Trade your Excel spreadsheet for a modern annual leave tracker
Track annual leave the smart way with Timetastic.
Streamline your business operations with a hassle-free approach to tracking annual leave. Timetastic’s annual leave tracker is an upgrade from your standard Excel spreadsheet. Sign up today and you’ll be able to:
- Automatically track annual leave and always keep people’s leave balances up-to-date.
- Receive and respond to new time off requests from your team.
- Give your team access to a time off calendar that’s updated automatically.
Say goodbye to your manual spreadsheets and start recording annual leave efficiently.
Annual leave Excel tracker drawbacks
It’s easy to find a free Excel template to download to track annual leave for your staff. You’ll find plenty online, but do they really offer efficiency?
An annual leave Excel template means:
- Manually updating your sheet increases the chance of errors and incorrect info.
- An inability to manage leave requests synchronously which means your team will likely reach out to you via Slack, text, email, or in-person to request time off.
- Constant handling of leave requests through messages and emails.
- Frequent spreadsheet maintenance as the calendar year progresses or as your business grows. More team members require more changes to your template.
Access to Timetastic makes managing your staff a whole lot easier.
An annual leave tracker alternative that ticks all the boxes
Every business owner, manager and team leader loves a tool that can make management simpler. Timetastic’s annual leave tracker does just that — and then some! Sign up today and you’ll get access to these handy features instantly:
- Visibility across your whole business for total transparency on annual leave.
- See public holidays from countries worldwide and assign accordingly to staff in the UK and overseas.
- Monitor individual annual leave allowances easily.
- Generate analytical reports with insights on usage and compliance requirements.
Get on top of annual leave with Timetastic
Flexible annual leave tracking
Personalised calendars
Individual leave calendars for each employee — transparency with a personal touch.
Locked dates
Use our handy lock feature to block out leave for staff training or corporate away days.
TOIL tracking
Employees can utilise the Timetastic app to submit any time off in lieu of hours.
Customised leave types
Create your own custom leave types such as maternity, paternity, compassionate and bereavement leave.
Set up department groups
Group employees by department, set minimum staffing levels and highlight any clashes before approving any leave requests.
Monitor stress and burnout levels
Take care of your staff with our Burnout Board and encourage staff to take leave.
Annual leave tracker FAQs
Why should I consider Timetastic’s annual leave tracker as an alternative to an Excel sheet?
Manual annual leave tracker Excel spreadsheets can be clunky and provide many issues when inputting data that can cause further confusion. Take our example here, where we marked Sophie Jones on holiday from January 1st to January 5th, then marked out as sick from January 8th to January 12th.
The issue here is the total number of days the spreadsheet has calculated, and the sick days and annual leave are grouped, which means more headaches for you in fixing the data manually. With Timetastic’s annual leave tracker, you can pop everything from your tracker into one single app. You don’t need to juggle a template, employee emails, and a separate time off calendar. It’s all there in one place, and everything is updated in real time.
Can I get instant annual leave updates?
Annual leave tracker Excel templates require frequent manual checks, which take time. Timetastic’s annual leave tracker is more active than a template — it updates you. With Timetastic, you can get absence summaries sent directly to you.
These absence summaries can be sent to your email, Slack, or MS Teams account. They tell you who has the day off and who has time off coming up in the week. That way you’re always informed. It’s as easy as that!
Can I use Timetastic to integrate with other applications?
You and your team can sync your leave calendar to your everyday work calendar (Google Calendar, iCal, Outlook, etc.). It’s as easy as adding a link to your Google leave calendar. From there, you can easily see who’s off in your company or department by simply checking that. See our integration set-up guides for step-by-step instructions on integrating with other apps and services.
Is it easier to add and remove team members using Timetastic as my business grows?
Managing annual leave sufficiently requires a platform you can rely on to get things done promptly. An annual leave Excel tracker requires a painstaking approach, deleting rows, adding new filters and tricky conditional formatting rules. Eradicate any fuss with Timetastic and create an individual profile for each employee, so you can drill down and look at their personal leave history — something you can’t easily do with an Excel template.
What type of businesses can Timetastic help?
Regardless of your industry, Timetastic is here to help you. We’ve partnered with every type of business you can think of such as:
- Legal firms
- IT consultants
- Retail businesses
- Charitable organisations
- Marketing agencies
- Logistics companies
More questions?
Take a look at our Help Centre for detailed articles on getting the most for Timetastic or contact our friendly Support Team.
Happier with Timetastic
Their stories tell us how they took control of absence management and became healthier, happier places to work
Want to see how it works?
Watch our 10 minute webinar or book a live demoMobile apps too
Your team can make use of the leave management software apps for Android and Apple to book an absence. No need to be in the office, everything is instantly tracked!
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