It helps us to better organize our work, especially when we need to work remotely on different terms - with full/part-timers, interns and its developers.

Also my favourite part is the ease of contact with customer service who are very fast, helpful and friendly and always solve my problems even when it's something specific for my organisation.

The Success team writes back within minutes and helps with literally everything so the communication between us/ our team and Calamari is great.

Calamari has worked out great. We also appreciate that Calamari worked with us in our unique position to put together a pricing option that considered the blended nature of our staff needs.

Great value for money and excellent quick support provided.

The reviews from our team members has been exceedingly positive as well. It is a major upgrade in terms of ease of use, reporting, and notifications from the past platform.

Slack and google calendar integrations. Great customer care and fast feedback, our issues with Slack integration were solved pretty fast.

It is very user friendly and easy to use for all employees even those who are not that friendly to technology.

It took me quite a while to be a fan, but I really enjoy how easy it is now.

Excellent, we love using Calamari to manage our employees' PTO.

Simplicity, Best customer service, Great price/quality ratio.

It's super easy to manage all holidays, days off and home offices from a single application. It also integrates with popular apps like slack, which make acceptance blazing fast.

It is also an excellent value considering other softwares on the market. Customer service is excellent, responsive and implements new ideas with a willingness to make their users happy.

A reporting options are horrible. From an accounting perspective, I am unable to get what I want.

All functionalities are available, useful for usage for any country. And what is most important - it is very intuitive.

This does mean, however, that the time accrued for PTO is not accurate, and while I have told my staff that the accurate accounting is on each paystub, they are frustrated by that.

Excellent value and customer service. Would absolutely (and have) recommend this product for small businesses on a budget.

The customer service is excellent and the system is easy to use.

Reports - essential for payroll team, the board and HR. Calamari Team - fantastic and very helpful professionals.

And the most important for the end - customer support is the best support ever.

Nice interface, the stability of services, very good support.

It is super easy to use, no unnecessary information. Customer support is amazing-super responsive and helpful, they reply in 24hrs and solve the issues quickly.

Reliable, easy to use, user-friendly software that helps save time.

I love the easy of use and ability to integrate the time off calendar with Outlook. Setting up PTO accruals is a breeze.

I liked how more efficient it made us as a whole, the interface is mostly easy to use and the design is nice.

For weeks she had very consistent and helpful communications with me and guided me through every step of the way.

The balance of time off can be confusing for employees the way it is laid out.

I don't feel there is anything missing in this software.

Software was easy to set up and easy for employees to see how much time they have in their PTO. I like the approval workflow very much.

The technology is user friendly, fun to navigate and easy to adopt. Our employees have commented that it has been fun and has not added any extra work to their day.

I love that the platform is focused on peer to peer recognition; the first thing you see when you log in is your recognitions wall and you can recognize your peers so easily.

Employee morale, we used a different product which had a boring interface and was limited in a lot of ways for what you could write and and recognise people for.

The only suggestion would be the search function is based on last name. Being an international organization, many of our employees have multiple last names, so it can be difficult to find someone.

Notifications are too simple and misleading. One notification encompasses a few different possible actions.

Overall I love Workstars and every week I like giving rewards to all my friends who helped me in my work and more than that love to receive rewards in return.

It's also great that this recognition is visible across the whole company and I feel that this makes that recognition even more valuable to the employees that receive it.

Worstars provides a great engagement to employees with its micro bonus points which can be converted into amazing rewards.

This software was the perfect fit for our size company and required very little time and effort to get everyone set up and trained.

I really like how easy it is to train people to use this software, and it's a great tool for promoting goodwill across our organization.

I think Workstars is really a fantastic platform for recognition of employees. The program looks great and it's nice to be able to set up your individual profile yourself.

It is simple to launch and easy to administer with a suite of integrations to manage data directly from your HR database or publish recognition through Yammer, Chatter or Slack channels.

What i liked most about this software is the easy navigation, and the ability to allow me to choose whom i want to give recognition.

Can't say it enough, super easy to use and bright and cheery in appearance.

It is very easy to use, has many features that we have been implementing on the company, like perks, workstars card, etc.

The layout resembles popular social media websites so navigation is intuitive and no user training is needed. Ease of use supports rapid adoption.

It's a really great program, that is easy to use. It's easy to set up your profile and its visually, very appealing.

The team at Workstars has been committed to our success since day one. Their commitment and customer service has been extraordinary.

We wanted a fun and user-friendly platform that would encourage employees to interact with management and their peers.

My overall experience is good with workstars. I enjoy the perks and sending/receiving acknowledgments.

Overall, outstanding software that is flexible and delivers great recognition features without a big price tag.

Its also great when you have perks that your trying to choose from, because your offered a variety.

Manager Perks are a great feature, allowing you to give out personlised low-cost 'perks' to keep your recognition program fun and engaging.

The support team is always timely, friendly and helpful. Workstars is a great tool for the HR professional’s arsenal.

Some selection drop down counter intuitive ( hard to locate staff names when adding the hiring manager unless using surname first or exact spelling etc).

I am missing the possibility of search my team order by alphabetical order, for example.

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Calamari is a cloud-based human resources solution that offers two modules: leave management and clock in/out services. The software is suitable for small to midsize businesses in any industry and offers Android and iOS mobile apps.


Users seeking a leave management system can use Calamari’s online tool, which automates PTO calculations and offers an absence calendar that integrates with Google Apps, Jira, Slack and more. Calamari allows users to configure different workflows for different types of absences and automatically apply their company’s leave policy.


Calamari’s clock in/out module offers a wide range of clocking methods. Users can click a button in a browser, scan a QR code, type a Slack command or even use iBeacons to automate clocking in based on location arrival. Timesheets can be edited and employees can request changes on their timesheet.


Calamari is available on a per employee, per year basis. 



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Employee Management

Automatic Time Capture

Leave Tracking

HR Management

Billable Items Tracking

Time Tracking

Document Storage

Access Controls/Permissions

Vacation/Leave Tracking

Online Time Tracking

Shift Swapping

Policy Management

FMLA Administration

Variable Workforce

Time Clock

Attendance Management

Attendance Tracking

Timesheet Management

Approval Process Control

Sick Leave Tracking

Calendar Management

Workstation Tracking

Punch card

Data Import/Export

Clock In/Out

Multi-Location

Self Service Portal

Employee Time Tracking

Project Time Tracking

Time Off Requests

Mobile Access

Real Time Data

Overtime Calculation

Salaried Employee Tracking

Role-Based Permissions

Time & Attendance

Time Off Management

Alerts/Notifications

Reminders

Compensation Management

Benefits Management

Accounting Integration

Online Punch Card

Monitoring

Online Time Clock

Mobile Time Tracking

Leave Policy Management

Document Management

Employee Scheduling

Reporting/Analytics

Employee Database

Mobile App

Project Tracking

Search/Filter

Customizable Reports

Real-Time Notifications

Employee Profiles

Team Calendars

Absence Management

Reporting & Statistics

Approval Workflow

Real Time Monitoring

Real-Time Updates

Real Time Reporting

Employee Onboarding

Employee Self Service

Payroll Reporting

Payroll Management

For Small Businesses

For Cloud

Third-Party Integrations

Onboarding

Billable & Non-Billable Hours

Windows 7

Windows Vista

Windows XP

Mac OS

Web browser (OS agnostic)

Windows 2000

Windows 8

14-day free trial, no credit card required.

Special pricing is available for non-profit organizations.

Email/Help Desk

FAQs/Forum

Knowledge Base

Chat

2-10

11-50

51-200

201-500

501-1000

Calamari

Live Online

Webinars

Documentation

Videos

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Workstars is a cloud-based social employee recognition platform designed to make work rewarding and drive employee engagement. Ideal for local HR teams and global businesses, Workstars combines peer-to-peer recognition with reward capabilities, custom perk catalogs, and awards. 


Workstars can be configured to meet company needs and desired recognition strategy, incorporating custom rewards catalogs or focusing solely on showing appreciation. It integrates with existing employee tools.


Pricing is based on a monthly subscription basis and dependent on the number of employees. There are no set-up or onboarding fees.



Engagement Tracking

Rewards Management

Performance Management

Rewards Points

Employee Reward Programs

Single Sign On

Peer-to-Peer Recognition

Manager-to-Employee Recognition

Mention Management

Nominations

Customizable Branding

Social Recognition

Goal Setting/Tracking

Recognition Tracking

Rewards Catalog

Real-Time Analytics

Survey/Poll Management

Visual Analytics

Activity Dashboard

Real-Time Reporting

Pricing is available on per user per month basis. 

For 50 - 250 employees: £1.50 per user / billed monthly for entry level, £3.00 per user / billed monthly for professional level, and £4.00 per user / billed monthly for the global level

For 251 - 500 employees: £1.25 per user / billed monthly for entry level, £2.50 per user / billed monthly for professional level, and £3.40 per user / billed monthly for the global level

For 501 - 1000 employees: £1.00 per user / billed monthly for entry level, £2.00 per user / billed monthly for professional level, and £2.70 per user / billed monthly for the global level

For 1000+ employees: £0.80 per user / billed monthly for entry level, £1.60 per user / billed monthly for professional level, and £1.90 per user / billed monthly for the global level

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