HR software in Ambala for small manufacturers
Offrd is HR software for the size of firm Ambala actually runs: instrument makers, traders and workshops under 40 people. Letters at Rs 99 each, payslips with EPF and ESI calculated, attendance by QR and GPS on the free Atndnz app, and clean settlements at exit. Setup takes about two minutes. 50 free credits come with signup.
Ambala supplies scientific instruments to school and college labs across India, mostly from workshops of 10 to 40 people. Rather than list features, here is a year in the life of one such firm, a 28 person instruments workshop, on Offrd. The firm is a composite, not a named customer. The workflows are exactly how the product runs.
One workshop, one year, on Offrd
April: signup
The owner registers the company, imports the staff list by CSV and sets each person's CTC. The salary structures balance themselves. Time spent: one evening, most of it deciding designations that were never written down.
May: the letter backlog clears
Eleven old workers never got appointment letters. The labour codes have required them since November 2025. All eleven generate in one sitting, mostly on the free credits.
July: two hires before the school season
Lab equipment orders rise before academic sessions. Sixty applications come in for two assembler posts. Pre-Hire scores and ranks them, the owner interviews five, and both offer letters go out the day he decides. The joiners upload Aadhaar, PAN and bank details from their phones.
August: attendance leaves the register
A QR code goes up at the workshop door. The two service engineers who install equipment at colleges check in by GPS from site. The muster finally matches reality, and month end payroll takes one evening. Payslips carry EPF and ESI done to the ceilings. No professional tax, because Haryana levies none.
November: confirmations and increments
The July hires get confirmation letters in one click. Diwali increments become letters instead of verbal promises, generated as a batch, each recorded against the employee.
February: one exit, done properly
A fitter of nine years leaves for a family business. His full and final calculates from the same salary heads as his payslip, gratuity by the formula. The settlement letter carries a reference ID. He leaves with clean paper, and so does the firm.
March: year end
Form 16 for each employee generates from the TRACES Part A and the locked tax declarations. The CA gets EPF ready payroll files. Total document spend for the year: less than one old consultant invoice.
Why not a bigger HRMS?
Because a 28 person workshop will never open half its tabs. Appraisal cycles, engagement dashboards, expense modules: paid for, configured never. Offrd keeps to documents, payroll, attendance, simple leave, a guided policy builder for POSH and conduct, Form 16 at year end, and resume screening when hiring. That is the whole product. Rs 99 a document, or Rs 50 per employee a month.
More than 4,000 Indian companies run on this scope, described in full on the India wide product page. Haryana's own rules, the Rs 35 and Rs 70 Labour Welfare Fund amounts and the rest, sit on the Haryana hub along with nine more city pages.
Asked by Ambala firms
We are nine people. Is this overkill?
At nine people you would use pay per document: Rs 99 when you need a letter, nothing in the months you do not. The 50 free credits may cover your documents for a long while.
Our service engineers travel to colleges. How is their day marked?
They check in by GPS from the site they are visiting. If certain campuses are regular, those can be set as locations. Their days land in the same muster as the workshop's QR check ins.
What happens to our old letters and files?
They stay where they are. Nothing needs migrating. Documents you generate from now on are branded PDFs you download and keep, alongside the old paper.
Who sees salary details? That is sensitive in a small town.
Payslips and letters go to the employee they belong to, and records are managed from the admin account. Salary details are not visible to the shop floor.
Our offers need unusual terms about tools and training bonds. Possible?
The letter editor lets you adjust the content before sending, with AI assistance if you want a clause reworded. The statutory salary arithmetic stays computed underneath.
Start your own April this month
Register, import the staff list, clear the letter backlog on 50 free credits.