellent solution at an excellent per user price, and all without trying to lock you in to a restrictive contract term.
Everything about the program is well designed and user friendly - staff love the ability to be able to request holidays at any time 24/7 using the app.

Inconvénients

There is not a lot to dislike about Timetastic, it does what it says on the tin. I could do with a couple of small features adding but they are just particular quirks to the way we work and may not be needed by everyone.

Avantages

All of our staff use the system and it's features on a daily basis. We use the platform in our weekly priorities meeting to explain who has leave this week and any upcoming leave.

Half of the team is based in Guernsey so we have utilised the custom holiday feature because in Guernsey we have a Liberation Day on May 9th, which is different to the UK.

Inconvénients

In an ideal world our team leave app would also tie into our scheduling app, which is Harvest Forecast. So there is extra duplication of time to set up holiday in Harvest once it has been approved in Timetastic.

Avantages

I am a huge fan of products that focus their features, but do those things very well. Timetastic is excellent at keeping track of our team's holiday time and showing the team who will be out on any given day.

I appreciate how it lets me sort people by teams and set up custom national holidays for people who work in different countries. It also helps us award more time based on tenure with its easy start day tracking.

We really recommend it!

Inconvénients

I don't have many cons. I wish I would have found it sooner!

Avantages

- It works consistently, quickly and intuitive and easy to use
- The wall chart makes it really easy to see where people are in/out of the office
- Automatically detect clashes and show them when leave is being requested / approved
- Using the mobile apps, leave requests can be approved on the go so even when staff are outside of the office they can have approvals for time off done quickly
- Break down your staff into individual teams and have a set manager to approve
- Add custom leave types
- Tie into your calendar on phone

Inconvénients

I haven't found any - the software does everything that it says it does, and it does it well. I would love for this company to expand more into scheduling type applications for scheduling on-site visits for us to clients etc. I'd buy it in a heartbeat.

Avantages

It's simplicity and friendly appearance. It's great for managing time off on both HR and Employee's sides. They also offer mobile apps to quickly book time off.

Inconvénients

Not much. Although It would be great if there were some extra features (such as staff recognition).

Avantages

- G Suite Integration
- Slack Integration
- working out of pro-rated holiday allowance
- keeping track of lieu days
- multiple Bank Holiday tracking ( For different Countries)
Lots more.

Inconvénients

Only thing I wish it had was notification of work anniversaries.

Avantages

It's ideal for us working in a distributed environment (everyone works from home across the UK). Makes it easy to submit and manage requests but, also, see at a glance who is out and in. We have also integrated it into our Slack instance so that we get channel alerts at the beginning of the day, telling everyone who is in and out. We use the Google calendar integration as well. The responsive design is good too.

Inconvénients

I'm struggling to think of anything that it doesn't provide us. Integration into personal Slack channels would be nice to manage personal leave via Slack.

Avantages

Simple and easy to use product, which manages absence and sick perfectly for us

Inconvénients

It is not a fully blown HR product, so lacks some more advanced features.

Avantages

I like the ease of being easier able to view staff holidays

Inconvénients

I don't like the data download report and it does not show historic days booked off. I have to take a photo of screen before deleting old employees for ease.

Avantages

Ease of use, it's very simple to implement and maintain moving forward.

Inconvénients

Would prefer a better time management option.

Avantages

Quick and easy to add new employees and monitor time off in each department.

Inconvénients

Not applicable, system is easy to use. No issues.

Avantages

Wall planner visibility of team availability

Inconvénients

Nothing specific comes to mind. Support was needed has been good.

Avantages

Timetastic is fast to use and easy to configure as an administrator. I'm responsible for a couple of teams and everyone loves how simple it is. I also like that you can subscribe to its calendars, so I'm always up-to-date on my teams' movements.

Inconvénients

I'd like just a little more configurability around the types of "leave". For some workers we want to declare the days they're going to be in the office, so "leave" doesn't really apply there. I like that you can control whether a leave type is deductible from the overall total, but being to change how each "leave" type is described on-screen would be the finishing touch for me.

Avantages

We intuitive and visual for users. Used it somewhere else. Implemented it in new role. Simple set up. Ony really manages leave - but does it well.

Inconvénients

Can change language - for example changing Departments to Teams (we're not the Civil Service!). Or Boss to Manager. Our leave was diffucult to set up as we combine shorter weeks, statutory holidays and annual leave all within one allowance. This was hard to clearly replicate in this system.

Avantages

Timetastic has a simple, easy to use interface. This enabled us to delete some boring and complicated spreadsheets that were hard to maintain. Horray!

New starters require no induction, and admins can quickly get on with this often tedious process. I rate the Slack integration since many of our team are remote - it enables us to effortlessly manage and track who's on leave.

I think Timetastic is great value and have recommended to other small business owners I know.

Inconvénients

It's a pity you can't edit leave once it's approved, so admins get multiple emails from users - 'so and so cancelled their holiday', 'so and so requested a new holiday'. This could be merged into one notification, or you could permit admins to edit leave directly rather than deleting/adding.

- It's not clear that users can book leave that spans non-working days without deducting from their allowance, so some people send multiple requests - booking Friday and Monday separately. This could also be solved by an email digest.

Avantages

As HR & Talent Manager for the company, it can be quiet overwhelming trying to figure what is the best platform for all stakeholders involved. Luckily, Timetastic has been our trusty sidekick when it comes to the holidays and leave. It's easy to use, a good user experience, and doesn't break the bank. Overall, I've been very happy with the service!

Inconvénients

One of our perks is an extra holiday day for every year employed with the business. It can get a bit confusing to implement this automatically with Timetastic. It's almost easier just to enter everyone's extra day manually. Not a huge effort, but that's one thing that has been somewhat challenging.

Avantages

The fact that all users can see who clashes with their request for time off. Most Holiday planning happens in the family home and users can see, via the Timetastic App, potential clashes without waiting to go to work to look on a conventional Holiday planner.

The manager has to simply approve or disapprove as appropriate. Job done.

Also good value for money.

Inconvénients

It integrates quite well with Outlook as an additional calendar however it would be useful if it integrated in to our CRM as it would save having too run two separate diaries.

Could also do with two managers being emailed about all holiday requests rather than just one admin.

Avantages

+ Easy to set up accounts and configure
+ Very straightforward to define our own leave types, categories
+ Quick to use, seek approvals and process
+ Supports native holidays around the world
+ Slack integration sending data on who is in / out of the office each day

Inconvénients

We separated one of our divisions into it's own company - we had to export and re-import the data, it would have been really convenient to merge them in dynamically.