Global statistics (Gallup) show that last year only 20% of employees were engaged and passionate about their work. The figures also reveal that many employees feel burnt out in the office or even look for another job.

As a company manager, you must be worried about your employees' salaries, workplace amenities, social security, and other factors because finding good specialists is difficult. Still, it is even harder to keep them.

Every employee is a long-term investment in your company's future. A motivated person who is passionate and committed to his or her job adds value to your company's:

• productivity;
• the number of transactions;
• profits;
• rating (satisfied employees = more satisfied customers).
  

For a person to feel important at his workplace, he must devote most of his time to applying his skills and talents. But the reality is that the workload is all about data, and only a fraction of the time is devoted to what a person does best.

The employee must be supported by powerful software that automates many tasks to prevent this. Let's take a look at how the integrated system Odoo can help facilitate and simplify your employees' daily life.

Employees certainly care about keeping track of their working time. It is still common nowadays for an employee to record his hours on a sheet of paper and for the manager to prepare a timesheet, sign it and submit it on paper.

With Odoo Timesheets , employees can easily record the task to be done and capture the time spent on it with a timer.

In addition, both you and your company’s accountant will be able to see it. The system automatically calculates the hours worked by month and by other breakdowns. All data is synchronized in the integrated system, so time is automatically linked to payroll costs, eliminating any miscalculations and the possibility of lost hours.

Applying for leave usually involves drawing up and signing an application form. In your absence, the employee will have to wait even several days for the signature. In the Odoo  Time Off app, you can easily select, for example, paid leave, specify the time and send it for approval.

You can see the notification about the leave application and confirm it from your mobile phone, even when you're out of the office. The employee's leave will also be automatically reflected in the timesheet.

If your employees spend a lot of time searching through folders, printing, copying, or scanning documents, they are definitely not motivated and productive. Nowadays, all documents can be stored electronically, and the Odoo Documents app handles this perfectly.

In the Documents app, you can:

• organize documents by company departments and folders;
• assign tags;
• create tasks to be performed on the document;
• send messages about the document to the responsible colleagues;
• share documents;
• sign and approve documents;
• split a larger document into smaller documents;
• reduce the time spent entering information, as AI can read and enter information automatically.
  

These are just some of the functions your employee will be able to perform from one screen. By optimizing such processes with Odoo, you will significantly facilitate your employees' daily life and increase their performance and motivation.