People managementHow to spot HR bottlenecks in a growing company
Nobody announces the day a spreadsheet stops being enough. A six-step diagnosis, done in an afternoon and buying nothing, to know exactly where information stops.
Keep readingIncluded in the free plan
The shape of the company, with somebody responsible at each point.
The problem it solves
With fifteen people everybody knows who reports to whom. With fifty they do not: the rota is built by somebody who does not know the team, reports come out company-wide and never say where the problem is, and the warehouse manager sees the admin team’s absences because there is no way to narrow it down.
Because that is how it actually works: whoever runs purchasing also covers the warehouse on Saturdays, and has to appear in both places.
A department manager sees, approves and plans for their own team, and nothing else. It is not a screen preference: it is what the server lets them ask for.
Attendance, hours, absences, shift coverage and document compliance all filter by department, which is how you find where the problem is instead of knowing that it exists.
The food handler certificate is asked of the kitchen and nobody else. Departments are what let you narrow it down without going person by person.
What changes day to day
Yes, and it is the norm in a small company. They appear in the reports of all of them, and any manager of those departments sees them.
No. The department says where somebody works; the role says what they can do in the app. They combine: a role scoped to departments sees exactly the people in theirs.
Yes. Organising your workforce is not an advanced feature: it is the starting point that makes everything else make sense, so it is there from day one with no limit on departments.
If the count is above two, you are probably paying for the seams without realising. Start for free, or book a 20-minute demo.
Free for up to 2 users · No card · No lock-in