{"id":342,"date":"2018-04-10T10:11:20","date_gmt":"2018-04-10T10:11:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogsource.theholidaytracker.co.uk\/?p=342"},"modified":"2026-07-23T12:38:33","modified_gmt":"2026-07-23T12:38:33","slug":"convince-your-md-that-its-worth-using-the-holiday-tracker","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/theholidaytracke-4xhy3odrd6.live-website.com\/2018\/04\/10\/convince-your-md-that-its-worth-using-the-holiday-tracker\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Convince Your MD That It\u2019s worth Using The Holiday Tracker"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
Maybe you’ve had a demo of The Holiday Tracker, or have taken our Free Trial<\/a> for a spin, and you get the value it can bring to your business. If the next step is to convince your MD, FD or the board, then this article is for you. We’ve tried to pull together some of the common questions we get asked into a comprehensive document. Hopefully you can pull snippets from this article to bolster your own argument as to why The Holiday Tracker is worth the investment.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n The Holiday Tracker is a modern, cloud-based system for managing annual leave. It\u2019s a much needed alternative to using paper forms, email, and Excel. It\u2019s simple, robust and transparent, and saves time at every level of the business.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Holidays<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n Will enable staff to quickly request holidays in an efficient, auditable and transparent manner. Staff can login and view their own holiday calendar and see how much entitlement they have remaining. Holidays can also be requested from a mobile device, so most employees start requesting holiday in their own time.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Sickness<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n Sickness and other types of absence can also be tracked and reported on. The Bradford Factor<\/a> is automatically calculated along with Sick Day Heat Maps, so you can easily identify any potential problems with employee sickness and spot any trends.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Administration<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n The Holiday Tracker provides a range of simple, but powerful reports that can be run in seconds. A lot management or HR teams have their time wasted wrestling with Excel to get answers to simple questions about holidays or absence. Sound familiar? Then our reporting features alone could save you hours of work.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Flexible<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n As it\u2019s cloud-based and accessed over the web, your employees can access it at ANY time, from ANY-where: remote workers, multiple offices, field-use, or even on their smartphone from their sofa at home.<\/p>\n\n\n\nWhat is The Holiday Tracker?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
Why Do We Need It \/ What Benefits Will It Bring?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
Why The Holiday Tracker and Not Something Else?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n