The Fix
Three rewrites that did the most work.
Each one solves a real moment of user confusion the team had been getting tickets about.
Fix 01 · Salary screen
Killed the donut chart. Surfaced the answer.
Before · Original screen
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"Salary Summary": names the screen, not the answer. No net pay anywhere.
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Donut chart with overlapping % labels. Users have to do mental arithmetic to find their take-home.
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Line items buried below: the actual data is below the fold on a tablet.
The #1 user complaint. A chart that asked users to do work the system should have done.
After · Rewritten
Your Salary Breakdown
July 2023 · paid 1 Aug
3
Net pay: what you received
₹ 32,000
Credited · A/C ending 4471
Summary
Earnings
Deductions
Earnings · 4 components
Basic Pay
Core fixed salary
₹ 20,000
House Rent Allowance
HRA · tax-exempt up to limit
₹ 4,000
Dearness Allowance
DA · cost-of-living adjustment
₹ 3,000
Special Allowance
Variable monthly
₹ 5,000
Title renamed to "Your Salary Breakdown". Net pay ₹32,000 surfaced first. Linear list with context hints. Every line speaks for itself. No chart needed.
Fix 02 · Dashboard
Group by frequency. Lead with what users do daily.
Before · Original screen
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Welcome card takes 20% of width and enables nothing. Pure decoration.
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Clock In / Out controls have no confirmation state. Users tap and don't know if it registered.
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Seven services at equal weight. Leave Balance and Birthday Buddies look equally important.
No priority signal. The thing users open the app to do every morning had no visual hierarchy.
After · Mobile redesign
Good morning, Rohan
Sat, 26 Oct · Clock in to start
T1 Do this first · Today
TAP TO CLOCK IN
Start your day
Location shared securely
Clock In →
T2 This week
◈
Leave
14 left
◒
Team
3 out
◇
Holidays
2 Nov
T3 Social & updates
◉ Announcements
◉ Birthdays
◉ Anniv.
◉ Wedding
Three tiers, visually distinct. Tier 1 = the daily action (Clock In) gets a green hero card with confirmation state. Tier 2 = weekly tiles with live data. Tier 3 = social, visually quieter.
Fix 03 · Side menu
Separated destructive actions from daily nav.
Before · Original menu
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"Hide all seen events": sounds like deletion. No confirmation copy.
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"Clear Attendance" sits next to Dashboard at the same weight. No warning, no recovery hint.
Destructive actions and daily nav at the same visual weight, with no warning and no separation.
After · Three zones
Three labelled zones. Destructive actions get a red-bordered "Account Actions" zone with a confirmation hint baked into the label.
Fix 04 · CTAs across the app
Every button that asked "submit what?" got a verb and an outcome.
Before
Submit
→
After
Save your details
Verb + object. Implies the action is reversible.
Before
Earnings Pie Chart
→
After
Your Salary Breakdown
Names the answer, not the chart container.
Before
[ Silent after Clock In ]
→
After
You're clocked in. Have a great day, Rohan.
Confirms, names the user, and adds warmth in eight words.