Warung Digital is a 9-person food-tech startup in Surabaya. They were drowning in WhatsApp threads and Google Sheets. Then they found a simpler way.
Budi, the CTO, was also the unofficial HR manager. Leave requests came as WhatsApp messages — sometimes at midnight. Attendance was a shared Google Sheet that nobody updated on time. Expense receipts? Photos buried in chat threads that vanished after a week.
Budi looked at BambooHR, Zoho People, even building something custom. All were overkill for 9 people. Pricing started at $6/user/month — $648/year for features they'd never touch.
200+ features they'd never use
Enterprise tier overkill
Just right. Set up Saturday, done by lunch.
"I once approved the same leave twice because I couldn't find the original message. That's when I knew we needed a real system."
The following Monday, leave requests went through the app instead of WhatsApp. Budi got push notifications, tapped "Approve" in 3 seconds, and moved on with his day.
No training needed. The team picked it up in minutes.
Three months later, the team runs itself. Leave balances are self-service. Expense claims get submitted with a photo and approved in under a minute. Attendance is automatic — no more chasing people.
From 12 to 2 hours per week. The rest goes back to building the product.
All 9 members active in week one. No training.
Free tier. No credit card. No catch.
Workspace + departments + invites
"I used to dread Mondays because of all the admin catch-up. Now I just open Workived, glance at the dashboard, and start coding."
Workived is free for teams up to 15 people. Set up in minutes, not weeks. No credit card required.
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