Hi Product Hunt! 👋 I'm Athul Anil—CEO & Founder of Portfolix Entreprise Pvt Ltd and UI/UX designer for the past 6 years. Thrilled to share Portfolix EMS today. *The Problem I Lived (From Both Sides being a employee and employer)* After managing a growing team at Portfolio Builders (our UI/UX design academy) & Portfolix.Tech (Software Development Firm), I experienced the pain from BOTH angles: *As a Manager:* - Lost thousands in productivity due to attendance fraud and ghost hours - Had "good employees on paper" who were rarely present - Couldn't track real performance vs. perceived performance - Manual salary/bonus calculations = errors and disputes - Zero visibility into team patterns until it was too late *As a Team:* - Employees had no visibility into their own growth metrics - No clear structure for promotions or performance tracking - Manual attendance = disputes over "did I check in?" - No transparency on salary components or bonus calculations *The Breaking Point:* I lost significant money as a founder with employees gaming the system. No real-time data. No accountability. No clarity. I tried different existing EMS tools—but they treated attendance as a checkbox, not as the foundation of team performance and business growth. *So I Built the System I Needed* Portfolix EMS isn't just attendance tracking. It's the **performance infrastructure** every growing team needs: 🚀 *For Employees: Clarity + Growth Visibility* - One-tap check-in (no confusion, no disputes) - Real-time view of attendance, tasks, and performance - Transparent salary/bonus calculations - Clear growth metrics (attendance patterns, task completion rates) - Self-service leave management 🤝 *For Managers: Control + Intelligence* - Real-time team presence (catch issues before they cost you) - Performance patterns (who's actually contributing vs. just "present") - Automated salary/bonus calculations (zero manual errors) - Task accountability (assign → track → complete, all visible) - Growth visibility (identify high performers instantly) ⚡ *System Architecture That Matters* This isn't standalone attendance software. Portfolix EMS is directly integrated with our full HRM system: - Attendance → Performance tracking - Performance → Compensation calculations - Compensation → Growth metrics - All in one unified system *The Design Philosophy (As a UX Designer)* Employees shouldn't think about attendance. They tap, it's done. Managers shouldn't hunt for data. It's real-time, always visible. HR shouldn't do manual calculations. The system handles it. *That's workforce operations designed right.* *Current Status* ✅ Portfolio Builders uses it daily—35+ team members, 100% adoption ✅ Eliminated attendance fraud completely (real-time verification) ✅ Reduced overhead from multiple hours a week to less than 10 mins ✅ Cut salary calculation errors to zero (automated from attendance data) ✅ Identified high performers 3x faster with performance dashboards *What Makes This Different* 🇮🇳 *India-First Design:* - Regional leave policies built in - IST-native tracking - Compliance with Indian labor laws - Multi-language support 💰 *Business Impact Built In:* - Performance = compensation (transparent formulas) - Attendance = accountability (real-time anomaly detection) - Tasks = growth visibility (who's doing what, always) 🏗️ *System Thinking:* Most EMS tools are isolated. Portfolix EMS is the foundation: → Attendance feeds performance → Performance feeds compensation → Compensation feeds retention → One system, full visibility *The Personal Cost* I built this because **bad systems cost me real money**. Employees who looked good on paper but weren't actually present. Manual salary calculations causing disputes. No visibility until problems became expensive. If you're managing a growing team, you've probably felt this pain. Portfolix EMS solves it. *What I'd Love From This Community* 1. *Founders who've been burned by attendance fraud*: Does this resonate? What features would help you? 2. *HR/Ops leaders managing 5-500 people*: What's missing from your current setup? 3. *Employees who want transparency*: Would growth visibility + clear compensation matter to you? 4. *Technical feedback*: Architectural suggestions? Integration ideas? *What's Next* - Geo-fencing (field team verification) - Advanced performance analytics (productivity patterns, contribution scoring) - Payroll integrations (ESIC/PF for India, international payroll APIs) - AI-powered anomaly detection (flag issues before they cost you) - Slack/WhatsApp notifications (real-time alerts) **Try It Free**: 14-day trial, no credit card I'll be here all day. Ask me anything—about the product, the problem, the architecture, or how we're solving team performance at scale. Let's build workforce operations that actually work. 🚀 Thanks for checking it out! Athul Anil

Portfolix EMS

Human-centered workforce management for teams that move fast

Human-centered workforce management for teams that move fast