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A leading manufacturer of high-quality doors and bespoke joinery since 1918, CW Fields deliver exceptional projects for high profile exhibitions, museums, research facilities and educational institutions throughout the UK \u2013 including the Whitworth Art Gallery in Manchester, as well as the London School of Economics.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In 2017, CW Fields took on a new HR system to service their growing workforce, in a move that they hoped would bring them into the world of modern workforce management. But while this move was certainly a cut above spreadsheets, as time went on, they began to suffer growing pains.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><em>\u201cOur time clocks didn\u2019t work properly with People HR, and both companies kept passing the blame\u201d<\/em><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cWe were using People HR to manage our employee records, which was fine enough at the time\u201d explains HR manager Francesca Dalla-Riva. \u201cBut the cracks started to show around 2020, when we tried to integrate their clocking in hardware for our employees.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The problem, according to Francesca, was that the time clocks offered by People HR were actually owned and operated by a totally different company \u2013 and the integration wasn\u2019t as smooth as their sales people had made out.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cEven though the two companies had some sort of partnership, they weren\u2019t joined up in any meaningful way\u201d she says. \u201cNothing seemed to work right, no matter how many ways we tried to customise it. And whenever we asked for help, each company would blame the other, and claim no responsibility for the issue.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><em>\u201cI had been following Sense for 18 months before getting in touch\u201d<\/em><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Fed up of being passed from pillar to post, Francesca knew that she needed to keep an eye out for a new HR system \u2013 one that would actually integrate with her clocking in machines. And if possible, one that would even be suitable for her remote and field-based workers, who couldn\u2019t always engage with the existing HR system during site visits and project days.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cI was aware of a company called Sense, that had started building a very interesting HR product around 2022 I think it was\u201d Francesca recalls. \u201cI followed their progress for about 18 months before getting in touch. Each time they announced a new feature or updated their website, I found myself getting more and more excited about what this could mean for the team here at CW Fields.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The biggest attraction for her, was the fact that Sense owned all of their own hardware. They built their own clocking in machines, they could automate timesheets based on location, and they even had a dedicated badge that could be useful for her lone workers and field-based teams.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><em>\u201cWe were eager to switch, so we let our previous contract expire in the background<\/em>\u201d<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>When SenseHR launched in September 2023, Francesca wanted to get in touch right away \u2013 but she held off, because she wasn\u2019t sure what sort of contract she was tied into with People HR.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cI had heard reports of people struggling to leave, due to hidden terms and conditions that kept them locked in for up to three years\u201d says Francesca. \u201cLuckily, our team had managed to avoid anything too lengthy, and we were able to plan our exit for early 2024.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>As there was only a short length of time remaining on her contract, Francesca decided to get started straight away. She switched to SenseHR and let her People HR contract expire in the background.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><em>\u201cThe hardware is owned by Sense, so everything works right out of the box<\/em>\u201d<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m so happy to have a modern HR system that delivers hardware that actually works\u201d she says. \u201cSenseHR provided me with their own Sense-branded clocking in machines, which we use for our staff at our head office in North Lincolnshire. And because the hardware is owned by Sense, we don\u2019t need to worry about whether we\u2019ve got the integration set up correctly \u2013 everything works together as intended, right out of the box.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Francesca is also considering adding a handful of Sense Badges into the mix, for her field-based lone workers. 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