Employee home
/hcm/me is your self-service home in AxisSynapse HCM. It's
designed around two ideas: an Action Inbox that surfaces every
item waiting on you, and a card grid that gets you to the
self-service surface you need in one click. There's no menu to
navigate — what you can do is what's on the screen.
TL;DR — Land at
/hcm/me. Clear the Action Inbox first (it has everything blocking you), then dive into the card grid for the routine self-service flows: pay stubs, time-off, benefits, equity, learning, expenses, goals, career, demographics, tax forms.
Before you start
- You must be an active employee in the workspace's HCM module. If
the page redirects you to
/hcm, your account isn't provisioned in HCM yet — ask your admin. - The first-time view auto-resolves a few things: your manager (for routing approvals), your benefits class (for what shows on the Benefits card), and your current period for pay slips.
The Action Inbox
The strip at the top of /hcm/me. Each row is something pending YOUR
action, sorted by deadline.
| Field | What it does | Accepted values / default |
|---|---|---|
| Document to sign | An offer letter, NDA, equity grant agreement, or annual policy ack waiting on your signature. | Routes you to the DocuSign-style signing surface; SHA-256-locked, audit-trailed. |
| Open enrollment in progress | Reminder that the workspace's open-enrollment window is active and you haven't submitted. | Disappears the moment you submit elections. |
| Time-off awaiting your reply | An HR question about an open time-off request. | Reply inline; no email loop. |
| 1:1 prep due | Your next 1:1 is within 24 hours and the agenda is empty. | Click to add talking points. |
| Approval as a backup | Your manager designated you as a backup approver for a teammate's approval. | Visible only while you're delegated; clears when the primary approver returns. |
| Expiring document | An I-9 expiry, work-permit expiry, or training certificate within 30 days of lapsing. | Severity escalates as the deadline approaches. |
The card grid
Ten cards (or so — the count tracks the modules your tenant has enabled). Each is a deep link to a self-service surface.
| Field | What it does | Accepted values / default |
|---|---|---|
| Pay & taxes | Latest pay slip, YTD earnings, year-end forms when available. | Goes to /hcm/me/pay. |
| Time off | Your balances, pending requests, holiday calendar. | Goes to /hcm/time-off. |
| Benefits | Your current elections, open enrollment status, FSA / HSA contributions. | Goes to /hcm/benefits. |
| Equity | Grants, vesting schedule, § 83(b) reminder when applicable. | Goes to /hcm/me/equity. |
| Total comp | Annual statement: base + bonus + equity + benefits. | Goes to /hcm/me/total-comp. |
| Learning | Courses you're enrolled in, badges, leaderboard. | Goes to /hcm/learning. |
| Expenses | Submit a report; track reimbursements. | Goes to /hcm/expenses. |
| Goals | Personal + aligned goals, progress, check-ins. | Goes to /hcm/me/goals. |
| Career | Your current level, readiness to next, AI career coach. | Goes to /hcm/me/career. |
| Demographics | Self-ID controls for EEO + DEI reporting (always optional). | Goes to /hcm/me/demographics. See Privacy posture below. |
| Tax forms | Annual W-2 / 1099 / T4 / 1095-C; IRS § 31.6051-1(j) consent. | Goes to /hcm/me/tax-forms. |
Three inline modals you'll see often
A few flows complete entirely in-place on /hcm/me so you don't have
to deep-navigate for quick acts.
| Field | What it does | Accepted values / default |
|---|---|---|
| Quick PTO request | Same-day or short PTO requests without leaving the home. | Picks the closest valid policy automatically; routes to your manager. |
| Document e-sign | Single-page acknowledgement of a policy update. | Field-level signing with full audit (ESIGN / UETA conformant). |
| Acknowledge a notification | Confirm you saw a workspace-wide notice (e.g. open-enrollment reminder). | Persists per-user; doesn't show again. |
Privacy posture on demographics
The demographics surface is where you self-identify for EEO + DEI reporting. Three things are true at all times:
- Self-ID is always optional. "Prefer not to say" is a first-class option for every field.
- DEI dashboards never reveal you. Aggregates are floored at the workspace's configurable k-anonymity threshold; below the floor, the dashboard renders a redacted card instead of your data.
- Audit trail. Every change to your demographic record is recorded — see Your account audit for the per-user feed.
Manager view
If you manage at least one direct report, a Switch to team dashboard link appears in the top right. It takes you to Manager dashboard — your approvals, your team's intelligence cards, calibration prep.
Common gotchas
- "My Action Inbox is empty but I expected something." Items appear only when they need YOU. A teammate's request waiting on your manager doesn't appear in your inbox unless your manager has delegated to you.
- "A card is missing." Card visibility tracks workspace module configuration — if your tenant doesn't have an Equity plan, the Equity card doesn't render.
- "I see a 1:1 reminder but the agenda is already filled." The reminder uses a snapshot from the previous load; refresh.
- "The demographics card asked me twice." New self-ID categories added by your admin re-prompt for completeness. You can always pick "Prefer not to say" — that satisfies the prompt and never appears again until the admin changes the schema.
Troubleshooting
| Error code | What it means | Fix |
|---|---|---|
HCM_NOT_PROVISIONED | Your account isn't enrolled in HCM yet. | Contact your HR admin. |
HCM_INBOX_LOAD_FAILED | The inbox couldn't load (transient). | Refresh; if it persists contact your admin. |
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