Really great question ​@andra.enache ! We’ve got a few folks in the community who could be quite helpful here so I’ll share this around. In particular, ​@People Person is, as I like to call her, our Workflows Wizard around here.

Tagging some other knowledgeable folks while I’m at it:

​@Nathan Jolly ​@HRJoy ​@AnnaCzarnik ​@Andreia Oliveira ​@michelap ​@rstambolieva ​@SabbuSchreiber ​@nina.johansson 

Looking forward to seeing people’s contributions to this topic! 

I wouldn’t say that we are experts in Automations just yet, but here’s what we use them for right now: 
 

We just added the ‘New employee - onboarding starting’ workflow; it sends an email to the Supervisor, Finance, QA etc, each with a different message according to the action required. This was based on feedback from Supervisors in particular not being quite in the loop around when their new employee had started onboarding.

What ​@HRJoy said ^^^

We also use a mixture of ‘notifications’ and ‘emails’ dependant on who is involved in using the workflow and how they work best. For example I’m in Personio every day, so a notification is great, however for some of our colleagues, who aren’t using it as regularly, an email is better. 

Would love to hear how other people are utilising the automations 

I wouldn’t say that we are experts in Automations just yet, but here’s what we use them for right now: 
 

We just added the ‘New employee - onboarding starting’ workflow; it sends an email to the Supervisor, Finance, QA etc, each with a different message according to the action required. This was based on feedback from Supervisors in particular not being quite in the loop around when their new employee had started onboarding.

Thanks! this is extremely useful. I think it’s going to be a trial & error with different actions/stakeholders. What other automations do you use for supervisors?

Of course happy to share ​@Moe ​@andra.enache, but again I’m no expect :  Here is the onboarding one:

And here are the steps as an example:

Is this the sort of thing you were after ​@andra.enache   Let me know if I can help further.  Thanks, Sally

Excellent stuff, everyone! Wonder if any of these folks would have something to add:

​@MvdS ​@Edda van der Ende ​@LidiaR ​@Daniel_KR ​@brittbosma 

Hey, 

I have about 30 automations set up for different things such as: 

• notifying teams of starters or leavers 
• Notifying our people team of mental health related absences 
• When an employee becomes a people manager 
• When an employee changes personal data, to ensure they notify their pension and benefits providers
• To ask managers to complete return to work after sickness
• To ask employees to complete form when requesting work from anywhere absence 
• To remind managers when employees require a fit note for sickness

Hope this gives inspiration!