Palmy
Palmy is the BuddiesHR time-off tracker for Slack. Request and approve leave in Slack, track balances and quotas, and sync a shared team calendar.
Palmy, the BuddiesHR time-off tracker for Slack, handles time off requests, approvals and balances. People request time off with /palmy, the approver they pick decides in one click, and admins manage policies in the BuddiesHR web dashboard. Start with the get started guide.
What Palmy does#
- Request time off in Slack or on the web: pick a leave type, the dates and an approver. Palmy counts the weekdays for you.
- One-click approvals: the approver gets a DM with
ApproveandReject, and a reminder after 72 hours. - Leave types and quotas: six leave types to start with, and quotas that add days every month or every year.
- Balances at a glance: everyone sees what they have left in Palmy's Home tab.
- Slack status: with status auto-sync on, Palmy sets the status of people on leave, and Slack clears it when they're back.
- Daily announcements: a post in a channel of your choice, every day, listing who's on leave.
- Shared calendar: approved time off syncs to a Google or Outlook calendar.
- Excel export: download every request for payroll or reporting.
Palmy runs in Slack and in the web dashboard at dashboard.buddieshr.com. It isn't available in Microsoft Teams.
Plans#
Palmy is free under 10 users, with a 30-day free trial above that. See plans and free trial.
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Getting started
Install Palmy, run the setup and find your way around Slack and the web dashboard.
- Install Palmy in Slack and finish the setupAdd Palmy to your Slack workspace, then choose who can use it, where and when daily announcements go, and whether to send a welcome message.→
- Get around Palmy's web dashboard and Slack Home tabWhat you do with Palmy in Slack, what you do in the BuddiesHR web dashboard, how to open it and how to switch between Personal and Admin mode.→
Time off and balances
Request, approve and cancel time off, check balances, set up quotas, export requests and sync a calendar.
- Request time off in Slack with PalmyRequest time off in Slack with the /palmy command or Palmy's Home tab, or from the web dashboard, then pick who approves your leave request.→
- Approve or reject a time off request in PalmyApprove or reject a Palmy leave request from the Slack DM, the Home tab or the web dashboard, and see what happens to balances, calendar and status.→
- Cancel a time off request in PalmyCancel your own pending or approved Palmy leave request from Slack or the web dashboard, or cancel someone's approved request as an admin.→
- Check your time off balance in PalmySee how many days off you have left for each leave type in Palmy, in the Home tab in Slack, in the request form or in the web dashboard.→
- Set up PTO quotas and accruals in PalmyCreate a Palmy leave quota that adds days to people's balance every month or every year, and choose whether their balance can go negative.→
- Adjust someone's time off balance in PalmyPalmy admins can set how many days someone has left for a leave type in the web dashboard, for example to carry over days earned before using Palmy.→
- Export time off requests to Excel with PalmyPalmy admins filter the team's leave requests by status or person in the web dashboard and download them as an Excel file for payroll or reporting.→
- Sync time off with Google Calendar or OutlookPalmy admins connect one shared Google Calendar or Microsoft Outlook calendar so every approved time off request shows up as an event the team can see.→
Admin settings
For Palmy admins: leave types, who can use Palmy, daily announcements, Slack statuses and admins.
- Add and edit leave types in PalmyPalmy admins add, rename, disable or delete the leave types people pick when they request time off in Slack, such as PTO, sick leave or remote work.→
- Choose who can use PalmyPalmy admins choose who can request time off in Slack, whether everyone in the workspace, everyone except some people, or only selected users.→
- Post who's on leave in a Slack channel daily with PalmyPalmy can post the list of people on approved leave in a Slack channel every day at the hour you pick. Admins turn it on in the web dashboard.→
- Set Slack status automatically during leave with PalmyWith Slack status auto-sync on, Palmy sets the Slack status of people on approved leave to their leave type and Slack clears it after their last day.→
- Add or remove Palmy adminsGive teammates admin access to Palmy, the time-off tracker for Slack, or remove it, from Manage admins in the Settings tab of the web dashboard.→
- Send Palmy's welcome message to your teamPalmy admins can DM everyone who can use Palmy a welcome message in Slack that explains how to request time off with the /palmy command.→
FAQ
Public holidays, approval rules, notifications, plans and the free trial.
- How does Palmy handle public holidays and half days?Palmy counts weekdays only and has no public holiday calendar, so people lower the number of days themselves for bank holidays and request half days as 0.5.→
- How do approvals work in Palmy?In Palmy, every time off request needs one approval from the approver the requester picks. There are no fixed approvers or multi-step approvals.→
- What notifications does Palmy send?The Slack DMs and emails Palmy sends to people requesting time off, to approvers and to admins, and when each one goes out, from submission to reminders.→
- Is Palmy free? Plans and free trialPalmy is free for teams under 10 users. From 10 users you get a 30-day free trial, then new time off requests are blocked until an admin subscribes.→
How-to guides
Answers to the questions people ask most, step by step.