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In this article, we will see the 4 Slack apps every HR team should know about: SimplePoll, Billy (the birthday bot), Donut, and Vacation Tracker. Whether your company is remote, hybrid, in-office, a large corporation, or a startup, these Slack bots will help you create a culture your employees won’
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survey slack
HR tasks are very diverse and running surveys on employees is part of these tasks. Whether it's monthly, quarterly or annual, this is a recurring task so it required a bit of thinking to have a good process. Running these surveys is one of the only way to gather qualitative and quantitative feedback
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Donut.com is a well know Slack application to send weekly random coffees to coworkers. While Donut has been a go-to, a wave of alternatives is reshaping the landscape.
Employee recognition
Employee recognition is a key element in every modern work environment. Especially if you’re evolving in a remote or hybrid workspace, using a software to systemize recognition is very important to ensure people are being recognized.
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Remote and Hybrid workplace
Slack offers a great workplace for many companies. This is where communication happens, this is where the company culture happens, it’s basically the center piece for companies even more since people work remote or hybrid.
Workplace culture
Wishing birthdays and work anniversaries in the workplace can become super time consuming as the team grows. Especially if you want to customize the messages for each celebration. In this article we will highlight the best birthday reminder app for companies using BambooHR as HRIS.
Workplace culture
Creating effective and engaging employee surveys is key to get the best response rate from your team and therefore have a relevant dataset and analysis of the situation. We'll see in this article how to run e-NPS in Slack in 2024 and what to do with it.
Remote and Hybrid workplace
Slack is one of the most popular communication platforms in the world. It is used by teams and organizations globally to collaborate and communicate efficiently. One of the most frequently asked questions about Slack is whether it notifies users about birthdays.
Employee recognition
Nothing is more appreciated by a co-worker than seeing their colleagues celebrate their birthday. But do you know how much of a pain it can be?
Remote and Hybrid workplace
In the contemporary professional world, celebrating milestones is not confined to birthdays and work anniversaries. Enter the realm of ‘workiversaries’, an increasingly popular way to commemorate the anniversary of your initiation into a workplace.
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Billy was installed by hundreds of companies on Slack and celebrated thousands of birthdays. This is from this enormous success that our team decided to help Microsoft Team users as well. We’re proud today to be introducing Billy: the birthday bot for Microsoft Teams.
Employee recognition
Recognizing and celebrating employee milestones, such as birthdays and work anniversaries, is crucial for fostering a positive work culture and boosting team morale.