> ## Documentation Index
> Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://docs.begin.eu/llms.txt
> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.

# Your Overview

> Check your next shift, follow company updates and find the work that needs your attention.

![An Overview card with upcoming work](https://mintcdn.com/beginltd/sNYQaAALZ14vu-94/images/cover/overview-using-the-dashboard-light.png?fit=max\&auto=format\&n=sNYQaAALZ14vu-94\&q=85\&s=17a076e9472c537aea828058652ea18c)

Open **Home** on a phone or **Overview** on a computer to check your next shift and time-off requests, then read the updates your employer has shared with you.

I want to…

<ul>
  <li>
    Read an announcement and reply

    Reading company updates

    [Open](https://docs.begin.eu/for-employees/overview/reading-posts.md)
  </li>

  <li>
    Answer a poll or say whether I am going

    Polls and events

    [Open](https://docs.begin.eu/for-employees/overview/polls-and-events.md)
  </li>

  <li>
    Follow an update that needs my attention

    Your Inbox

    [Open](https://docs.begin.eu/for-employees/inbox/overview.md)
  </li>
</ul>

## Start with your own day

Time tracking stays at the top so you can reach it even when the **Overview** cards are collapsed. Your upcoming shifts, time off and public holidays appear below, depending on your workspace and permissions.

Open a shift to check its details. Use **View all** on the shifts or time-off card when you need the full history or schedule. Select a public holiday to open the schedule on that date, in the layout and with the filters you last used there, so you can see which weekday it falls on and whether you work that day. Your employer controls your working arrangements; a dashboard card does not change them.

![Employee Overview showing time tracking, upcoming work and employee navigation](https://mintcdn.com/beginltd/fkIreX8krzqEOaSP/images/articles/employees/employee-overview-screen-light.png?fit=max\&auto=format\&n=fkIreX8krzqEOaSP\&q=85\&s=a95943fd1a4f02fc45f4060a2a07f344)

## Choose the right place to follow up

Use the feed for company announcements, polls and events. Open **Messages** for a conversation with colleagues, and **Inbox** for notifications about changes or requests. A message and an Inbox notification are different items.

If your home opens somewhere else, choose your preferred start page in [Preferences](https://docs.begin.eu/for-employees/profile/language-preferences.md).

**Context for employee Overview.** The app route is `/dashboard`. The manager/employee view switch is shown only to roles with team-dashboard capabilities. The ordinary employee view does not expose team hour totals. A missing widget can be a permission difference; My profile remains the self-service entry to the employee's own records. Reading posts requires post-read access and the post's visibility scope.

## Next

> **[Reading company updates](https://docs.begin.eu/for-employees/overview/reading-posts.md)**
>
> Find an announcement and keep a reply with it.

> **[Your Inbox](https://docs.begin.eu/for-employees/inbox/overview.md)**
>
> Follow the updates sent to you.

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>
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