The Employee Bench is a valuable feature for identifying employees with large gaps of availability. This tool enables your team to optimize your workforce allocation and ensure that all of your employees are being utilized. The Bench view will display the following:
  • Employee Name
  • Division
  • Role
  • Dates (Dates measuring the period of 0% utilization)
  • Duration Remaining (Total # of available days indicated in the Dates column)
To begin, navigate to the Workforce Dashboard and select the Bench tab. At the top of the page, you can select the Date Range, and apply Role and Division filters to your view. Bench Filters Pn Once your dates and filters are selected, Buildr will automatically list any employees with 30+ day periods of 0% utilization within the selected date range. The employee bench is ordered by date, allowing your team to view and readily address any upcoming gaps of availability. If an employee has multiple periods of 0% utilization within the selected date range, then you will see the employee listed for each period of availability. Let’s take a look at an example. In the date range we’ve selected below, our employee, Miguel Brakus, is listed twice on the Employee Bench. This means that Miguel has two 30+ day periods of 0% utilization on his utilization chart. Bench Miguel Pn In the Dates column, we see that the first period of availability begins on 11/03/2025 and ends on 03/20/2026. The Duration Remaining value of 137 days is simply the summation of available days indicated in the Dates column.
If the start date is before the current date, then the Duration Remaining value will simply calculate the remaining days starting from today’s date.
The second period of Miguel’s availability begins on 10/20/2026 and continues through 03/14/2029 for a total of 876 days. Now that these gaps of availability are highlighted, your team can assign Miguel to upcoming or active projects accordingly.