Say hello to Pause, a time-off management tool that helps teams: ⏳ take time off 💡 know colleagues' availability 🎳 create transparent policies 🤝 plan better together Pause works where you work—Slack, Calendar, mobile, browser—to make team planning a breeze!
👋 Hey, Dhruv here, co-founder Obvious (https://obvious.in) . We've built and strategised for the biggest names (and unicorns) in Southeast Asia, including Wikipedia, GoJek, Myntra, Dunzo, and Swiggy. But today, we're launching our first-ever homegrown product, Pause, that solves a problem that's intimate to any startup or remote team. Thanks @kevin for the hunt!
With remote teams, there's no end to the tools we can use to be more efficient, productive, motivated... you get the drill. But time-off tools are almost always an afterthought — that is, until information gaps and unplanned absences wreak havoc on project plans.
🤔 The problem
When you use all-in-one HR tools and spreadsheet hacks, some pretty hair-raising stuff happens:
- When applying for time off is complicated, teams don't take a break
- You lose track of who's in and who's out, and plans start to suffer
- Overworked teammates start feeling burnt out and unhappy more often than usual
- Too many features overwhelm your team and the pricing makes you cry
These scarily common problems hamper the well-being of high-autonomy teams. We've been there — and so had our beta testers, who came back with fantastic responses after using Pause. Which brings us to...
💡 The solution
Pause is team-first, anti-burnout and pro-recharging.
🤝 Why your leadership will love Pause:
- Immediate and long-term visibility into teams' availability
- 'Lock dates' to mark critical project days
- Powerful Slack and Calendar integrations
- Clear leave policies to promote transparency
- Concise leave records, all in one place
- Startup-friendly pricing and no hidden charges
💪 Why your team will love Pause:
- 3-click application processes and 1-click approval
- Burnout alerts in case of long gaps between vacation days
- Instant notifications of teammates on a break on Slack
- Birthday, work anniversary and public holiday alerts
- Dedicated Slack bot to book time off and check vacation balance
- Automatic 🌴 'away' emoji on Slack as a universal DND signal
We want Pause to become a front-runner of new-age software that puts team happiness, productivity and well-being first.
Get your 90-day free trial here: https://getpause.com and sign up to our newsletter here: https://eepurl.com/hzDS_H
Thanks for reading! What feedback do you have for Pause? What features do you like and dislike? Do let us know in the comments 💜
@dhruvraisaxena Congratulations on the launch!
Seems to be solving a real problem, So I've added it to my curated list of startup tools at StartupToolchain - https://startuptoolchain.com under leave management.
Heyy @ajeyasriganesh yes that's one of our key features! Here's a video explaining all about it. We'd love for you to give it a try and let us know what you think 😊
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