Hello from Obvious, the team behind Pause! When we graduated from ‘founding team only’ to ‘can’t count all our colleagues on one hand’, we realised that our spreadsheet hacks for tracking time off were no longer cutting it.
We needed a system that was easy to use and encouraged our colleagues to take breaks from work, instead of tracking their presence. We couldn't find one that fit our needs perfectly, and so we built Pause to scratch our own itch. A bunch of small businesses and remote teams making similar culture shifts tried out Pause, too — and they loved it.
Cut to today, Pause is now used at 300 organisations, helping thousands of people look after their wellbeing and creativity through time off. And we hope you'll join us, too!
Solve a problem 'x' you know intimately. As a team, we’re avid software users. But when it came to leave management software, we noticed cracks that went beyond the typical cold and predatory approaches of HR software:
Pause shifts the pressure of planning from individuals and teams onto strong time-off management systems.
Learn moreTypical workplace culture characterises breaks as “lazy” and burnout as “a rite of passage”. But we know too well that burnout can destroy teams.
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The least powerful actor—the employee—is the most penalised by unclear and complicated systems. Pause is transparent by default.
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