Timetastic is a new and easy way for companies with between five and 50 employees to manage staff leave over the internet or via a mobile phone app.
Simple and free to use, holiday requests are made online or via the app (using the book time off tab) and the system automatically emails ‘the boss’. When the request has been approved it automatically updates the system and emails employees back.
The dashboard is very simple: Authorised staff holidays are displayed on an online wall chart so administrators can view days booked and avoid holiday clashes.
Employees viewing their own calendar can toggle between a wall chart, list and calendar view to review days booked and see how many days they have left to take. An ICS feed can also link it to Outlook, iCal or Google Calendars.
The system can be tailored to each company’s needs – including company name, holiday allowance allocation per employee and the days of the week each employee works.
You can group people in departments and allocate a different or additional administrator who will approve requests for leave.
And it’s not just holidays that people can book in. There are different categories for different types of days off – such as maternity, paternity and sick leave (or add in new categories). Bank holidays are automatically added.
The site is currently free to use for a limited time.
Gary Bury, Managing Director of Mediaburst who created the system, said: “Our decision to create Timetastic was simple: ‘in the digital age, why on earth isn’t there an easy to use system like this out there already?’
“Most of the time I book my holidays at home, often a late deal where you have to make a quick decision before it gets snapped up, or in a travel agent so I’d just like to be able to look on my phone if I can go and book time off.”
He continued: “I looked around to see what systems were out there and found a handful of applications, but I found them complex, expensive, poorly designed and littered with unnecessary functionality. Aimed more towards helping you manage your entire HR department, none of them felt like they were for “us”, a small business.
“We wanted something simple and well designed, no frills, quick to get running, easy to use, inexpensive. So we built Timetastic.”
