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Because the answer lives somewhere an employee cannot see. How much leave is left, when the last payslip was, who covers integrations while somebody is away — each is a two-minute question that becomes an email, a delay and an interruption.
Multiply by headcount and a meaningful part of an HR team's week is spent reading out numbers.
Book leave against a balance you can see, with the team calendar showing who else is off before you request rather than after. Payslips and documents are on your own record.
The directory shows role, team and manager, and is current because it is a view of the personnel record rather than a second list somebody maintains.
It will not approve your leave. It routes the request to the right person with the context to decide, and shows you where it is.
And it will not show you anything about colleagues beyond the directory and the shared team calendar.
Your record is permissioned per field. A manager approving your leave does not see what it costs, and colleagues see the directory rather than your file.
You can update the details you are permitted to — contact details usually; role and reporting line never, because those are decisions rather than preferences.
Yes, and the team calendar, before you request rather than after.
On your own record, without an email.
No. They see the directory; the file is permissioned per field.
Half an hour on your own numbers is usually enough to say whether Nest is the right place to start.