Brought it in for vacation tracking but expanding our use cases
What do you like best?
Collage is a simple platform for our employees to use to submit vacation requests and keep their information such as birthday, address, etc. up to date. No one has had trouble using it whatsoever.
As we have scaled our People/HR team Collage has become more and more important and is taking more of a leading role within that org.
What do you dislike?
The interface is very clunky for admins, it feels like they are still finding their footing. I usually have to attempt login twice before it actually loads the dashboard and a lot of great features are very hidden (such as shared calendars). They don't have a very straightforward "here is what most companies should do" type setup that I would expect from a light HR platform.
Recommendations to others considering the product:
Give it a go but I would maybe make a list of your requirements ahead of time to make sure it has everything you want. The platform isn't great to discover features, you have to know what you're looking for.
What problems are you solving with the product? What benefits have you realized?
Vacation tracking was the main one and collage has made vacation request/approval very straightforward. We also have a shared vacation calendar which makes it easier for us to run the business knowing who is off when. We needed a central repo of HR info such as addresses, and collage does the trick.