Employee lifecycle management
Keep one record from offer to last day
Hires, transfers, promotions, leave, and exits update one employee record. Status is calculated from dates, and every change is a dated entry.
Every change to a person is a manual update
A transfer means editing the profile, the org chart, and approvals by hand. Nobody knows which version is current, and a missed step shows up months later.
Know who is active without asking anyone
Skailer calculates each employee's status from start dates, approved leave, and termination dates, in your organization's time zone. A future start date keeps a new hire in Hired until day one.
Record every promotion and transfer as a dated entry
A promotion or transfer becomes a dated history entry with a reason, never an overwrite. The new position's roles apply, the org chart reads the new structure, and any process you set up starts.
Turn a signed offer into an employee record
Hiring from Recruiting fills the profile with the start date, manager, location, and legal entity from the offer. Preboarding answers save to the same record, and onboarding runs on dates tied to the hire.
Hand the work to a successor when someone leaves
Every termination names a successor in Handover to. The day after the last day, reports, departments, flows, and approvals move to them. The profile and history stay for compliance and reporting.
Let people look up and update their own details
Employees edit personal details and emergency contacts, read announcements, and enroll in benefits during open enrollment. Managers see the manager, headcount, and members of any department.
One record from offer to exit
Core HR keeps your company structure and every employee's record. Recruiting, performance, and surveys run in other parts of Skailer on the same data.
What is employee lifecycle management in Skailer?
Employee lifecycle management in Skailer keeps one record per person from offer to last day. Status (Hired, Employed, On leave, On parental leave, Terminated) is calculated from start, leave, and termination dates. Promotions and transfers are saved as dated entries with a reason. The offer fills the profile at hire, and every exit hands reports and approvals to a named successor. Payroll is calculated outside Skailer.
What the model shows for a 500-person company
RECORD MANAGEMENT
TRANSFERS
DATA RECONCILIATION
Compare where employee changes get recorded
Teams usually track the lifecycle in spreadsheets, in an HRIS with fields HR edits by hand, or on one record where status and history follow the dates.
| Capability | Spreadsheets & folders | HRIS with manual fields | Skailer |
|---|---|---|---|
| Employment status | A column someone updates | A field HR sets | Calculated from start, leave, and exit dates |
| Promotions & transfers | Old value overwritten | Varies by vendor | Dated entry with a required reason |
| New-hire data | Retyped from the offer | Often synced from an ATS | Filled from the offer in the same platform |
| Access after a change | Reassigned by hand | Often reassigned by hand | Roles recalculate from the new position |
| Employee exit | Rows greyed out or deleted | Work reassigned by hand | Required successor takes over |
| Self-service | Requests by email | Varies by vendor | Own profile and department lookup |
How the lifecycle works in Skailer
Employee lifecycle: common questions
What does employee lifecycle management cover in Skailer?
One record per person from hire to exit: calculated status, dated position and employment history, onboarding from the offer, and offboarding with a required successor. Employee records, Onboarding, and Offboarding each have their own page.
How is employee status calculated?
Can I see the full history of an employee's roles and departments?
What happens to access when an employee is promoted or transferred?
What happens to an employee's work when they leave?
Is an employee record the same as an Employer of Record (EOR)?
See one employee record from hire to exit
Book a demo, and we'll run a hire, a transfer, and an exit on one employee record.