Lead Healthy, High-Performing TeamsTrack Wellness Alongside Velocity

The team dashboard shows aggregated, anonymized wellness metrics—never individual tracking that feels like micromanagement. You see team averages: break compliance rate, average sitting time, team health score. Burnout alerts are private (only visible to you) and triggered by concerning patterns, not individual behaviors. Think of it like sprint velocity: you track team performance, not every line of code each person writes. Team members control their own data and can opt out of dashboard aggregation.

No, if you frame it correctly. DeskBreak is a wellness tool, not a productivity spy tool. The team dashboard is for supporting your team's health, not monitoring their every move. Communicate: “I want to support your wellness, and this helps me see if we're overworking the team.” Make it opt-in initially, let team members see the benefits (better breaks, less burnout), then they'll advocate for it. Many teams report DeskBreak makes them feel supported, not surveilled, because it encourages breaks instead of discouraging them.

Almost zero time. Initial setup takes 15 minutes: invite team members, connect calendar (optional), set team break policies. After that, DeskBreak runs automatically. You review the team dashboard during your weekly 1-on-1s or retros (5 minutes). Burnout alerts come to you proactively—you don't need to check daily. Think of it like your CI/CD pipeline: set it up once, it runs automatically, alerts you when something needs attention.

Yes. DeskBreak integrates with Google Calendar, Outlook, Slack, Jira, Linear, Asana, Notion, and more. Calendar integration auto-schedules breaks around meetings. Slack integration sends break reminders via DM (not in channels—discreet and private). Project management integrations make break reminders context-aware (shorter breaks during sprint planning, longer breaks after releases). These integrations make DeskBreak fit your team's workflow instead of adding another tool to juggle.

Hard ROI: Replacing one burned-out engineer costs 6-9 months of salary (recruitment, onboarding, lost productivity). If DeskBreak prevents even one resignation per year, it pays for itself 10x over. Soft ROI: Higher team morale, better decision quality in meetings (well-rested teams make better calls), fewer sick days, higher engagement scores. Our customers report 15-20% increases in team velocity after implementing DeskBreak because teams work smarter, not just longer. Wellness isn't a “nice-to-have”—it's a performance multiplier.

Lead by example. Use DeskBreak yourself and enable “Lead by Example” mode so your team sees you taking breaks. Run a team challenge: “Let's all try taking 3 breaks per day for 2 weeks and see how we feel.” Gamify it with a leaderboard (friendly competition works). Share the why: explain you're trying to prevent burnout and improve team sustainability. Most importantly, don't mandate it top-down—make it opt-in, show the benefits, let early adopters evangelize it. Once a few team members feel better, the rest will follow.

DeskBreak is built for distributed teams. Break reminders are personalized to each team member's local time and work schedule. The team dashboard aggregates data across time zones, showing overall team health regardless of location. Calendar integration respects each person's timezone for meeting-aware break scheduling. Team challenges can run asynchronously (everyone participates during their own work hours). You can even set different break policies by region if cultural norms vary (e.g., European teams might have different break expectations than US teams).