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Password Reset Help for Supervisors

Use this guide when a team member tells you the password reset email never arrived. Walk through it with them, in order. Most cases are resolved in under a minute.

How the reset flow should work

When someone logs in for the first time — or forgot their password — the flow is designed to take under two minutes end-to-end:

  1. They open Unique Punch (or the Hub) and type their registered email and the default password unique1234.
  2. The system immediately sends a password reset email from noreply@uniqueonthego.com.
  3. They open the email, tap the reset link, and set a new password. The link is valid for one hour and can be used only once.

If step 2 appears to have failed, this guide is for you.

60-second troubleshooting checklist

Go through these with the employee, in order. Do not skip ahead — steps 1 and 4 resolve the vast majority of cases on their own.

  1. 1.Confirm the email on file matches what they're typing

    Open the Hub, go to the employee's record, and read their email aloud. Ask them to spell back the address they're typing into the login screen. This is the single most common cause. A typo in the domain (gmial.com, hotmial.com) or a missing dot will silently fail — Firebase still returns a success message, but the email goes nowhere reachable.

  2. 2.Confirm they typed unique1234 exactly

    All lowercase, one word, no spaces, no dashes. Mobile keyboards love to capitalize the first letter or insert a space. Have them delete the field and retype it slowly, watching the password-visibility toggle if available.

  3. 3.Wait five full minutes

    Reset emails normally arrive in under a minute, but greylisting, corporate mail filters, and mobile carrier Wi-Fi transitions can delay delivery by several minutes. Have them keep their email app open and refresh.

  4. 4.Check the hidden folders on their phone

    This is where the email actually is 90% of the time. "Check your spam" is not enough — walk them through the specific tabs for their provider:

    • Gmail: tap the three-line menu, then check Promotions, Updates, Spam, and All Mail. Then use the search bar and type Unique. Gmail indexes everything, even filed mail.
    • Outlook / Hotmail / Live: switch from the Focused inbox tab to the Other tab. Then open the Junk Email folder. Search for Unique.
    • Apple Mail / iCloud: open All Inboxes, then Junk. Search for Unique.
    • Yahoo: check Spam. Search for Unique.
    • Corporate / school email: ask their IT to check the mail quarantine. The domain uniqueonthego.com may need to be allow-listed at the gateway.
  5. 5.Whitelist the sender so it doesn't happen next time

    Once the email is found, have them add noreply@uniqueonthego.com to their contacts, or mark the message as Not spam / Move to Focused inbox. Future resets will land cleanly in the main inbox.

  6. 6.Retry the login

    Each time they submit unique1234, the system generates a brand-new reset link and invalidates the previous one. If they find an older email after retrying, tell them to ignore it — it no longer works. Use only the most recent message.

  7. 7.Fix the email on file if it's wrong, then retry once more

    If step 1 uncovered a mismatch, update the address in the Hub and have the employee try again. A single retry after the correction is enough; do not loop through the whole checklist a second time unless something new comes up.

  8. 8.Escalate with the right information

    If you've completed steps 1–7 and the email still hasn't arrived, contact support. Include:

    • Employee's full name
    • Exact email address on file
    • Date and time of their most recent login attempt
    • Which mail provider they use (Gmail, Outlook, etc.)
    • Confirmation that you already walked through this checklist

Do not do this

A few shortcuts look helpful in the moment but cause real problems. Avoid all of these:

  • Do not create a second account for the same person. Duplicate accounts break timesheets, payroll, and location history. Always recover the existing account.
  • Do not send their new password over WhatsApp, SMS, or a written note. The reset link flow exists so the password is only ever known by the employee. Sharing it through another channel defeats the security of the whole system.
  • Do not skip straight to escalation. Support will ask whether you completed the checklist. It is faster for everyone — including the employee — to run through steps 1–7 first.
  • Do not wait past one hour to use a reset link. After that it is expired and single-use even if unopened. Have them request a new one instead.
  • Do not ask the employee to forward the reset email to you. The link is single-use and tied to their account. You opening it first will break it for them.

Quick FAQ

How long is the reset link valid?

One hour from the moment it's generated, and it can be used only once.

Can they reuse an older link they just found?

No. Every new login attempt with unique1234 invalidates any previous link. Always use the most recent email.

What if the employee doesn't have a smartphone?

They can open their email in any web browser (Gmail at mail.google.com, Outlook at outlook.com, etc.) and follow the link from there. The same folder checks apply.

They've changed email providers since onboarding — what now?

Update the new address in the Hub before having them retry. Otherwise the reset email keeps going to the old, unreachable mailbox.

The email landed in Spam — is that a security problem?

No. It means the employee's mail provider classified our sender as promotional. The reset link itself is the same secure, single-use link Firebase would send to any inbox. We're continuously improving deliverability, but if it's already in spam, the fix is simply to whitelist the sender (step 5).

Still stuck? Contact support

Email support@uniquepunch.app with the information listed in step 8. We'll get back to you with a direct next step.

Please do not share passwords, reset codes, or reset links in the email itself — we never need them to help you.

This guide is for supervisors. If you are an employee and your password isn't working, please contact your supervisor first — they can walk through this checklist with you in under a minute.