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BambooHR
Centralizes employee records, hiring, onboarding, time off, and HR workflows.
What it is
BambooHR is a human-resources information system for employee records, reporting, hiring, onboarding, time off, workflows, approvals, and performance. Payroll, benefits, time tracking, and other services are available as plan features or add-ons.
Ways to use it
Ideas from real executive operations work. Take the ones that fit.
- Create one employee record with the documents and fields the company is permitted to retain.
- Run onboarding from an approved checklist with owners for IT, payroll, the manager, and the new hire.
- Route time-off and employee-data changes through the correct approver.
- Prepare headcount and turnover reports using defined fields and date ranges.
- Remove access, preserve required records, and complete handoffs during offboarding.
Our take
BambooHR becomes useful when employee records and people workflows have outgrown files, forms, and spreadsheets. Assign a real HR owner or accountable leader; an HRIS cannot decide policy or resolve poor management practices.