Google Calendar for Sales
December 20, 2022
Google Calendar for Sales
Score 8 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Overall Satisfaction with Google Calendar
Google Calendar is a crucial part of my workflow. As a manager, I use Google Calendar to navigate & plan my days & align with my direct reports, peers, & my boss on meetings. It enables success in a remote work environment by allowing users to block focus hours and set their working hours. I use it to also keep track of my direct reports when they are out of the office or when other company events are going on. We can save time by understanding when other people are in meetings or in focus hours so we can either reach out with questions a different time, or direct our questions to someone else. We also integrate Google Calendar with scheduling software to easily set up virtual meetings with customers.
Pros
- Enables the creation of designated Focus Hours
- Enables users to set their "working hours" and others can see if they are setting up a meetings a moon symbol next to their name to show it is outside of that invitees working hours
- Allows you to easily create scheduled tasks directly on your Google Calendar
Cons
- Suggesting meetings times.
- Allowing you to accept or decline a meeting invitation without notifying the organizer.
- Better functionality & colors for the meeting categories/tags function
- Empowers employees to set boundaries with working hours & focus hours
- Streamlines scheduling with customers by connecting with our scheduling tool.
- Helps managers understand how their direct reports are spending their time.
Google Calendar is a close competitor and I think wins in certain categories like general appearance and enabling focus hours & working hours. However, Microsft 365's calendar just seems like it has been built out more with a focus on business use case (despite still having many grievances with Microsoft 365).
Do you think Google Calendar delivers good value for the price?
Not sure
Are you happy with Google Calendar's feature set?
Yes
Did Google Calendar live up to sales and marketing promises?
I wasn't involved with the selection/purchase process
Did implementation of Google Calendar go as expected?
I wasn't involved with the implementation phase
Would you buy Google Calendar again?
Yes
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