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Post to Slack when BambooHR adds a new employee

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How this automation works

Announce new hires to your team in Slack. It runs whenever BambooHR adds a new employee and posts a customizable message to the Slack channel you choose. Useful for HR and managers who want immediate visibility of hires from BambooHR into channels like #hr or #team. Note: Customize the message to fit your tone.

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Polling trigger
Polling Applets run after IFTTT reaches out to the trigger service and finds a new trigger event. These trigger checks occur every 5 minutes for Pro and Pro+ users, and every hour for Free users.
This trigger fires every time a new employee is added to your BambooHR account.
EmployeeId FirstName LastName FullName WorkEmail Department JobTitle HireDate CreatedAt
Then
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Action
An action is the task your Applet carries out after the trigger occurs. It defines what happens as the result of your automation and completes the workflow.
This Action will post a message to the channel you choose in Slack.
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7 triggers, queries, and actions

Employee terminated

Polling trigger
Polling Applets run after IFTTT reaches out to the trigger service and finds a new trigger event. These trigger checks occur every 5 minutes for Pro and Pro+ users, and every hour for Free users.
This trigger fires every time an employee's status is changed to terminated in your BambooHR account.

New employee added

Polling trigger
Polling Applets run after IFTTT reaches out to the trigger service and finds a new trigger event. These trigger checks occur every 5 minutes for Pro and Pro+ users, and every hour for Free users.
This trigger fires every time a new employee is added to your BambooHR account.

New time-off request

Polling trigger
Polling Applets run after IFTTT reaches out to the trigger service and finds a new trigger event. These trigger checks occur every 5 minutes for Pro and Pro+ users, and every hour for Free users.
This trigger fires every time a new time-off request is submitted in your BambooHR account.

Look up employee by email

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Query
A query lets your Applet retrieve extra data that isn't included in the trigger, so that your automation can include more complete or useful information.
This query returns the details of an employee, looked up by their work email address.

Create an employee

Action
An action is the task your Applet carries out after the trigger occurs. It defines what happens as the result of your automation and completes the workflow.
This action creates a new employee record in your BambooHR account.

Post to channel

Action
An action is the task your Applet carries out after the trigger occurs. It defines what happens as the result of your automation and completes the workflow.
This Action will post a message to the channel you choose in Slack.

Update employee information

Action
An action is the task your Applet carries out after the trigger occurs. It defines what happens as the result of your automation and completes the workflow.
This action updates one or more fields on an existing employee record, matched by work email.

Create an employee

Action
An action is the task your Applet carries out after the trigger occurs. It defines what happens as the result of your automation and completes the workflow.
This action creates a new employee record in your BambooHR account.

Employee terminated

Polling trigger
Polling Applets run after IFTTT reaches out to the trigger service and finds a new trigger event. These trigger checks occur every 5 minutes for Pro and Pro+ users, and every hour for Free users.
This trigger fires every time an employee's status is changed to terminated in your BambooHR account.

Look up employee by email

Pro plus icon
Query
A query lets your Applet retrieve extra data that isn't included in the trigger, so that your automation can include more complete or useful information.
This query returns the details of an employee, looked up by their work email address.

New employee added

Polling trigger
Polling Applets run after IFTTT reaches out to the trigger service and finds a new trigger event. These trigger checks occur every 5 minutes for Pro and Pro+ users, and every hour for Free users.
This trigger fires every time a new employee is added to your BambooHR account.

New time-off request

Polling trigger
Polling Applets run after IFTTT reaches out to the trigger service and finds a new trigger event. These trigger checks occur every 5 minutes for Pro and Pro+ users, and every hour for Free users.
This trigger fires every time a new time-off request is submitted in your BambooHR account.

Post to channel

Action
An action is the task your Applet carries out after the trigger occurs. It defines what happens as the result of your automation and completes the workflow.
This Action will post a message to the channel you choose in Slack.

Update employee information

Action
An action is the task your Applet carries out after the trigger occurs. It defines what happens as the result of your automation and completes the workflow.
This action updates one or more fields on an existing employee record, matched by work email.

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BambooHR is HR software that helps small and medium-sized businesses manage employee records, track time off, and streamline onboarding and offboarding workflows. Connect BambooHR to IFTTT to automate employee lifecycle notifications, sync new hires to your tools, and route time-off requests to your calendar.

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