Rethink The Punch Clock

Posted on January 20, 2014 by Stephen Jagger

Square is talking about rethinking the receipt, Pete Smart wants to rethink the airline boarding pass – here at PayrollHero we have been working to rethink the punch clock.
Traditional punch clocks are bulky, easily manipulated, offline, paper based and enable time theft. We have met with countless business owners who have complained about the issues with their punch clocks and the desire for a new way to handle employee time and attendance.

We sat down a couple years ago and rethought the punch clock and how it should work. Of course we wanted something cloud based, that eliminated fraud and time theft and was easy to use. The biggest challenge we wanted to tackle was how employees perceived the device. Employees hate the punch clock. They don’t enjoy the process of clocking in and out for work. We understand the importance or accurate time and attendance but wanted to rethink how we could collect this information while making it an enjoyable process for employees.

Introducing the TeamClock (iOS) and MyTimeClock. We began with photos, and built a platform that lets employees clock in and out for work by taking a picture of themselves. We added IP address support as well as GPS location so that we can ensure that the right employee is in the right place at the right time.

The big benefit – employees love it!

We added props to the clock in screen, random background images, social sharing functionality and there is more coming. Check out PayrollHero.com for more details about how our time, attendance, scheduling and analytics platform works.

You can see PayrollHero’s TeamClock Web in action here at Krispy Kreme:

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What is Buddy Punching?

Posted on January 11, 2014 by Stephen Jagger

According to the Urban Dictionary, buddy punching is “when a person at work clocks in (“punches in”) their friend when their friend is late to work.”

It is a common occurrence in many companies, organizations and even governments who use traditional punch clocks, passwords or pen and paper to track their employees time and attendance. An employee contacts another employee asking them to clock in for them as they are running behind.

While not a small cost to your business, buddy punching really ads up. Imagine an employee is 9 minutes late every day but has a colleague clock them in. 9 minutes a day, times 5 days a week times 52 weeks a year equals 2340 minutes which is 39 hours. Those 9 minutes a day add up to almost a full week off over a 1 year period. Now imagine you have this happening with 20, 50 or 500 employees. Those costs really add up.

How can you eliminate buddy punching?

PayrollHero’s selfie TeamClock uses your employees face as the metric for clocking in and out, eliminating buddy punching. Plus, PayrollHero can be locked down to specific IP addresses and is location aware on iOS devices adding another level of security.

Here is the iPad TeamClock in action at The Coffee Bean and Tea Leaf:

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More Props Are Coming To PayrollHero

Posted on November 22, 2013 by Stephen Jagger

Update: They are live on all iOS TeamClock accounts. Here is what you will see.

More props are going to be added into the PayrollHero platform in the coming days. A prop, is a virtual item that shows up on the screen when you are clocking in. They are random, fun and will keep you smiling at the start and end of your day.

Want your company to be first to have props enabled? Comment below with why you should be first!

How Do You Create A Culture Of Innovation In Your Business?

Posted on November 14, 2013 by Stephen Jagger

International Speaker Scott Friedman spoke at the Centre for Innovation, Change and Productivity today in Makati, Philippines at the InterContinental Hotel on the topic of “Employee Innovation in Turbulent Times”. Scott was kind enough to include PayrollHero in part of his keynote speech as to how companies can use our time, attendance, scheduling and payroll platform to built company culture and encourage happiness.

Scott focused on PayrollHero’s props within the TeamClock where our platform will add “props” to the screen so that when employees clock in and out, they might see a fun prop. He talked about how this has taken traditional clocking in and out from something that employees dreaded doing to something that they look forward to.

(above left to right) Centre for Innovation, Change and Productivity Managing Director Arthur Florentin, Scott Friedman and PayrollHero Co-Founder Stephen Jagger

A bit more about Scott: “Scott is an internationally sought after speaker and author of the bestselling book ‘Celebrate! Lessons Learned from the World’s Most Admired Companies’. As a motivational humorist, Scott inspires and entertains with fun-filled, interactive and content-rich programs. He speaks on a variety of topics over 80 times a year. Scott’s main area of expertise is employee innovation, celebration and customer experience. Scott now spends 30% of his time speaking throughout Asia and Singapore Airlines the Singapore Government, Gold Fields of South Africa. Young President’s Organization, Hyatt Asia, HSBC and many Fortune 1000 companies. He offers all his clients a global and culturally sensitive perspective on how to get more out work and life.”

Update To PayrollHero iOS Apps (TeamClock)

Posted on October 18, 2013 by Stephen Jagger

We have been working hard on our iOS TeamClock (previously called TimeClock) apps and have rolled out a bunch of changes to them. In the most recent update you will notice:

Added progress information when full sync is occurring.
Add Queued Clockings counter to Gender page.
Convert iPhone ClockIn Photo background to black.
Update common code to handle proper server error codes from AFNetworking
Update Creates TimeClock button look.
Renamed app from TimeClock to TeamClock
Add code to correctly attempt config information from the server if the app fails to be able to display the background image.
Add Props back in to clock photo taking (watch for your new glasses)
Remove transparency from iPhone top bar to prevent screen resizing
Updated iPhone to use new Video Capture session common code
Update of common code for potential fix of assert crash in Queue.
Improve Video capture image preview to be more responsive
Fix camera orientation for video playback.
Fix for crash on iPhone/iPod devices when tapping OK on alert view when clocking in/out
Some general bug fixes

Let us know what you think! We would love your feedback.

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