Workforce Management

Employee Informal Notes

Small moments worth remembering about a person rarely make it into a formal record, and get lost if they're not written down somewhere. FlexManager's Employee Informal Notes module lets you log a quick note in the field, classify it, tag it, and search it later, kept separate from the Employee Observations module.

What Can Employee Informal Notes do for You

One Log for Everything Worth Remembering

Employee Informal Notes lets you record informal notes about an employee, subcontractor, or company, kept as a separate stream from formal Employee Observations. Notes can be added directly from the mobile app, tagged, and paired with a photo and the location where they were made, building a lightweight running log over time rather than a single formal record.

How Employee Informal Notes Supports Your Industry

Built for Anyone Who Notices Something Worth Noting

The module supports Supervisors and Site Managers logging a quick note in the field as something happens, HR and People teams building a running picture of a person over time, and anyone who needs to search back through past notes rather than relying on memory.

Quick Field Logging

Log a quick note in the field as it happens, rather than waiting until you're back at a desk to write it down.

Sentiment Classification

Classify each note as positive, neutral or negative, so a running log reflects the tone of what actually happened, not just the facts.

Fast Search

Search back through past notes quickly, so a relevant note from months ago is as easy to find as one from yesterday.

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Frequently Asked Questions

What is FlexManager's Employee Informal Notes module?

Employee Informal Notes is FlexManager’s module for recording informal notes about an employee, subcontractor or company. Notes can be logged in the field, classified as positive, neutral or negative, tagged, and paired with a photo and location, all kept as a separate stream from formal observations.

How is this different from formal Employee Observations?

Employee Informal Notes is kept as a separate notes stream from formal Employee Observations, rather than being mixed into that same formal record. This means a quick, informal note can be logged without needing to go through a more structured observation process.

Can I add a note from the field or mobile app?

Yes. A note can be added directly from the mobile app, so it can be logged in the field as it happens rather than waiting until you’re back at a desk. Photos and the location where a note was made can be captured at the same time.

Why Choose FlexManager?

FlexManager has helped HR and operations teams document workforce information since 2011, aware that a note about a person carries a different kind of responsibility than a note about a task. FlexManager is certified to ISO 9001, ISO 14001, ISO 27001 and ISO 45001 certification, and it’s this industry-backed accreditation that gives us the know-how we need.