Features/ Helpdesk NEW

A helpdesk for the
rest of the company.

Most HR teams answer the same fifteen questions over and over. Garuda Helpdesk catches them once, routes them to the right owner, and tracks every ticket end-to-end — on web, mobile, WhatsApp.

Why it exists

"Did my reimbursement get approved?"

Multiply that by four hundred employees, then by every question type — salary slip, leave balance, insurance card, ID-card replacement, address change, document copy, asset issue, gate-pass — and an HR team of three is drowning in WhatsApp by week two.

Garuda Helpdesk gives each of those a category, a default owner, an SLA, and a paper trail. Employees raise a ticket; the right human gets pinged; everyone can see status without asking again.

Defaults shipped on day one

  • Leave / attendance query→ HR
  • Salary / payslip question→ Payroll
  • ID card / access card→ Admin
  • Laptop / software issue→ IT
  • Insurance claim→ HR
  • Address / KYC update→ HR
  • Asset request→ Admin
  • Travel / outstation→ Manager + Admin
  • + unlimited custom categories
Ticket lifecycle

Raised. Routed. Resolved. Audited.

1

Employee raises

From the app, the web, or by reply-emailing the HR mailbox. Subject becomes ticket title; attachments come along.

2

Auto-routed

Category sets default owner. Round-robin within a team if owner unset. Priority bumps to manager on SLA breach.

3

Owner works it

Public & private comments, attachments, status moves (Open / In Progress / Waiting / Resolved).

4

Employee confirms

Resolution notification with one-tap "Mark resolved" or "Reopen". Auto-close after 5 days of inactivity.

For the owner

Everything you need to close a ticket without leaving the page.

Threaded conversation

Public replies go to the employee; private notes stay between owners. Markdown supported.

Attachments

PDFs, screenshots, photos — up to 25 MB each. Stored encrypted at rest.

Reassign & collaborate

Add CCs, transfer ownership, escalate to manager. Original requester sees every change.

Canned replies

Save common responses ("Submit Form 12BB by 31 Jan"); insert in one tap, edit before sending.

SLA timers

First-response and resolution clocks per category. Breach auto-pings the next escalation level.

Linked records

A leave-balance ticket is one-click from the employee's leave record. A payslip ticket links to the specific payroll run.

For the employee

"Raise a ticket" with a single tap.

From the mobile app or web: pick a category, type your question, attach a photo if needed. The ticket lands with the right owner in seconds. Every reply pings the employee — in-app, push notification, or email — based on their preference.

  • My Tickets view shows everything open, resolved, awaiting their action.
  • WhatsApp opens to HR if the employee opted in — ticket created from message.
  • No admin tabs leaking through — My Workspace stays personal-data only.
  • Rating + feedback on close so HR can spot bad experiences.

A typical week

#1247 · Salary slip not received

Resolved by HR · 2h response · 4h resolution

RESOLVED

#1252 · ID card lost — need replacement

Assigned to Admin · waiting for photo

WAITING

#1258 · Laptop slow after recent update

In progress · IT team

IN PROGRESS
For HR leadership

What employees actually ask about — in numbers.

Volume by category

Which questions hit hardest each month. Tells you where to add self-service content or fix a process.

SLA performance

First-response and resolution times per team, per category, per month. Lights up bottlenecks.

Repeat tickets

Same employee, same category, same month. Surfaces an unresolved problem dressed as five small ones.

Owner load

Tickets per owner, average resolution time. Spots burnout before it lands on HR's desk.

Satisfaction

Closing rating + free-text feedback. Roll up by team or by HR-business-partner.

Trends

Week-on-week and month-on-month. Spot a spike before it becomes a town-hall question.

See it in the live demo.

Helpdesk is shipped and live. Raise a ticket as an employee; resolve it as HR; check the reporting; see how the WhatsApp opt-in feels.