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Calamari

Score9 out of 10

9 Reviews and Ratings

What is Calamari?

Calamari is a workforce management software system offered by Chrobrus.

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Calendar with detailed information about upcoming absences, holidays, and remote work.
Online Timesheets with all the details about employees' working time. Employees can clock in/out, call a break, add projects, and take notes.
Clocking in/out and displays all the details about the work day.
team management features.
the integrations that are possibile using the Calamari API.
company document management features.

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Simple-to-use software that we can integrate with the nominated component to achieve excellent results

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

We appreciate the download to Excel feature, which allows for deeper dives into trending, pivot tables, and other Excel functions. The available hours and leave reports are comprehensive, and we appreciate the download to Excel feature. Employees and managers will find it simple to use. The application simplifies the process by allowing clock in/out and leave requests. No one needed to come back to us after we trained our managers on how to use the system. Flexible clocking methods include smartphone clocks, QR scans, and browser checks, to name a few. I'd also like to thank the support team for providing excellent back-end support to our managers! Continue your excellent work and service.

Pros

  • No one needed to contact us after we trained our managers on how to use the system. Smartphone watches, QR scans, and browser tests are just a few of the many watch methods available.
  • Our administrators are well-served by our support team.

Cons

  • It is overly efficient in terms of completing the activities and objectives set.
  • For current labor issues, we can rely on everything included in the compensation package.

Most Important Features

  • It is user-friendly and simple for all employees to use.
  • We can obtain the data from the results we seek by simply pressing a button in relation to each study circumstance.

Return on Investment

  • It is quick and simple to provide application training to employees.
  • When there are problems with the connection, it is possible to record that the user does not mark their exit or accounts for extra time.

Alternatives Considered

actiTIME

Other Software Used

Jira Software, Slack, Email Manager for Microsoft 365

Simply to use, adequate software to manage an SMB's PTO.

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

We are using Calamari as our PTO management tool for the entire organization, across all departments. This includes the employee's annual leave allowance, specifying a replacement team member, and stating a leave of absence due to health issues or working remotely from home.

Pros

  • Complex rules to define each team member's PTO allowance.
  • Overview of remaining allowance and when it is has been requested for.
  • Easy login options.

Cons

  • I would like for the platform to be available in other languages as well. Currently, only a few languages are supported.
  • While the platform is intuitive, the built in tutorials are not the best.

Most Important Features

  • Tracking PTO.
  • Tracking remote work.
  • Allowing multiple levels of managers to approve leave of absence.

Return on Investment

  • Allowed us to more efficiently track PTO per person, based on their specific characteristics (pregnancy, location, years with the company, etc).

Alternatives Considered

Microsoft Excel

Amazing product!

Pros

  • Leave management feature.
  • Track attendance and work time of employees.
  • Free trial.

Cons

  • Lack of a mobile app.
  • A little tricky at first to use.
  • Need HR-friendly features to add.

Return on Investment

  • Boosted employee productivity.

Alternatives Considered

Zenefits

Other Software Used

Slack, Insightly, QuickBooks Online

The only time tracking and vacation management solution you'll ever need

Pros

  • Feature rich.
  • Cheap.
  • Professional and helpful support team.
  • Beautiful and clear UI.

Cons

  • Would be great to have a team calendar in the mobile app.
  • Give notifications about the end of the working day.
  • Provide a better dashboard for tracking available vacation days in the mobile app.

Return on Investment

  • Our vacations are accepted by team leaders and the hr department, so it's super easy to plan projects.
  • Clocking in/out helps everyone with punctuality.
  • It's easier to manage overtime hours.

Other Software Used

Amazon DynamoDB, Amazon S3 (Simple Storage Service), Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud (EC2), Amazon Aurora