Best employee management software
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The best employee management software for a small employer is the one that holds the six things every employer has to have per person: the signed handbook acknowledgement, the contract, the onboarding record, the timesheets, the reviews and the file of letters and forms. Anything that does those six against each employee, with reminders to the people who still have to sign, is doing the job; anything that does not is a directory. The free tools on this site produce each of the six documents; HeadcountDesk Pro is the file they are kept in.
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Judge it on the six records
Handbook acknowledgement, contract, onboarding checklist, timesheets, reviews, letters. Open the demo and look for where each lives against the employee. If any of them is a file upload with no reminder attached, the software is a folder.
Judge it on the reminders
The value is in what chases people: the acknowledgement not yet signed, the review due, the probation ending, the equipment not returned. Pro sends those to the person who has to act, not to the owner.
Judge it on the price shape
Per-employee pricing grows with the headcount; per-location pricing does not. From the vendors' own pricing pages: Homebase lists Essentials at $24 per location per month billed annually or $30 monthly, with a free Basic plan for one location of up to ten employees; BambooHR lists Core at $10 and Pro at $17 per employee per month; Deputy lists Core at $6.50 per user per month. HeadcountDesk Pro is $24 a month per location.
Start with the documents, free
The handbook, the contract, the onboarding checklist, the timesheet, the review and the true cost are each a free tool on this site with no account. Pro is where they are saved.
Best employee management software: common questions
What is the best employee management software for a small business?
The one that keeps the six records per employee and chases the signatures. The free tools on this site produce the documents; Pro keeps them at $24 a month per location.
Is per-employee pricing a problem?
It is a cost that grows with every hire. Per-location pricing is flat, which is why Pro is priced that way.
Do I need it at five employees?
You need the six records at one employee. Whether you need software to hold them is a question of whether one manager's head is a reliable file.
Will it do what you need for Best employee management software?
Tell us what your business needs and we will tell you straight whether HeadcountDesk Pro does it today, whether it is coming, or whether you are better off with something else. A person reads these and replies.