“We wanted to maintain our friendly and flexible culture but with improvements in terms of efficiency for everyone. Employees can clock, view their rosters and request holidays on their mobiles, it’s giving them more management over their time off.”

”I think from each employee’s point of view it gives them more control over their time. It also frees up line managers as employees are effectively managing their own time and attendance. Overall, I believe that the Softworks system has benefited the entire hospital and has delivered tangible results in …

"Between taking the timesheets and putting them up on the system, checking back, right through to making payments all added up to a full day’s work. Going forward we’re hoping to see that process and time reduced significantly."

"My particular favourite is the dashboards feature. This wasn’t on our initial list of requirements but has been a great add-on. It allows the senior management and HR team to view hours, absences, personnel information and more all on one screen. We can easily select the data we need to …

“We worked with the Softworks Project Manager to set up a methodology for testing our work rules and initially went live with 80 drivers to make sure it worked. We then rolled it out to our core group of drivers.”

“We talked to a number of providers. Some did far more than we needed and were potentially more costly. Some gave the impression it was up to us to figure out whether their software would work for us. Softworks, in contrast, explained exactly how their system could use our Time …

“This has been clearly evidenced by the reduction in payroll employees, and the time it takes to administer the payroll. Previously there were three in the payroll department, but one left shortly before the introduction of the new system. This person has not been replaced, and whereas it used to …

“There have been huge savings across the board and I foresee many more savings in the future as Softworks grows and evolves with the NIHE.”

“We have identified that the system will only take 2.8 years to pay for itself when all the sites are live.”

"Our system was paper-based and it was a concern to ensure we were staying on top of time tracking in case of an inspection. This becomes very onerous when you’re trying to do your day-to-day job. Using Softworks to record employee time and attendance makes sense and takes this pressure …

"With Softworks we are saving hours and hours of lieu time calculations. It is now the responsibility of each employee to manage their own flexi time, absences and holidays. With the introduction of Softworks, employees can now check their own holiday and flexi balances thereby reducing queries back and forth …

"Overall we are very happy with the Softworks system in full as it provides a much quicker and more accurate way of controlling everything from clock-in to wages pay out and storing Personnel information. We are now looking at one screen instead of trawling through pages of printed material."

"We spoke to several providers and had site visits, and we came to the conclusion that the Softworks solution was the most flexible and user-friendly. The Softworks system has made everything more efficient and less time consuming, and we can get instant information from the system. We find it a …

“It’s a very powerful system and there’s a lot more we can learn. Once the system has been up and running for a few years, we expect to see a considerable return.”

"During the pilot, items cropped up that we hadn’t anticipated, such as needing additional fields. The great thing was, I could usually make changes in the system configuration myself or approach the Softworks Project Manager who would help me find where to make the change or even make the change …