As the complexities of business needs, technology, and work environments expand and change, so too has the need for accurate, reliable, and efficient employee time tracking. COVID-19 has only enhanced this as many employees have been forced to work from home or remotely. Indeed, while traditional brick-and-mortar stores are still common and popular, it’s become more common for the employees of these establishments to not, well, work in the brick-and-mortar store.
Employee time tracking, a vital business function for any employer with employees, is crucial for payroll – the process of paying employees based on hours worked. The two go hand in hand, and accuracy and reliability in both can save businesses thousands in time and money.
General Manager of TimeClick
TimeClick is a powerful yet simple time clock software that allows businesses to track employee hours and simplify payroll. Employees can clock in and out, request to use paid time off, and know their hours at any point in time. Managers have the ability to oversee time off, grant holiday time, and run reports to both submit payroll and understand employee hours. TimeClick can even track job time or time worked in a specific department. TimeClick has worked with many branches of name brands such as H&R Block, Ace Hardware, and Nationwide Insurance, among others.
Recently, SourceForge held a Q&A panel with Grant Esser, General Manager of TimeClick, to discuss the common challenges in employee time tracking, payroll, and other issues the industry has faced due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Grant Esser has worked in the time tracking industry for 5 years in various positions and worked with hundreds of businesses to help them improve employee time tracking.
What is TimeClick and why did you create TimeClick as a business solution?
TimeClick was founded in 2004, but our company, Hawkeye Technologies, LLC, existed prior to that. We originally worked in financial data processing. We discovered that many of our clients had a need for an affordable and simple program by which they could track and manage their employees’ time. With so many requests, we responded, and TimeClick was born. Today, thousands of companies use our software day in and day out.
TimeClick has since evolved into a powerful and competitive time clock software in the industry. Today, thousands of small businesses across numerous industries, from medical to retail, and restaurants to financial firms, use our software to track employee time. Tens of thousands of employees, if not more, clock in and out each day using TimeClick.
At first, our prior leaders created TimeClick out of a genuine business need we saw in our industry. As more businesses wanted to use TimeClick, we continued to get more and more immersed in the time tracking industry. Now, that’s all we do.
Having the right time clock software, like TimeClick for example, saves employers massive amounts of time and money. Hours reports are more accurate, more precise, and payroll is simpler and easier to process.
Why is tracking employee time important?
First and foremost, tracking time for hourly staff is legally required. But even understanding how many hours your salary staff works is informative.
The goal of TimeClick, and thus, employee time tracking itself is two-fold:
One, you need to have accurate payroll. You need to have an accurate and precise picture of how many hours your employees work. Some think that they don’t need a system and that their employees can just tell them how much they work each week. This almost never works, and someone or something gets taken advantage of, whether it’s intentional or not.
Second is, you want to focus your time on building your business. Administrative tasks like time tracking and payroll, while absolutely necessary, do not build your business. They just keep their heart beating. If you as the leader of your business are spending hours each week on calculating your employee’s time and submitting payroll, or, even if one of your managers is, you’re wasting time. There are plenty of software programs out there, just like TimeClick, that can easily handle this administrative process for you. And TimeClick is especially affordable at this.
The amount of money and time you’ll save by having a legit time tracking software in place like TimeClick, and one that fits your unique business needs, will far exceed the cost of purchasing it!
What have you done to help employers track employee time during COVID-19?
We launched a mobile time tracking app that communicates with our on-premise software, TimeClick. Now, employees can clock in and out from anywhere, be it on the go or at home. TimeClick’s mobile app is usable on tablets and phones alike, on both IOS and Android.
Isn’t it standard for companies to track employee time? Is how a company tracks time really that important?
How companies track employee time, and which method or software they use is crucial to getting the job done correctly. This is especially prevalent as work environments continue to change due to advancing technology and diversifying needs.
For example, some startups and small businesses track employee time on paper. Their employees are expected to write when they show up at work and write when they leave.
Some employers use Excel or Google Sheets to do the same thing. Others still use traditional paper cards for a punch in and punch out clock that hangs on the wall.
All 3 of these methods are scarcely reliable and pose too much risk for fraud. Not to mention their unique lack of capabilities that so many businesses, even small businesses, face every day in today’s world.
If your company has multiple employees on the road or who work at home, you should consider a time clock software that has a mobile app and geo-tracking capabilities. This allows your employees to clock in and out remotely. It also allows you exactly where their clock ins and outs happen, so you can foster better accountability among your employees.
Your payroll process and payroll needs should also influence your choice of time tracking software. Many time clock solutions have direct integrations with payroll services.
What are TimeClick’s main features?
TimeClick hosts a swath of numerous different features to help companies of different environments track time the way they need.
TimeClick has a PTO (paid time off) management system, a messaging and request approval system, and automatic backups so your data is always safe. A mobile app for remote time tracking, the capability to track time by department or job, and a robust reporting system are all included as well.
Why TimeClick over other time tracking programs?
The answer is simple. We offer by and far one of the most affordable time clock solutions on the market. This is because of the unique niche we fill.
TimeClick is not hosted on the cloud. As such, we don’t charge monthly fees and we don’t charge per user. TimeClick is a locally installed, on-premise software that can work across all your computers in the office, no matter how many you have. All in all, TimeClick is a one-time purchase with no recurring monthly fees, but we do have an optional annual support plan that is just a couple hundred of dollars.
Outside of affordability, we have the best support team in the industry. We respond extremely quickly, we’re based in Utah, and reps are super knowledgeable and friendly. I recommend just checking out our reviews! We seriously take pride in how well we support our customers.
How can companies get in contact with TimeClick?
You can contact our sales team at (435) 753-4102, or just visit our website www.timeclick.com. You can also try out our software for 14-days free, no credit card required. We’re glad to help you set up TimeClick and give you a tutorial. Setup usually only takes 15 minutes.
How is TimeClick priced?
TimeClick pricing is simply based on the number of devices you want your employees to be able to clock in and out from. Some offices have all their employees clock in or out from 1 to 2 devices, while others have hundreds. Whatever works best for your company, we offer it.
Our starting license for 1 device starts at just $199 and goes to $1,499 for unlimited devices. No matter your license size, there are zero restrictions on how many employees use it!
Every new customer gets 1 free year of support and upgrades, too!
About TimeClick
TimeClick is premier time clock software that employees use to clock in and out and employers use to manage their employee’s times. TimeClick is designed for most small business environments, no matter the industry. If payroll is too complicated or employee times are inaccurate, we urge you to give us a call. We’ll see if and how we can help, and chances are we can!
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