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How to Use Employee Time Tracking to Create a Plan for Productivity

employee-time-trackingEmployee time tracking software is used by businesses to gain an understanding of how employees are spending their time in the office. This is typically used for the purpose of making sure that employees aren’t wasting their time doing non-work activities when they’re getting paid to be working. That’s an important use of the tool but you can actually take employee time tracking further so that it truly benefits your business in a productive manner. You can use the information gained from employee time tracking to create a plan for increased productivity in the office.

Employee time tracking provides you with information about the time that employees spend in the office. This information includes active time vs. idle time, amount of overtime used and amount of time spent on various online activities such as instant messaging programs. Most employers use this information to identify which employees are wasting time online but you can actually use this information to change work assignments and schedules to increase productivity.

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Employee Monitoring software or time tracking application?

A common question about Cyclope Employee Surveillance is whether this is a monitoring software or a time tracking application. We consider our software as being employee monitoring software which includes time tracking features. 

Our product monitors all computer activities and it is able to generate reports that shows active time spend using applications, documents and web sites. Cyclope also shows the active / passive usage of the monitored machine. These are major features for all employee monitoring applications. 

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How to manage employee attendance problems

As a manager, boss, or CEO, you rely on your employees to help you get the work done that makes your business tick. Even if one of those employees is gone, it can throw the whole pattern of your work day off. If several employees are gone in a day, you may have some extra work on your hands. However, once your employees miss several days of work in a shortperiod of time, you might have some issues.                                                                                                                                                              Employee attendance

Having a constantly late or missing employee is a huge problem for any boss needing efficiency and reliability from their employees. There are several  methods for dealing with your employees’ attendance, however based upon their work track, excuses, and previous attendance issues, you will need to work on a personal level with that single employee in order to resolve these problems.

Contact the employee personally and set up a time when you can both sit down and talk. As soon as you notice a recurring attendance issue start to arise, you should contact the employee. The longer you wait the more chances an employee has to take advantage of not being commented on their attendance. Arrange a conversation with the employee yourself and formally to let them know that this problem is very important and one that needs to be taken care of as soon as possible.

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