PTO Ninja - Slack app helping teams better manage time off

What a great day, Product Hunt 🎉 Kevin here along with @douglasfranklin, co-founders at Treehoppr, and we're so excited to introduce you all to PTO Ninja! Released in mid-2018, PTO Ninja has been operating in the shadows of Slack, fine-tuning its skills with just under 30 pilot companies, and is now ready to unleash its power on the world. 🌎 In a former life, Doug and I noticed that without proper communication or preparation, one employee absence could bring projects and companies to a grinding halt. And the guilt of leaving your post and letting your team down kept a lot of people from taking time off that they desperately needed. 😫 PTO Ninja is built to change all of that. In addition to the features you'll find in other PTO tracking systems, PTO Ninja focuses on employee health and team alignment, ensuring employees take appropriate time off throughout the year and helping with task handoffs and project management before and while folks are out of office. Basically, it's built to 💥 kick the s*** 💥 out of all your PTO needs. And it's a Slack app, so people actually like using it. 👍 It even integrates with Google calendar and most HRIS, including BambooHR, ADP, Workday and more. Today, we are proud to share our app publicly with you all and we would love to get your feedback! We'll be around all day answering questions, so feel free to comment here or email me or Doug directly at kevin@treehoppr.com or doug@treehoppr.com. Kevin, CEO of Treehoppr (creators of PTO Ninja)

Kevin, Doug - This is awesome, huge value add to employees, HR teams & I imagine anyone who uses it. Love the integrations 🔥

My company uses PTO Ninja and I absolutely love the integrations. One click and it posts to BambooHR, creates a Google calendar event, and tells my manager and all my direct reports what to do while I’m away. Highly recommend!

Super easy to setup and start using in our team!

People should take time off, it's healthy. Treehoppr helps us tracking and minimizing the impact of current and future time offs.

Pros:

encourages people to take time off :)

Cons:

encourages people to take time off :(

Despite having a flexible vacation policy, it's important for us to know who is where, when. PTO Ninja makes that so simple.

Pros:

A simple integration and an even easier way for employees to log time off.

Cons:

none come to mind

I can’t imagine a company that is using Slack and does not use PTO Ninja for Out of Office Management. It is practical, easy and they are tackling a real problem in a smart way. Although we have a small structure (less than 10 employees) it is very valuable to us.

Pros:

Practical, Easy, Saves Time, Integrates with Slack

Cons:

not found any

Love it so far. Convincing your managers to add it to slack is the hardest part.

Pros:

Easy to integrate, great way to tie loose ends with PTO!

Cons:

Haven't found any yet!

I've always used OOO notifications on my email, but I couldn't find anything similar to that on Slack. So happy to have PTO Ninja fill in the gap!

Pros:

Easy to use!

Cons:

None :)

my company just started using this about month ago, and we LOVE it. It’s been so great to be able to see who’s out and when, and who is handling their responsibilities when they’re away. We previously had no PTO managent system (or at least not an useful one) and this has been a life saver and total game changer.

Pros:

Easy integrations, seamless communication capabilities, very straightforward

Cons:

None!