Automated Timekeeping System For Your Cleaning Business

One of the most daunting tasks that come with the growth of your cleaning business are the tons of paperwork that you need to review and this includes the time sheets of all your employees. In the past, while you were still starting your business, it was probably easy for you to keep track of your employees’ schedules. However, now that you’re hiring more and more people, chances are tracking their every whereabouts could be very difficult for you.

Other than hiring a bookkeeper full time to keep track of schedules and money matters, telephone time keeping system should also be considered as part of your cleaning business. Telephone timekeeping systems are ideal for cleaning companies. It allows employees to call from any location they are working at and "clock in" and "clock out" by using their employee pin number and location pin number.

These timekeeping systems have many time-saving benefits and features like tracking the employees schedule by the minute, reassuring that there’s no cheating when it comes to work which can normally be done with manual time sheets, it can even track travel time from one building to the other or one department to the next, provides caller ID capabilities to ensure that the employees are calling from the right location and several more.

The employees could even leave messages or your can leave messages for your employees about reminders and the like which they can immediately receive and have access to. The direct and concise schedule of employees could also be checked through this timekeeping machine as well as track tardiness and the like.

MITC's software has a one-time fee. You can buy added blocks of support time from them. Express Time is different in that it has a monthly charge as well as a per call fee. The MITC program does require added hardware and software installed on your computer or you can buy a ready-to-use computer from them.

Express Time has two different systems available: Express Time and Express Time Online. Express Time has a one-time fee, and you can buy added support hours. Express Time Online has a recurring monthly fee as well as a 12 cent charge for each incoming call.

Each system has software that must be downloaded on to your computer. They do not have hardware that is installed to your computer, but they do have specific computer recommendations for the software to work efficiently. Express Time also states high-speed broadband is needed for technical support.

On either system, employees can call in any time of day, seven days a week; as long as you have the software running on your computer. The MITC system has different modules that can you can add depending on your specific needs.

Either software, MITC or Express Time, will require a time commitment on your part to learn the system, which may seem overwhelming at first. But after a couple of weeks using the system you will be flying around it like pro.

Adding an automated timekeeping system may be the next step to growing your cleaning business. Any type of automated system you buy will require a financial investment, but it will free up your time from doing the mundane tasks of timekeeping and allow you to spend your time in more productive ways.

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