Bram Kanstein (@bramk)

CharlieHR - The HR software for small and medium sized businesses.

Charlie is an online HR software for SME's. We believe that building a business is hard, so running one shouldn't be. When you’re working hard to bring your ideas to life, your first priority should be your team, not your admin. We created CharlieHR to solve the challenges that we faced while starting our own businesses.

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Rob O'Donovan
Hey Product Hunt! Big thanks @bramk. I’m one of the founders of CharlieHR. We built CharlieHR because we grew constantly frustrated by all the boring everyday admin that goes into making great ideas happen. There are too many emails and too many spreadsheets… we felt that much of it could (and should!) be automated and that while building a company is hard, running one really shouldn’t be. We’re building tools to empower entrepreneurs with more time do more of what matters and more of what they love! Our free plan gives you enough powers to get started and stays free for as many people as you want, for as long as you want. Our paid plans will offer additional premium features and services in the future. I’m happy to answer any questions you might have. Huge thanks!
Zaheer Merali
@rjodonovan do you have any Canadian customers? Any obvious limitations?
Dan Murray-Serter
Charlie HR is awesome, vote for it on Product Hunt if you like saving time, money and HR woes. if not, dont worry about it.
Rob O'Donovan
@murraymuzz Cheers Daniel! 👍
Lewis Holland
@rjodonovan we use Charlie HR for @DiscountIF. It's really easy to use!! Looking forward to see more flexiblity in the tool to use in countries outside of the UK (with different payroll systems etc). Do you have any plans for that?
Rob O'Donovan
@thewhizkids @discountif Thanks Lewis! We're working on this right now. We've lots of customers abroad and are keen to make sure it's as good for those guys as it is the UK. Watch this space! 👌
Lewis Holland
@rjodonovan @discountif Awesome, would be great to have Malta (It's a good test location as it's similar to the UK and there are other great startups like Hotjar based here too). Keep up the good work with you & your team!
Rob O'Donovan
@thewhizkids @discountif Malta definitely on the list Lewis! Thanks for the feedback and support.
Nick Collins
Congrats guys! 🖖🏼
Rob O'Donovan
@nfbcollins Thanks Nick! 👊
James Gill
We've been using Charlie at GoSquared for months and it's approximately 100x better than not using Charlie. Before this we were using spreadsheets and notes and loads of calendars for HR and other related team stuff. SUCH a handy tool, and the team are awesome too.
Rob O'Donovan
@jamesjgill Big thanks James. We're hardcore fans of GoSquared too so blushes all round 😊
Murat Mutlu
@jamesjgill Agree with your stat!
Bram Kanstein (@bramk)
We’ve been using CharlieHR to create a place for the freelancers we’re working with and recently used it to onboard our first employee! Pretty cool tool that offers a lot of features for free. @rjodonovan can tell you more!
Ben Farren
Love what Charlie are doing - and how they're doing it. Who'd 've thought newsletter emails from your HR SaaS tool would make you smile ...
Rob O'Donovan
@benfarren thanks Ben! Hugely appreciate it.✌️
Rich Waldron
Super slick HR platform, our team love it - we've begun building on top of it within tray to show upcoming holidays team-wide within Slack.
Rob O'Donovan
@richwaldron Good man! Love this Rich, thanks. 👍
Jon Catchpowle
I've briefly met Ben, he seemed super smart and I thought the company’s vision to become the OS for your business was fantastically ambitious, best of luck!
Rob O'Donovan
@catchpowle Nice one Jon, thanks! Really appreciate it.
Carlos Lagrange
Looks great! :)
Rob O'Donovan
@carlosxcl Thanks Carlos! 👍
Tony Freed
Congrats guys! Cool stuff. Looks great. love it!
Rob O'Donovan
@tony_freed Cheers Tony! ✌️
Dan Murray-Serter
We use Charlie at Grabble and think its brilliant, saves us time, money and the team are really really helpful and efficient!
Rob O'Donovan
@murraymuzz That's so great to hear Daniel - thanks!
James Fox
We've been using Charlie HR at Ideas Made for a while now. It's great and seems to keep getting better all the time
Rob O'Donovan
@james_fox Thanks James - so great to hear, we're always striving to get better! Please let me know if you've any ideas 😊
Aaron Mason
I have been using CharlieHR at Snap Out for a few months now. It works very well. Really like the simplicity of holiday requests and calendar integration.
Rob O'Donovan
@aaronmase Great stuff Aaron! Awesome to hear. 😊
Archie Campbell
These guys are nailing it! Been using them for over a year and they've been invaluable as we've grown the team from 3 bumbling founders to 10 legit employees!
Rob O'Donovan
@archie_campbell Always appreciated the support Archie, thanks! 👊
Joaquin Figaredo
Love it. We have been using it for several months now at our company. Very highly recommended. Keep the good work guys!
Rob O'Donovan
@joaquinfigaredo Thanks Joaquin! It's awesome to have you guys on board.
Rosie Cohen

I've been using CharlieHR for a year now. As an Office Manager I very often need quick and easy access to information and CharlieHR offers just that. Simple to use, great user experience, a team who always seem ready and willing to take customer feedback and work on suggestions to improve or add to the product. I would definitely recommend.

Pros:

Easy to navigate, great user experience, super useful product that makes life a lot easier

Cons:

none so far!

Rob O'Donovan
Thanks Rosie! Please let us know if we can ever help 😃
Daniel Jarrett

Been using the tool for over a year and having previously had everything on spreadsheets / google docs. Easy to onboard my team and all new team members which is great for getting new joiners up and running. We're much more organised around payroll which is largely down to the ease of the tool capturing all updates. Moreover, checklists have made the process of onboarding and offboarding team members much much smoother. Would highly recommend switching to this tool if you want to save you and your team some time.

Pros:

Saves me huge amounts of time, beautifully designed and easy to onboard new team members.

Cons:

It used to be that it didn't have a performance management tool but they've just rolled this out...happy days!

Rob O'Donovan
Thanks Dan! Please let us know if we can ever help 😃
Alex Debecker
Been using CharlieHR since the launching our startup, amazing product! Looks slick, easy to use, and great support from the team.
Rob O'Donovan
@alexdebecker Cheers Alex! 😊
Kate Hudson
We love this product. It solved all our HR and on-boarding needs. Thanks to the CharlieHR team for making life easier.
Rob O'Donovan
@kate_hudson So glad Kate, thanks right back at ya for the kind words! 🙏