The Benefits Of Employee Self

Your employee self-service portal is the home base for your team. The information is always available at any time in an ESS system. This gives team members a sense that the HR team is always available while still empowering them to independently find the information they need.

One of the great benefits of employee self-service is that you can distribute key information and manage employee communications and engagement—all using one system. This 24/7 access helps employees feel supported and increases trust in your organization.

Employee self-service technology can help employees feel more connected to their broader company. So make the most of your ESS portal! Build some fun into it—get creative with how you use your self-service system to delight your employees and build a better sense of culture.

Use the portal to grow your culture by highlighting the annual team basketball tournament and your division's employee of the month. Send out birthday announcements, promote team or customer wins, and share monthly goals to encourage a sense of connection and camaraderie.

Another great benefit of employee self-service is the simple way you can use it to boost morale. Use the employee self-service features as a way to get the word out about company information and policy documents that connect your team to your company's mission and build a sense of increased connection within your organization.

While there are a ton of benefits of employee self-service for your team, the benefits of ESS for management are rooted in saving time, workforce-related costs, and increased connection with their teams. Your managers (and the rest of your internal team) will be thankful for the added time back into their busy schedules.

Having an ESS system takes a lot of load off of your managers. Employees are responsible for their own data and personal information—meaning they are responsible for keeping it up-to-date and accurate. Your team members can also tackle other time-consuming tasks that used to be on the manager's plate as a manual to-do.

Switching to a self-service system saves your managers time they would have spent trying to juggle all of the HR-related tasks and administrative processes. This shifts the responsibility equally throughout the team. A little relief in mental load can go a long way in increasing your manager's overall productivity.

Whether it be your HR department, legal, safety, compliance, or team managers, many areas in the business have forms and policies for employees to agree to, sign off on, and fill out. Employee self-service technology keeps everything in one place. It gives internal stakeholders seamless access to each team member's submission through the self-service platform.

Your compliance and HR leaders will appreciate the efficiency of the process here. Not only is the company saving on staff hours (since they're processing less paperwork and forms), but they are also saving tons of manual paperwork and printing. With employee self-service technology, everything is accessed and saved digitally.