Organization
Departments
Group people into teams so you can filter, report on and scope rules by team.
- Who
- Owner, Admin
- Where
- Settings → Organization → Departments
- How to enable
- Always on.
A department is a team or division, such as Engineering or Sales. It's a grouping label: it organizes people across the app, but it doesn't decide who approves whose leave.
How it works
- Name and description. A department has a name and an optional description. Each person belongs to at most one department.
- At a glance. The departments list shows each team's headcount, how many of its people are out today, and how many people have no department yet.
- Where it shows up. You can filter the team calendar, the people directory and reports by department. Reports also break leave down by department.
- Blackout periods. A blackout can apply to every department or only to the ones you choose.
- Approvals. Approval follows the reporting line and approval chains, not departments. Who approves a request depends on the employee's manager, so set managers on employee records, not on departments.
Good to know
- The Free plan allows 1 department. Pro and Enterprise have no limit.
- Deleting a department doesn't remove anyone. Its people are simply left without a department until you reassign them.