Tag Archives: Time Tracking

10 Awesome Benefits of Time-Tracking Software You Might Not Be Realizing

10 Awesome Benefits of Time Tracking Software

Employee Monitoring, Management, Time Tracking

To track or not to track – that’s the question most freelancers and their clients ask themselves now and then. For us, it’s not even a question and these benefits of time tracking software will show you why.

Before we start off, let’s define what “time tracking software” is.

Time tracking software is a piece of software (typically, a desktop and/or mobile app) that tracks the time, manpower, and resources spent on a particular task (tasks) by an employee or a group of employees.

Continue reading 10 Awesome Benefits of Time Tracking Software →

5 Must-Have Features for Any Employee Timesheet Software

Employee Monitoring, Outsourcing, Productivity, Time Tracking,

Tracking the time of your employees is crucial for the efficiency of your business processes. Choosing the right employee timesheet software is just as important. In this article, we will explain how to do it.

Time is money – this proverb has never been so true when it comes to time-tracking software. The Internet has given us, business owners, a lot of possibilities and at the same time posed quite a few new challenges.

One of the possibilities is to employ freelance specialists from pretty much anywhere in the world with the right set of skills and for a reasonable price.

Continue reading 5 Must-Have Features for Any Employee Timesheet Software →

Employee monitoring - is it good or bad?

Employee Monitoring: Weighing the Pros & Cons

Employee Monitoring, Time Tracking,

Employee monitoring is a hot topic among employers with a workforce that includes remote workers and freelancers. ABC News reported in 2017 that 78% of major U.S. companies monitored employees’ use of e-mail, Internet or telephone. Given the right context, employee monitoring technology yields improved worker productivity. On the other hand, there can be serious repercussions if the workers reject it due to privacy concerns. This post explains the pros and cons of employee monitoring, and gives you some insights on how to decide whether the technology is right for your business.

Continue reading Employee Monitoring: Weighing the Pros & Cons →

Is Employee Monitoring Ethical?

Letter to freelancers who dislike screenshot monitoring

Employee Monitoring, Screenshot Monitor, Time Tracking,

Hi! I am Ross. I am one of the creators of Screenshot Monitor.  I would like to address the small but loud group of freelancers who take a high moral stance against using screenshot monitoring. For example I’ve recently stumbled on this conversation on Reddit about our service (the highlights are mine):

Continue reading Letter to freelancers who dislike screenshot monitoring →

Introducing the “Pay Per Project” Feature to Screenshot Monitor

Employee Monitoring, How To, Management, Screenshot Monitor, Time Tracking, , ,

Switch between various hourly rates for the same employee and calculate the pay in an instant.

Most projects nowadays require specialists with a varied set of skills. Developers can sometimes act as project managers, graphic designers may also be capable of some front-end development, copywriters are often quite knowledgeable about SMM, and so on.

Acting in a different capacity other than your main profession has become a norm for most projects in the IT industry, especially when it comes to freelance work or projects whose members are spread across several cities or even countries.

However, when it comes to tracking the working hours and calculating the pay for these specialists with multiple roles in the project, most time-tracking tools fail to deliver the proper solution – unlike Screenshot Monitor.

Continue reading Introducing the “Pay Per Project” Feature to Screenshot Monitor →

How to make your remote team more productive

Management, Productivity, , ,

remote team productivity

Virtual work-spaces have replaced many traditional offices. In such a setup, co-workers contribute from different parts of the world over the internet. Most of the teammates may not ever meet each other in person during the whole project lifetime. Still in many areas such setup is the most efficient if a manager can lead the team properly. Here are some tips on how to make your remote team more productive.

Continue reading How to make your remote team more productive →