Take Control of Your Time

If you are like many small business owners, you know how difficult and stressful it can be to keep track of each and every employee, their whereabouts and times worked. This is a nerve-wracking situation that leaves many business owners at a loss and causes undue stress and needless worry. There are ways around the manual time clocks and paper time cards are a thing of the past, now there is a telephone time clock system which takes the guess work out of time reporting and tracking. There are many benefits of having a system like this, particularly if your business has employees that work in the field from a remote location.

Now more than ever before, businesses are sending their employees into the field to handle a growing number of responsibilities. Using a system of this type is error-free and very simple. All an employee needs to do is dial to clock in using a toll-free number to clock into work. Taking a few seconds to enter an employee number and location code, an employee has effectively logged in for the start of the shift. Once the shift is completed, an employee calls back the same number and logs out; the network automatically updates and calculates the amount of time worked for the day. This is how simple it is to use a Phone Time Clock.

As an employer, there may be times when you want to view employee time cards, and with a telephone time clock you can employee data 24-hours a day, 7-days a week from any internet connection. There is no need to wait until the end of a pay period to retrieve data, no time spent wading through a large collection of time cards, no falsified information on time cards, no errors in calculations and the system works perfectly for all employees who work off-site. Time is money and money is valuable, so it is up to you as an employer to do whatever you can to save both, having a system of this nature removes countless time spent dealing with errors and inaccuracies. Never again will you need to worry about any employees making false claims or adding extra hours on a timecard, with a system that clocks a person in and out at the beginning of a work shift, and you never have to deal with discrepancies again. Take control of your business today and make every second count.

Managing Your Telecommuters

Choosing to hire telecommuters can be advantageous to both the hiring company and the employee. And telecommuters are a growing industry, being chosen by more employees looking to tighten their budget and by more companies trying to find a better employee system. Telecommuting employees can be a great choice for a company, because they cut down on time employees have to miss work due to illness or transportation problems, plus, employees are more prone to spend their time working if they do not have the distraction of co-workers. Although the idea of managing telecommuters may seem daunting, it can actually be quite an easy task.

Make sure you plan out how the telecommuting will work for each employee. Make sure goals are set into place for the employee’s work day or week and that the person has a strong understanding of the company’s long-term goals. Since they will have to make unsupervised choices, it is imperative that they know what the company is about and what they are looking for. By setting goals, the manager/employee relationship is sure to go smoothly.

 

A legal agreement needs to be written to protect both the employee and the company. The written agreement should be a contract of sorts that should go over all of the employee’s responsibilities, as well as expected work hours and any other aspect of the job. This agreement is imperative to avoid miscommunication and greater problems.

 

Make sure your employee has all of the equipment they will need to do their job efficiently. This should include telephone service, high speed internet access, a quality computer with all pertinent software installed, a web cam if needed, and any other equipment required fro the employee to complete their work.

 

Finally, set up a check-in system where the employee reports to the manager each day either via phone or email to give progress and goal reports. It is important to make sure the employee is accountable for their work. 

 

By following these steps, it is easy to set up a telecommuter situation. All it takes is hiring the right people and managing them correctly, ad the situation can be equally helpful for both parties involved.  And the situation can be a stress-free one for both the employee and the manager.