The Mobile Device app and the Desktop app are confusing and hard to navigate which makes managing the program for the company a challenge. This makes it really hard for administrators to assign the task of managing and over seeing it to someone. I have been using it for over two years now and still get confused when navigating the program. Another frustration that many of our employees express is the micro learning and point award system. In our company safety is paramount! So the idea of watching these short videos and taking the short quiz to keep up your “Streak” going to be awarded points which increases you “ES” score the idea of only being awarded (1) point every time you earn a streak badge the amount of time you invest for that streak badge to only get (1) point is not worth it. You watch (25) videos and take (25) quizzes to get (1) point. Which is the equivalent of earning (1) point every five weeks. The required work to point ratio isn’t worth the time invested. It’s discouraging to many of the employees. Another problem that I have personally experienced with the program is not being awarded points after you have completed the required videos and quizzes and received your streak badge. This has happened to me (3) times. I did not receive my “point” for my 350th, 375th and my 525th streak badges. Has to be some kind of glitch in the program. This has happened to others in our organization and apparently there is no solution for it. When we have inquired about “points” we have been told to go to our “watched” video history and rewatch and retake the quiz on all videos that we did not score 100% on. Apparently there is no other way to achieve points even when the program neglects to award points for streak badges achieved and completed. I give three star because I am in the “middle” on this app. There is room for improvement which if they do it will make things better but if something better is found or offered somewhere else we would not hesitate to make a change.

I have enjoyed the ability to upload, quiz, track both video and onsite trainings? The saftey videos are short, refreshing and inviting as well as informative. To have easy on demand up to date training for the employees have enhanced our knowledge base, increased our saftey mindset, and eased our burden to get the information directly to the employee. The actors not only convey the necessary information but they can cause you to chuckle and lighten up amongst some pretty heavy topics. And notifications directly to the employee to boot! Can’t say enough.

My company I work for has us use Tyfoom and it is a genius idea! Getting a short video each day relevant to my job and life has actually made improvements to my life, compared to sporadic trainings (or no training) I’ve received at other jobs. And I’ve even been able to upload my own videos to help my team members. Not to mention the forms and alerts, badges etc that Tyfoom can provide and motivate everyone to do with gamification (it really works).

The whole idea of keeping your employee’s awareness of proper safety techniques using daily 2-3min engaging videos on their mobile devices is going to have a big impact on reducing job related injuries. Being able to track training and skills by employee and easily produce the records required by OSHA will reduce legal risks and bureaucratic burden. It’s great to have a light, low cost, regular solution like this accessible to small businesses that often can’t afford the old heavy training systems of years past.