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"Out of sight, out of mind" = Out of pocket? 💸

When it comes to managing paper timesheets, this old adage couldn't be truer or more costly for your business. Here's why relying on paper timesheets is hurting your bottom line: 1️⃣ Lost or forgotten timesheets lead to payroll errors 2️⃣ Manual data entry increases the risk of costly mistakes 3️⃣…

The Dilemma of Paper Timesheets

Managing paper timesheets every Monday can often feel like an exercise in frustration, akin to waiting for traffic lights to change. This analogy captures the essence of the inefficiencies and monotony associated with traditional time-tracking methods. Let’s explore this idea further. The Slow Pace of Progress Just as waiting at…

“I love paper timesheets!” said no one ever.

When it comes to tracking employee attendance for payroll or job costing, nothing is more inaccurate, frustrating, and disliked than paper timesheets. Why Everyone Hates Paper Timesheets: Employees: Dislike completing them. Managers: They struggle to decipher unclear handwriting and spend unnecessary hours chasing, checking, calculating, and keying hours into systems…

What's in it for them?

In my experience, employees generally HATE filling out paper timesheets. This is especially true in a world where they use technology every day and know from experience that tech can (in most cases) make things easier. So why do we persevere with the antiquated process of making them fill out…

Mytimes sheets has improved our timesheet process hugely blog

When it comes to tracking time for Job Costing, accuracy and timeliness are critical.

As this wonderful testimonial from the team at Ezi-Sweep in Nelson points out, using a tool like MyTimesheets will not only improve your payroll process but will also give you access to real-time data to manage and bill jobs. “MyTimesheets has improved our timesheet process hugely. The time to process…

Copy of For every $1 you spend on eliminating TimeCreep from timesheets you will save

Every $1 you spend eliminating "Time Creep" caused by paper timesheets, will save you up to $15!

For employers, especially in small to medium businesses, it’s a constant challenge to manage employee attendance and get the payroll done on time. Every week, employers and their staff, spend hours completing, chasing and calculating timesheets, then keying this data into payroll in order to get the payroll done and…

10 Innovative Ways Digital Timesheet Systems Outperform Manual Processes like Paper Timesheets Every Day of The Week.

Digital Timesheet Systems Will Outperform Paper Timesheets Every Day of The Week.

Want to know the simplest way to ensure your employees record their hours correctly - tell them the rules!

I spend most of my time thinking about ways I can help employers improve their time & attendance processes (weird I know) 🤔 and I thought you might find this of value. One common complaint I hear from employers is " My staff don't record the hours they…

How to work out what you need when implementing a New Time and Attendance System

Working out Why, What, Who, When and How before you start talking to vendors. The key to maximising the benefits of an automated/cloud Employee Time & Attendance system is, first, to conduct a thorough “needs analysis” of your current time and attendance needs. If you then choose a system which…

“Employee Time Theft” Is Not The Issue. The Issue Is Accuracy And TRUST

We often hear the term “Employee Time Theft” when speaking with employers. It is an industry term bandied about by time and attendance vendors to scare employers into buying their systems. Yet I wonder whether “Time Theft” really is the key issue you should be looking to solve. I don’t think it is.…