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- Industry: Internet
- Company size: 501–1,000 Employees
- Used Daily for 1+ year
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- Likelihood to recommend 9.0 /10
Gamechanger for a growing organization
Reviewed on 2018-11-14
Its been a great tool for our org!
Its been a great tool for our org!
Pros
Allowed us to scale our org chart process out of powerpoint and into something dynamic and easy to use
Cons
I'd like to be able to customize weekly emails to employees and what information you can see in what views- like instead of seeing the start date of employees on the 'teams' view i'd like to be able to see location.
- Industry: Computer Software
- Company size: 51–200 Employees
- Used Weekly for 2+ years
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- Likelihood to recommend 8.0 /10
Great for visibility into schedules
Reviewed on 2018-11-27
I've worked at two companies that use Pingboard and think it's fantastic overall.
I've worked at two companies that use Pingboard and think it's fantastic overall.
Pros
It's great to have an at a glance look at who will be working on a given week. Pingboard gives us better awareness than Google Calendar can, so we can plan accordingly.
Cons
There are some weird, nuanced bugs. It's easy to accidentally place yourself on OOO for today with no way to edit it since it's considered the 'past'. It would also be great if Pingboard interacted with Slack. I've often wished my status in Pingboard could be reflected in Slack to make things more smooth an automated.
- Industry: E-Learning
- Company size: 201–500 Employees
- Used Daily for 1+ year
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- Likelihood to recommend 8.0 /10
Best One Yet
Reviewed on 2018-11-14
Pros
The ability to manage the TO for a dynamic organization. The ease with which you can integrate new team members into an existing workforce.
Cons
Desktop app is not my favorite, but the mobile application is awesome!
- Industry: Computer Software
- Company size: 201–500 Employees
- Used Weekly for 2+ years
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- Likelihood to recommend 10.0 /10
Keeps me up to date
Reviewed on 2018-10-30
Overall it's useful, easy to use, and I think it's a great tool for small to medium sized businesses...
Overall it's useful, easy to use, and I think it's a great tool for small to medium sized businesses.
Pros
I like Pingboard because it helps me know when coworkers are out of the office (assuming they actually use that feature), and when there's a new employee I can hop on and check them out. We are also big on celebrating birthdays in my office so I like that I can go on and see everyones birthday.
Cons
Sometimes I get confused when going to put in a new status but that's all really. Overall it's easy to navigate
- Industry: Computer Software
- Company size: 11–50 Employees
- Used Daily for 2+ years
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- Likelihood to recommend 8.0 /10
Capable Out of Office Tracking Tool
Reviewed on 2018-12-07
Pros
You can schedule time away from the office and pick from a handful of reasons.
Cons
The homepage does not provide much useful information.
- Industry: Accounting Software
- Company size: 51–200 Employees
- Used Daily for 2+ years
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- Likelihood to recommend 9.0 /10
Great Facebook for Business!
Reviewed on 2018-10-30
Its been great!
Its been great!
Pros
The birthdays and work anniversaries home screen!
Cons
Incomplete profiles and ways to post videos not just pics
- Industry: Hospitality
- Company size: 51–200 Employees
- Used Weekly for 2+ years
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- Likelihood to recommend 10.0 /10
Helps me find out who people are in my company!
Reviewed on 2018-10-30
Pros
PingBoard is really helpful in an organization like TurnKey where there is a lot of personnel that lives all over the country. It makes it easy for me to find the right person and get in touch with them quick and efficently. It also helps you feel like you know them a little bit better with there bio and things they like to do.
Cons
Not everyone fills there Pingboard out fully and some people don't update old information.
- Industry: Computer & Network Security
- Company size: 501–1,000 Employees
- Used Weekly for 6-12 months
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- Likelihood to recommend 8.0 /10
If you need a Dynamic Org Chart this is it
Reviewed on 2020-02-24
Pros
We use this in our office, and it creates a Easy to find and use Org chart for the company
Cons
It does cost quite a bit to use the software and if you upgrade to a larger company it gets more costly.
- Industry: Machinery
- Company size: 51–200 Employees
- Used Weekly for 1+ year
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- Likelihood to recommend 6.0 /10
Useful, but probably underutilized
Reviewed on 2023-12-08
Pros
I like the ability to create a use an org chart. It's helpful for keeping track of who's working and what their role is.
Cons
Honestly, the org chart can be a little clunky. Deleting an employee there doesn't delete them from the system, and editing the chart takes a lot of getting used to.
- Industry: Information Technology & Services
- Company size: 501–1,000 Employees
- Used Daily for 1+ year
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- Likelihood to recommend 10.0 /10
Really helps get to know your office
Reviewed on 2018-11-27
Pros
Anytime I'm in a jam or need to contact someone that I'm not fully aware of their name or position Pingboard swoops in and saves the day!
Cons
Nothing really, it's never disappointed!
- Industry: Higher Education Software
- Company size: 5,001–10,000 Employees
- Used Daily for 2+ years
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- Likelihood to recommend 9.0 /10
Pingboard Review
Reviewed on 2018-12-14
We have a complex organization with many team members. We are now able to easily look up employees...
We have a complex organization with many team members. We are now able to easily look up employees from the org website.
Additionally, this tool has helped with morale, as the solution delivers a weekly email to management to provide an overview of who is in, out, telecommuting etc. However, one of the great aspects of this report is that it also includes upcoming anniversaries and birthdays, which is a great morale booster when supervisors are aware of such.
Pros
The best aspect of Pingboard is the ease of onboarding, implementation, and management of the product. We can stand up new, complicated organizations in about an hour. The users love it, and it is immediately publishable.
Also, the ability to have multiple versions of the org chart that you can keep hidden, in draft, allow for the management team to collaboratively work on org design without the hassle of sharing ppt or visio slides, using tools like SharePoint, etc.....
Cons
I really do not have anything negative to say about the solution.
- Industry: E-Learning
- Company size: 201–500 Employees
- Used Daily for 2+ years
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- Likelihood to recommend 9.0 /10
Great way to view your org
Reviewed on 2018-11-27
I can quickly access more information (especially report chain and out of status) about my...
I can quickly access more information (especially report chain and out of status) about my colleagues. Our organization is making an effort to make sure Pingboard is used widely; I hope it becomes better in that aspect.
Pros
1. The org chart visualization is absolutely great and considering how fast it loads, I love referring back to it all the time.
2. Integration with Google Calendar is great! Single place to provide your Out of Office status and you're done!
Cons
1. "Out of Office" option is a bit hidden, I wish there was a way to set an out of status state from my profile page itself; instead of going to the overall "Out of office" page.
2. It sometimes takes a while to see the title/report structure changes on Pingboard but I doubt this is related to Pingboard itself but more like how the data is fed into it.
- Industry: Computer Software
- Company size: 501–1,000 Employees
- Used Weekly for 2+ years
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- Likelihood to recommend 9.0 /10
Pingboard Review
Reviewed on 2018-10-30
Overall a great experience. I do feel like there are more features that I'm not taking advantage...
Overall a great experience. I do feel like there are more features that I'm not taking advantage of, so perhaps there is an opportunity for end-user education or middle-management education to get more use of the tool.
Pros
It is helpful to find who folks's roll into (who is their manager, director, vp, etc.). We also use the Out of Office to tie into a Google Calendar so everyone across the team is updated on when folks are out. The shared skills are also useful, for identifying who speaks foreign languages. I like the weekly emails. I typically take birthdays and anniversaries for my team and plug them into my calendar each week so I can remember to get that person a card, etc.
Cons
The Teams don't seem to always line up. I realize that is ridiculous, given it is something my company manages. However, it makes me believe that there is something inherently tricky about this from an admin perspective.
I wish that I could see items such as T-Shirt size for just my team, as a Manager. I don't think I have this ability, but this could also be an admin setting?
- Industry: Real Estate
- Company size: 51–200 Employees
- Used Daily for 6-12 months
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- Likelihood to recommend 9.0 /10
Great Product
Reviewed on 2018-11-30
It really helped us track vacation/sick time. We used an antiquated spreadsheet approach which...
It really helped us track vacation/sick time. We used an antiquated spreadsheet approach which wasn't easy to get how much time someone took at the end of the year. It also has brought a level of visibility to where people are now that we're more mobile and remote than ever.
Pros
I love the out of office feature. Its the biggest reason I implemented Pingboard when I joined my current company. The org chart feature and integration with GSuite has come in handy and made onboarding super easy.
Cons
The reporting could use some work. There is a lack of being able to filter things like Out of Office statuses to just the team you are a member of, especially through the Slack integration.
There used to be a feature too where you could post In and Out status on a big board which my leadership team was looking for. I'd like to see that sort of In/Out board feature that could be posted on monitors or public spaces for everyone to easily know.
- Industry: Nonprofit Organization Management
- Company size: 51–200 Employees
- Used Daily for 1+ year
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- Likelihood to recommend 9.0 /10
Helping Connect my Organization
Reviewed on 2018-12-04
Pros
I like how easy it is to use. I can use it on my computer or on my phone, and I appreciate that I can have a colleague's contact information readily at my fingertips if I need to get a hold of them. I also like that there are pictures for each employee, I am a visual learner so it helps me match faces to a name. There are a lot of employees at my organization, so that feature is helpful.
Cons
There are some features that are easier to use/access on the computer than on the phone app. It would be nice if they were more similar, but I do understand that a phone cannot view all the things a computer has the capability of doing.
- Industry: Internet
- Company size: 51–200 Employees
- Used Daily for 1+ year
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- Likelihood to recommend 5.0 /10
Capitalize on your simplicity
Reviewed on 2018-11-30
Pros
I like how simple Pingboard is. We have other software that overlaps with a lot of the features in pingboard but our org has yet to migrate from using Pingboard for the Org Chart and Out of Office.
Cons
I like how simple the features are but I feel like there should be more care or attention to detail on the the very few actions a user can take. Most people are using Pingboard to update their status. I have to click on way too many things to update that. Why not just have a quick way to update your status the moment you visit pingboard?
- Industry: Education Management
- Company size: 501–1,000 Employees
- Used Weekly for 2+ years
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- Likelihood to recommend 10.0 /10
Awesome!
Reviewed on 2019-07-19
Pros
Working as a remote tutor/teacher, the pingboard allows me to connect to other members of the organization. It is a fantastic way to interact with and find out when particular employees are going on vacation or out sick. It has strong integrations as well, including the Outlook Out-of-Office integration. It is a dream to use.
Cons
While it is a great product and does exactly what it sets out to do, in some businesses this may not be absolutely required. It is great for my company because we rely on each other so strongly, and since we are remote, it is nice to be able to put faces to names and have an intuitive piece of software. However, I could see this being slightly redundant in some organizations.
- Industry: Logistics & Supply Chain
- Company size: 501–1,000 Employees
- Used Daily for 6-12 months
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- Likelihood to recommend 10.0 /10
Useful Software for Mid/Large Business | Organizational Chart Software
Reviewed on 2018-10-30
Pros
Pingboard has a very useful interface- you can search by department, role, tenure, whatever specifically you are looking for, and it brings up the information with ease. Also, the ability to see an organizational chart as a "web" is a very cool feature. I enjoy using it because it shows all of the contact info for an organization, but also shows if they are away, on vacation, and if not there, who to contact instead.
Cons
Its not really a con about the software- if someone leaves for vacation, and they do not put it on ping board, it wont show that they are "gone". If ping board could be made to sync with google calendars, that would be very useful
- Industry: Hospital & Health Care
- Company size: 51–200 Employees
- Used Weekly for 1+ year
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- Likelihood to recommend 10.0 /10
Excellent Program!
Reviewed on 2018-11-27
It's been fantastic - great way to organize. I like being able to run reports as well when I need a...
It's been fantastic - great way to organize. I like being able to run reports as well when I need a complete list of employee names, start dates and if they are full time or part time (I use the Skills section for this)
Pros
We have a large employee base. I love how it interfaces with Gmail. Everytime I register a new employee with an email address, it sync's to Pingboard. It is an excellent way to see what department people belong to, and to put a face to the name. It's great that I can also assign them to 2 different departments if I need to. The staff loves getting the weekly emails showing who has a birthday and anniversary.
Cons
In Employee Profile, I wish some of the sections I've added such as "HIPAA Training" ect, could only be edited by an admin member, but still visible to the employee so they know when they need to do their annual training.
- Industry: Financial Services Software
- Company size: 201–500 Employees
- Used Daily for 2+ years
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- Likelihood to recommend 10.0 /10
Great Software
Reviewed on 2018-10-30
Helps greatly with identifying new employees, company-wide. When I need to go to someone's desk who...
Helps greatly with identifying new employees, company-wide. When I need to go to someone's desk who I may not have met, it makes it easy to know who I'm looking for due to their image being readily available.
Pros
The integration of photos with names is my favorite aspect.
Cons
I wish the directory would load all names immediately for search functionality.
- Industry: Leisure, Travel & Tourism
- Company size: 201–500 Employees
- Used Daily for 2+ years
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- Likelihood to recommend 10.0 /10
User friendly and efficient
Reviewed on 2018-10-30
It connects our team as a whole and makes it easy to get in touch directly with that person.
It connects our team as a whole and makes it easy to get in touch directly with that person.
Pros
Our team is in 55 different cities and I love how we are able to put a face with the name and learn more about the other person.
Cons
There could be additional tools added to this platform -- maybe a chat feature?
- Industry: Computer Software
- Company size: 201–500 Employees
- Used Daily for 6-12 months
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- Likelihood to recommend 10.0 /10
No fuss, and even everyone outside of HR uses it
Reviewed on 2018-11-14
All employees can easily see org chart without having to ask HR team for assistance. Even in larger...
All employees can easily see org chart without having to ask HR team for assistance. Even in larger companies that I’ve worked for in the past, org charts were often manually produced by the HR team on either power point or other software and the results were often “clunky” at best.
Pros
It’s easily accessible to employees outside of the HR .org, which means they’re more likely to use it than other software programs that the HR team introduced to employees.
Cons
If your org is mid sized or larger, the org chart itself starts to become harder to see.
Would be nice if it partnered with our HRIS and automatically updated any changes.
- Industry: Internet
- Company size: 51–200 Employees
- Used Daily for 6-12 months
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- Likelihood to recommend 8.0 /10
Good experience so far!
Reviewed on 2018-11-14
Pros
I love that we are able to keep track of our employees and the information we need to care for them well. If employees use the features, we are actually able to see who is in the office, work anniversaries, birthdays, etc. - it's great! I also appreciate the Org. Chart feature as well, as this is how we visualize the structure of our company, and it is easy to edit.
Cons
I wish there were even more reports that could be run to see who is sick, working from home, on vacation, etc. and how often they are doing this. But overall, I love the software.
- Industry: Marketing & Advertising
- Company size: 51–200 Employees
- Used Daily for 1+ year
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- Likelihood to recommend 10.0 /10
Easy to Use
Reviewed on 2018-11-14
Pros
I like that I can easily use the app to update vacation time or sick time as I'm heading out the door to drive home when I'm not feeling well. It's easy to update employees on my plans for the day and easily syncs with Slack.
Cons
It would be nice if it could track that Saturdays and Sundays are not valid vacation days. Then we could put a range in that included a weekend for taking vacation days.
- Industry: E-Learning
- Company size: 201–500 Employees
- Used Daily for 1+ year
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- Likelihood to recommend 8.0 /10
Review of Pingboard
Reviewed on 2018-11-29
This is the first Org Chart software I have used, but it is intuitive and easy to use.
This is the first Org Chart software I have used, but it is intuitive and easy to use.
Pros
I like that you can easily access information about employees, what team they are on and office they are located in. As an IT administrator, it is an easy tool to use while verifying employee data or finding their manager.
Cons
There is no seating chart feature. I think this would fill the missing piece for this product.