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People & org chart

One employee record. A living org chart.

Every module reads from the same person record — departments, positions, workplaces, reporting lines — with role-based access so people see exactly what they should.

No card requiredNo sales callFree for teams up to 10

Capabilities

What the people directory does.

One record per person, the structure around it, and the permissions that decide who can see which part.

One profile per person

Personal details, contact information, contracts, documents and equipment live on one record that every other module reads.

Departments, positions, workplaces

Build your structure once: departments with managers, positions with titles, workplaces for offices and remote setups.

A living org chart

Reporting lines come from the record, so the chart is always current. Change a manager and the chart, approvals and visibility follow.

Role-based access

Roles decide who sees what — an employee sees their own record, a manager their team, HR everyone. Permissions are set per module.

Employee self-service

Employees keep their own contact details and documents current and see their contracts and equipment without asking HR.

History on every change

Every edit to a record is logged with who made it and when, so you can answer questions months later.

How it fills in

From a new hire to a complete record.

The directory is not a separate list to maintain — it fills in as you use the rest of HourSquare.

  1. 1

    Add the person

    Create the record with the essentials, or let onboarding create it on the contract date.

  2. 2

    Place them in the structure

    Assign a department, a position, a workplace and a manager. The org chart updates itself.

  3. 3

    Set who sees what

    Give the person a role. Employees, managers and HR each see the part of the record they need.

  4. 4

    Keep it current

    Employees update their own details; leave, time and payroll write back to the same record.

Who sees what

Three views of the same record.

Access is set per role and per module, so one record serves the employee, the manager and HR without over-sharing.

Employee

Their own record, nothing else.

  • Personal details, contracts and documents
  • Leave balances and payslips
  • Edit their own contact information

Manager

Their team, drawn from the reporting lines.

  • Team members and their positions
  • Requests waiting for approval
  • Who is away and when

HR & admins

The whole company, with the permissions to change it.

  • Every record, every department
  • Roles and permissions per module
  • The audit log for every change

Works with

The record every module reads.

The directory is the foundation — these modules write to it and read from it.

FAQ

Questions about the directory

Short answers to what people ask about records and access.

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Can employees edit their own information?
Yes. Employees keep their own contact details and documents current through self-service. Contracts, positions and pay stay with HR.
How is the org chart built?
From the manager on each record. Assign a manager and the person appears under them; change it and the chart, approvals and team views follow.
Can a manager see salaries?
Only if their role allows it. Permissions are set per module, so a manager can see their team's leave and time without seeing pay.
What happens to a record when someone leaves?
Offboarding closes the contract and disables the login. The record stays for your files and the audit log, and you can export or delete the person's data yourself under GDPR.

Ready when you are

Put every person on one record.

Free for teams up to 10 employees, every module included, no card required. More than 10? Contact us.

Free up to 10 employees · No card · GDPR-native · EU-hosted