Benefits of Connecting BambooHR to Windmill
Connecting BambooHR to Windmill ensures your employee data stays accurate and up to date — without manual spreadsheet uploads or duplicate entry across systems.- Automatically syncs employees, roles, departments, and reporting structure
- Ensures performance conversations always reference the correct manager + team context
- Reduces administrative overhead for HR, managers, and system admins
- Makes onboarding, manager changes, and role transitions seamless inside Windmill
- Establishes BambooHR as the single source of truth for your people data
Connected Data
When BambooHR is connected, Windmill securely syncs the following data fields:| Data | How Windmill Uses It |
|---|---|
| Employee Name, Email, Status | Creates and maintains employee profiles in Windmill |
| Job Title & Department | Groups employees by teams for reviews, reporting, and insights |
| Manager Relationships | Ensures the right manager sees and completes the right reviews |
| Hire Dates | Supports tenure-aware prompts and performance cycle logic |
| Employment Status (active / terminated) | Automatically archives employees in Windmill when they leave |
BambooHR remains the source of truth. Windmill reflects what is stored there.
Permissions
Windmill requests read-only access to your BambooHR directory and org chart.| Permission | Purpose |
|---|---|
| Read employee directory | To create and maintain accurate employee profiles |
| Read org chart / manager fields | To ensure reviews, 1:1s, and workflows route correctly |
| Read job and department metadata | To group employees logically for review cycles and reporting |
| No write access | Windmill never modifies employee data inside BambooHR |
Access is scoped to only the fields required for org structure and performance workflows.
Source of Truth
If you want to update an employee’s manager, change a title, or archive an employee,you’ll need to make that change in BambooHR. Any changes made directly inside Windmill will be overridden the next time BambooHR syncs. In other words:
BambooHR controls employee data. Windmill reflects it.