No spreadsheets. No email chains. No chasing managers. Offly routes leave requests to the right people automatically and keeps everyone informed.
Request Submitted
Sarah Chen
26–30 May · Holiday
Manager Notified
James Park
Notified via Slack
Approved
James Park
Approved in 4 min
Employee Updated
Sarah Chen
Email + Slack notification
Sarah Chen
Holiday · 26–30 May 2026 · 5 days
Leave Type
Annual Leave
Remaining
18 of 25 days
Team Conflicts
None
Approval Status
Pending
From request to decision to notification — the whole process happens without email threads, spreadsheet updates, or manual follow-ups.
Choose dates, leave type, add optional notes. The request is routed to the correct approver automatically.
The designated approver receives a notification via email, Slack, or both. No manual forwarding required.
One click to approve. Full context is shown — leave type, dates, remaining allowance, team conflicts.
The employee receives the decision immediately. The calendar, wallchart, and balances all update in real time.
4 min
Avg. Approval Time
92%
One-Click Approvals
100%
Requests Auto-Routed
All
Email Threads Eliminated
Approval admin is the most repetitive part of people management. Offly makes it fast, visible, and automatic.
See the request, tap approve. No forms to fill, no systems to log into, no multi-step processes. One click and the employee is notified.
Automatic notifications keep requests moving. Managers are prompted when a request arrives. Employees are updated the moment a decision is made. Nobody is left waiting.
Before approving, managers see exactly who else is already off that week. Make informed decisions without checking the calendar separately.
Every approval, decline, edit, and cancellation is recorded with a timestamp and the person responsible. Full accountability, zero effort.
When an employee submits a leave request, Offly determines the correct approver based on your organisation structure. No manual assignment, no forwarding emails, no checking who manages whom.
Engineering
Department
James Park
Engineering Manager
Design
Department
Emma Wilson
Design Lead
Marketing
Department
Lucy Brown
Marketing Director
Operations
Department
Admin Fallback
Organisation Admin
Sarah Chen
Engineering · Request #247
Leave Type
Annual Leave
Duration
5 days
Dates
26–30 May 2026
Remaining
18 of 25 days
Team Conflicts
None this week
Status
Awaiting Decision
Employee Note
"Family holiday booked — flights confirmed."
Managers see everything they need to make a decision without opening another system. Leave type, dates requested, remaining allowance, team conflicts and any notes — all in one place.
Every leave request has a clear status. Employees always know whether their request is pending, approved, declined, or cancelled. Managers see their queue at a glance. No ambiguity, no chasing for updates.
Sarah Chen
Holiday · 26–30 May
Alex Rivera
Holiday · 2–6 Jun
Tom Mitchell
WFH · 28 May
Kate Murphy
Sick · 23 May
Dan Foster
Training · 4 Jun
"26th is a bank holiday — doesn't need to be deducted."
Employee will be notified of changes
Managers can adjust dates, correct leave types, or update details on a request before approving — without forcing the employee to cancel and resubmit. Fewer steps, less friction, faster resolution.
Managers receive requests the moment they're submitted. Employees receive decisions the moment they're made. Updates happen instantly across email and Slack. No one needs to ask "what happened to my request?"
New leave request
Sarah Chen requested 5 days holiday
Request approved
James Park approved your holiday
Slack notification sent
Tom Mitchell reminded via Slack
Pending reminder
2 requests awaiting your decision
When a request arrives, managers get a Slack message with the full details and one-click approve or decline buttons. No need to open Offly, no context switching, no delays. Approve from wherever you're already working.
Offly
App · Direct Message
📋 New Leave Request
Employee: Sarah Chen
Type: Annual Leave
Dates: 26–30 May 2026 (5 days)
Remaining: 18 days after this request
Conflicts: None
Approved — Sarah has been notified
Every company is different. Offly lets you configure exactly who approves what — from simple department managers to multi-level chains with fallbacks.
Each department has a designated manager who approves all leave for their team.
Assign individual approvers for special roles, contractors, or cross-functional teams.
Organisation admins can approve any request across all departments.
Optionally auto-approve certain leave types (e.g. WFH) without requiring manual action.
When the primary approver is unavailable, requests automatically escalate to a fallback.
Complete audit logs capture every action in the approval process — from the moment a request is created to the final outcome. Who did what, when they did it, and what changed. Full compliance, zero manual record-keeping.
Request Created
10:28 AMSarah Chen — Holiday · 26–30 May
Manager Notified
10:28 AMSystem — James Park via Slack + Email
Request Approved
10:32 AMJames Park — Approved without changes
Employee Notified
10:32 AMSystem — Sarah Chen via Email
Calendar Updated
10:32 AMSystem — Added to team calendar
Whether you manage a dev team, an agency, or a growing company — approval workflows should make life easier, not harder.
Manage engineering leave without release conflicts. Managers see who else is off before approving, preventing sprint disruptions and missed deadlines.
Keep client work covered by seeing approval requests alongside project schedules. Never approve leave that would leave a client without their lead contact.
Maintain minimum staffing levels. Approval workflows check against team capacity so managers can prevent understaffing before it happens.
Scale approvals without chaos. As your team grows from 10 to 100, approval routing adapts — no manual reassignment, no bottlenecks, no missed requests.
Email was designed for conversations, not leave management. Every request becomes a thread that gets buried, forwarded, or forgotten.
From pending queues to detailed request modals — designed to help managers make fast, confident decisions.
See all requests awaiting your decision in one prioritised queue.
Full context — leave details, conflicts, and one-click actions.
Track all requests across the organisation by status.
A purpose-built view for managers to handle approvals efficiently.
Approve or decline directly from a Slack message.
Approvals flow through the channels your team already uses — Slack, email, calendars, and custom systems via API.
Every approval decision is visible, traceable, and compliant. No hidden actions, no lost records.
Every action tracked for compliance.
Employees, managers, admins — correct access.
Approval routing matches your structure.
Managers see exactly what they need.
Full history of every decision made.
Give managers a faster way to approve requests and employees a clearer process. Leave approvals should take seconds, not email threads.