HR ran on a combination of spreadsheets and emails. It worked, but as complexity grew, the lack of integration started to show — every part of it lived in its own separate spreadsheet.
Attendance in Excel
Manual tracking, slow to evaluate, no real-time visibility.
Employee assets scattered everywhere
Who has what, who returned it, who hasn't — information scattered with no central record.
Onboarding and offboarding in Excel
Checklists with no clear ownership or due dates. Things fell through the cracks.
No automatic notifications
When does a probation period end? Who has a work anniversary? All manual tracking, relying on memory.