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Tomasz Korzeniowski
hay — Manage your developers’ wellbeing right in Slack
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Decrease software developer turnover and create happy and engaged engineering teams with smart wellbeing surveys. hay lets you keep pulse checks on your developers to know who’s at risk of burnout and loss of productivity.
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Tomasz Korzeniowski
Maker
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Hi Product Hunt! 🖖 Tomek here, Founder of ‘how are you’ (hay). I’m stoked to share with you hay and hear your thoughts about our brave little product. Burnout among software developers has become harder to spot, especially since many developers are now working remotely. I witnessed firsthand its effects at my own tech company with silent resignations caused by stress and overwork. I never really knew how to start the conversation to find out how I could help. So, I created hay for Slack, a simple and unintrusive way to check up on your developers’ happiness and job satisfaction. 👩🏼‍💻 WHO THIS IS FOR: Engineering managers and technical team leaders looking to gauge their developers’ happiness and job satisfaction with a survey — right in Slack! 💵 VALUE: * Run short wellbeing surveys in Slack. Only 5 seconds to fill out. No need to switch contexts. * Get automated alerts about your developers’ wellbeing. * Foster a culture of honesty, engagement, and open communication. * Detect burnout before it impacts productivity, or you lose your best coders. * Have meaningful conversations that help your developers stay balanced, focused, and happy. 🧲 USE CASES: * Check up on your developers’ wellbeing during busy and stressful times. * Find out how your developers are progressing on projects, in teams, and at the company. * Run limitless surveys on autopilot without monitoring and triaging data. * Save time by not having to manually gather and distribute feedback. * Developer-friendly. Perfect if you don’t want a complex, over-engineered HR tool. ❤️ PRODUCT HUNT DEAL: First 100 users get a free trial for 1 month + 50% off for 12 months with code "hayhunt" Feel free to join our growing Slack community. It’s a place for engineering leaders to share their thoughts and best practices about running 1:1 meetings and developing meaningful relations with their developers. Here’s an invitation: https://join.slack.com/t/hayapp/...
Dylan Husted
We use OfficeVibe and this kind of data is really helpful for us to make informed decisions about our team and culture. I'm a fan. But, it is true that participation scores need encouragement, so Hay bringing this concept to Slack is intriguing 👍
Tomasz Korzeniowski
Maker
@_dylan thanks! I know OfficeVibe, tbh pretty good software! For us, it was a little bit over-engineered, but maybe my company is an edge case 😅 I just needed a one-feature app that will not make my devs angry when voting. Otherwise, I couldn't trust the data I receive 😁
Roman Barzyczak
Great idea !
Sion Smith
What a great idea!! We at OSO would love to try this out!
Tomasz Korzeniowski
Maker
@sion_smith1 thanks for the support! You can install the app by clicking `Visit` in the top right corner or by clicking this: https://hay.work/slack
Brandon Escalante
congrats, looks great and love the name
Tomasz Korzeniowski
Maker
@brandonesc thanks! Figuring out the name is always the toughest part of the development 😁
Eisaiah Engel
I think that the problem this solves is so important -- how to create a systematic checkin and give developers - who might be hesitant to call you up and say "hey, I need a break," an easy way to let you know how they're doing.
Tomasz Korzeniowski
Maker
@eisaiah_e exactly! It's better to act in advance rather than wait until it's too late :)
Nathan Beckord
I love everything that Tomek and his team puts out -- well done guys!
Vadim Glazkov
How can I see other users' routes?
Tomasz Korzeniowski
Maker
@vadegg hi Vadim, what do you mean by "routes"😃? Responses to the surveys?
Husnain Raza
Congrats on launching #hay! I'm so excited to start exploring how this software can help create a thriving engineering team!
Tomasz Korzeniowski
Maker
@husnain6660 thanks! Fingers crossed for your team :)
Poppyn Climb
This project sounds really interesting! I haven't had a chance to try it out yet, but I'm particularly intrigued by the idea of running automated surveys with this project. Anything that can save time and simplify processes is a win in my book! Looking forward to checking it out more.
Tomasz Korzeniowski
Maker
@mlody_g thanks for the comment! Yes, "survey fatigue" is a real thing; especially for developers that need to protect their focus time. That's why we wanted to have a blazing-fast survey-voting experience in hay :)
Agatha
@korzonek looking good! I really like it's not too complex! Question: it looks like charts are dynamically generated within the Slack... How did you do that :o ?
Tomasz Korzeniowski
Maker
@agamal yep, they are dynamically generated whenever you open the modal with survey results - that's our secret sauce 🤫 😉
James Sapero
Exactly what engineering managers need! A great way to find out how dev teams are doing, feeling, and to combat burnout.
Paweł Szempliński
Very interesting idea. Unfortunately we currently use MS Teams, so it will be difficult to make real trial. What about hay for other communicators if future releases?
Tomasz Korzeniowski
Maker
@pawel_szemplinski I'm glad you found the idea interesting! We understand the challenge with MS Teams, but we're actually planning to release our tool as an external app to help manage developer well-being. Check out our 3-part blog post for more info: https://blog.howareyou.work/how-... I'll definitely keep you updated on our future releases and any developments. Thanks again for your support!