Bindle
About Bindle
Vacation & PTO tracking software for growing teams.
Give staff and managers direct access to request, view and manage their paid time-off.
• Full visibility on who’s off next week via integration with your existing Outlook, Google, or Apple Calendars.
• Check accurate, real-time PTO balances at anytime and manage visibility for the team.
• Automatically notify the right people about PTO requests and decisions.
• Track all PTO & vacation calculations in one easy, error-free place.
Detailed Features:
Bindle is a web-based time off authorization and management system which supports multiple types of time off. The system can be used for time off requests, approvals, annual leave balance calculations and tracking, time off reporting, and more. Bindle can be configured to match your existing time off policies perfectly, or you can use Bindle's intelligent defaults.
Bindle allows users to add people to the system and invite employees by email, calculate annual leave allowances, set standard public holiday calendars from the built-in selection or create their own calendars to reflect their business’ holidays, and assign each employee an approver who is responsible for approving or rejecting their leave requests. Employees can view their remaining time off balances and leave request histories for both rejected and approved requests.
Bindle enables employees to submit requests for time off online, with email notifications automatically sent to the relevant approver when a request is submitted. Approvers are shown how many other employees already have leave booked across the requested dates, and can use this to inform their decision. When a request is rejected or approved, the employee is automatically notified. Approvers can also reverse their decisions at any point, with employees notified of the change. Users can also set approvals to occur automatically for some or all employees. Booked and pending leave requests are displayed, color-coded, on the wallchart, indicated alongside any public holidays and upcoming company events.
Key benefits of Bindle
Additional days can be added on to leave balances by administrators if necessary, such as when an extra weekend day is worked.
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- Industry: Information Technology & Services
- Company size: 11–50 Employees
- Used Daily for 6-12 months
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- Likelihood to recommend 10.0 /10
Bindle does exactly what it says it does and does it well
Reviewed on 2020/06/15
Very positive. Bindle saves me so much time tracking, approving, and reporting time off and has...
Very positive. Bindle saves me so much time tracking, approving, and reporting time off and has eliminated all discrepancies. It was the perfect solution as we did not want or need additional HR functionality. The branding does a good job of communicating the overall feel of the site. It was easy to set up and pass over to the team to book and track their own time off and gave managers easy oversite. Customer service was wonderful with the few questions I did have.
Pros
Bindle was easy to set up, while still having all the options I needed for my team. It saves me so much time tracking vacation form my team and everyone can track their own balances which saves time and conflict at the end of the year.
Cons
Specifically, when looking to add a new company-wide holiday the Action buttons were out of the screen and I didn't scroll past 2021 and 2022 to look for the ADD NEW EVENT. So I added a company-wide vacation day which I then had to undo (one by one) until I got support and created what I really intended.
Response from Bindle Software
Thanks for your very thoughtful review. We're glad Bindle's saving you so much time.
- Industry: Import & Export
- Company size: 11–50 Employees
- Used Daily for 6-12 months
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- Likelihood to recommend 10.0 /10
Leave Management made easy
Reviewed on 2021/01/18
For us this has solved the age old issue of lots of spreadsheets, keeping them up to date, not...
For us this has solved the age old issue of lots of spreadsheets, keeping them up to date, not having records matched, not recalling when someone is due for leave, no consistency amongst forms etc etc. And in addition, for the company to assess entitlements and encourage staff to take leave and reduce the accounting liability.
Pros
We were able to switch from multiple spreadsheets to an all in one location. We couldn't even manage & accrue leave this simply with MYOB, in particular allowing staff access to view their entitlements, and simply apply and have their leave approved. The extra features such as Time in Lieu and long service accrual are great as well. Also very good support, our requests were answered promptly and even some suggestions integrated.
Cons
Only minor issues - No direct method for external HR Management without a sub. Has a roundabout way of doing reports (cant view online). A lot of clicking to get to detail for employees - i.e. needs a one page view summary. Could use a leave cash out request form. Can't do groups for section Admins - have to assign per user.
- Used Monthly for 6-12 months
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- Likelihood to recommend 4.0 /10
Better functionality regarding time off - half, quarter, etc
Reviewed on 2017/10/23
Pros
Allows you to see all in the company that are taking off on the dashboard, which helps with project scheduling.
Cons
Not friendly/flexible based on hours/timing. Make the calendar more flexible, longer range. Hard if you click "out" and then go back.
Response from Bindle Software
Hi Jennifer - Thanks for taking the time to share your thoughts on Bindle with us.
However, we're not really sure what you mean regarding some of the "Cons" you've mentioned. We'll get the Support Team to reach out to find out more.
Hopefully we can make Bindle better for you.
Thanks again Jennifer!
- Industry: Retail
- Company size: 11–50 Employees
- Used Weekly for 1-5 months
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- Likelihood to recommend 8.0 /10
My Review
Reviewed on 2020/02/11
Very positive and would've been perfect if do away with some of the negatives like controls...
Very positive and would've been perfect if do away with some of the negatives like controls mentioned above
Pros
Ease of use, ease of setup and maintenance
Cons
Controls missing. Not allowing closing off of past periods, not allowing some form of prevention on negative leave balance. This should be an option for customers to decide and not based on Bindle's your philosophy about leave. The name Bindle along with the logos does not tell what this software does and don't really look professional despite it being a great piece of software.
Response from Bindle Software
Hi Nick,
Thanks for your review and kind words.
Bindle does allow you to prevent people making bookings which would give them a negative balance.
If however the booking in question is in the past, we do allow it to go forward for approval.
Our thinking is that bookings in the past have already happened. Preventing them being recorded in Bindle would be more annoying to more users than allowing the approver to decide.
I am interested in your comment about closing of past periods. We are currently working on changes how we display balances which we think will make things much clearer.
If you have time to reply with how you would like closing past periods to work, that would be very helpful.
Thanks again for your review and constructive feedback.
Howard
- Industry: Legal Services
- Company size: 11–50 Employees
- Used Daily for 6-12 months
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- Likelihood to recommend 10.0 /10
Bindle Has Saved Me Time!
Reviewed on 2021/08/20
Bindle has been nothing but a good experience.
Bindle has been nothing but a good experience.
Pros
Bindle is very easy to use. Employees like it because they can check on their PTO days without going through the Office Manager.
Cons
There is nothing I have found that I do not like about Bindle. It is a great Paid Time Off tracking system.
Bindle FAQs
Below are some frequently asked questions for Bindle.Q. What type of pricing plans does Bindle offer?
Bindle offers the following pricing plans:
- Starting from: US$1.50/month
- Pricing model: Subscription
- Free Trial: Available
Bindle costs just $1.50 per person per month. You can add or remove users at any point. There are no hidden charges. Free set up and awesome support is included. You can cancel at any time. If you leave, you can of course take your data with you.
Q. Who are the typical users of Bindle?
Bindle has the following typical customers:
2–10, 11–50, 51–200, 201–500
Q. What languages does Bindle support?
Bindle supports the following languages:
English
Q. Does Bindle support mobile devices?
Bindle supports the following devices:
Q. What other apps does Bindle integrate with?
Bindle integrates with the following applications:
Google Calendar, Microsoft Outlook, Slack, Twist
Q. What level of support does Bindle offer?
Bindle offers the following support options:
Email/Help Desk, FAQs/Forum, Chat
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