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Frontline Absence Management is a versatile software that has proven to be a valuable tool for organizations in managing employee absences and substitute assignments. Users appreciate its user-friendly nature, allowing them to easily input, edit, or delete absences while checking their absence balances and history. The software eliminates the need for one individual to be solely responsible for finding substitute teachers, as it offers multiple avenues to find qualified substitutes, including internet job shopping, jobulator push notifications, and phone calls. The software also streamlines the absence submission process and keeps track of absence balances, minimizing the need for paper submissions and speeding up the absence request process. Frontline Absence Management can be accessed from anywhere through its website or app, providing convenience for users who can manage their absences on their phones or computers. Additionally, the software integrates with HRIS/Business office software, further streamlining data management for organizations. Overall, Frontline Absence Management proves to be an efficient solution for managing and tracking staff absences while facilitating substitute assignments in various industries.
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January 20, 2023
Frontline experience from a veteran teacher.
Frontline is a very basic and easy-to-use software from the employee side. It is very user-friendly, with almost no learning curve compared to other software. We use Frontline (Aesop) as our absence management system in the school district I work in for personal leave/absences. It is easy to input, edit or delete an absence and also to check other items such as absence balances or history of absences.
- Ease of use
- Layout is not too complicated
- Small learning curve for use
- Works well on desktop or mobile
- The layout could be "outdated" for some
- Make a mobile app to use with it
- A dashboard that has user options more readily available
- Absence management
- Absence balances
- Records of absences
- Absence details/substitute confirmation
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- Ease of input for absences.
- Ease of inquiry in absence balances.
- Ease of inquiry of absence details.
- Ease of confirming substitute coverage details.
January 18, 2023
Frontline is clearly at the front of the class
Frontline Absence Management (formerly Aesop) is used by all of our teacher staff, classroom instructional assistants, nurses, and some contractual employees that are partnered one-on-one with special education students. Frontline Absence Management (formerly Aesop) is excellent in finding qualified substitutes via multiple avenues where substitutes can job shop (internet), jobulator (push notifications to subs phone), and make phone calls.
- Intuitive/easy-to-use screens
- Reporting capabilities
- Customer service is excellent
- Reporting--reports created by Frontline Absence Management (formerly Aesop) cannot be modified by our system admins
- Teacher/IA absence fulfillment
- Ability to limit subs to only see/accept jobs they are qualified for
- Integration with our ERP system
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- Runs without much administrative management once configured
- Easy to see job history and who was contacted to fill jobs
- Only requires 1 HR administrative assistant approximately 45% of their time to manage roughly 300 substitutes
Frontline Absence Management (formerly Aesop) was clearly above eSchoolPlus and all other substitute fulfillment systems. Our previous software, Subfinder, was purchased by Frontline several years after we migrated to Frontline Absence Management (formerly Aesop). Frontline Absence Management (formerly Aesop) was worlds above it and much easier to use.
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Teachers, classroom assistants, nurses, substitutes
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1 Systems Analyst + 1 HR Associate support Absence Management (AM) in our organization. Most of the interaction we have with AM is when data doesn't flow from our ERP system into AM. School Administrators seem to have no major issues using it. Teachers/classroom assistants/substitutes require little to no training to do their jobs.
- Teachers/Classroom Assistants enter sick days
- Teachers/Classroom Assistants check leave balances
- Administrators managing absences
- Transferring absences to our Timekeeping system
- Sending absences to our Payroll system
- Multiple imports from other systems to reduce data entry
- Mobile app use by more employee groups
- Improved reporting for managers
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Absence Management (AESOP) replaced Subfinder. Aesop was much more modern in appearance & more intuitive for end users. Hosted application also made it easier on our IT staff.
- Product Features
Our previous substitute management software (Subfinder) was cumbersome to use & implement. Absence Management offered a clean, modern, easy to use front end for our classroom staff.
Would look harder for applications that are MORE directly integrated with our other timekeeping/HR/Payroll software.
- Implemented in-house
No
Change management was minimal
We did not use change management for our implementation. Frontline sent a product specialist to walk us through setup & go live. We converted over the summer with minimal issues.
- Getting information pushed out to end users on the change
- Going from separate log in credentials to SSO
- In-Person Training
Simply follow Frontline's direction on the best possible setup. You'll be setting yourself up for failure if you try making any system conform to our practices. To get the most out of a software, go with its strengths.
No - we have not done any customization to the interface
No - the product does not support adding custom code
Have all lists, tables, etc. from your current process exported to a .csv so they can direct import into Absence Management.
I don't think so. I believe our support level is standard. We have not had a time when we couldn't get support on the same day as our question/issue.
No
Just today I connected with chat support & they provided me with several things to try to get a troubled user back working again. They investigated on their side & attempted logging in after making updates to prove the changes would work for my user. Support is always excellent.
- Entering an absence (as end user) is easy
- Substitutes find it easy to attain jobs
- Some exports are difficult to setup & limited in options
- Leave balance uploads are not reflected immediately....they need some overnight process to run to be visible to the employees.
Yes, but I don't use it
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- PowerSchool BusinessPlus
We have numerous interfaces with Absence Management. Employees/Substitutes in, absences out, leave balances in, accounting codes in, etc. Not overly difficult. Frontline outlines all data file imports/exports.
- Not at this time
We do not have any new integrations planned with Absence Management at this time.
- File import/export
- Single Signon
None.
Outline what you are attempting to import/export & give yourself time for Frontline's integrations group to do their magic. Their integrations group have been very easy to work with if "you have all your ducks in a row". We have files exporting to their SFTP server & then download from there.
I was not involved in sales, only integrations.
They were very straight forward and honest with deadlines / results.
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- Improved modern styling
- Not sure of any future upgrades
- Probably back end or new functionality
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April 28, 2022
Frontline: Straightforward and Reliable.
I use Frontline to help track upcoming absences and scheduling changes. Frontline helps manage when employees have days off by serving as a cohesive calendar from Human Resources to all employees at the organization. I also use Frontline to mark when I will be using vacation time, sick time, or other types of absences. This is then viewable to Human Resources and other administrators.
- Absence management for administrators to view.
- Scheduling for staff.
- Viewable calendars for future planning.
- No recurring schedules that can be added.
- No integration with Google Calendar.
- Absence management.
- Substitute reporting.
- Accurate calendars.
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- Frontline has made it easy to schedule substitutes, resulting in fewer vacancies during the school day.
- Frontline keeps a balance of vacation and sick time, resulting in a more informed staff.
- There have been very few complaints about time and absence management.
Frontline seems to be the industry standard for this software in the education industry. I am not familiar with any competitors or what was evaluated prior to implementing Frontline. For it to be the industry standard, I would assume that its cost is fair in relation to competitors and that the onboarding process is simple.
November 29, 2021
Frontline Aesop - Does What You Need It To Do, But at a High Cost
We utilize Aesop for our employee attendance and substitute teacher tracking. Employees had their absences into the system and substitutes are contacted to fulfill those assignments. We also utilize the system to send out mass communications to our substitute teaching pool. We then integrate the data from Aesop into our HRIS/Business office software.
- Employee absence tracking
- Substitute teacher calling
- Easy-to-use web interface
- Reporting - WAY TOO cumbersome. I went through certification training on using the system and still have difficulty running reports.
- Weird way of reporting when a substitute declines an assignment (Phone log shows call as "aborted")
- No option to roll calendar over year to year
- Substitute teacher calling
- Employee absence tracking
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- Moved us away from a person doing all of the substitute calling
- Allows employees to view their absence balances easily
- Eliminates paper-based processes for time off requests
I have used ReadySub in a previous district, but at a different level than I use Aesop Online. Aesop definitely has familiarity in Illinois school district versus other vendors. Additionally, because we utilize Frontline Recruiting & Hiring, there is minor integration there that helps adding new employees or substitutes in Aesop directly from their application.
November 24, 2021
Easy to use platform, great for schools!
We are a K-12 charter school and we use Frontline HCM for our substitute teacher management. This is an efficient and easy way for our employees to submit a request for a sub. Frontline also helps us track and monitor our sub usage. We use Frontline almost daily and it has been extremely beneficial to our organization.
- Tracking.
- User-Friendly.
- Flexible.
- Integrate with other systems.
- Easier setup.
- Time off requests.
- Monthly reports.
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- Able to track sub usage.
- Track what area we are using subs most for, i.e. professional development, sickness, field trips.