There comes a day where you as a small business owner find that you need to start tracking your employee's time. Thoughts of employee rebellion and havoc in the office fill your mind. How is my team going to react? Are they going to hate me? Will they think I don't trust them? They just might, unless you follow these 4 simple steps.
Schedule a company wide lunch meeting by letting everyone know that it’s going to be a free lunch. People loves pizza and I suggest ordering several variations so every team member gets what they like. Also, let it be known that you need to talk about something after eating lunch; this can help prepare them for any information that you will be giving them.
Explain that the decision to implement a time tracking system was one that you pondered for a long time. Be honest and let your employees know that you were worried how they would feel about punching a clock. Go ahead and get a little emotional here - no crying please. The idea here is to let them know that you really care and that this was not just a way to crack down and control your employees.
Many employees view tracking time as a negative thing, but there are many upsides for your team. Here are a few examples you can use to show that moving to a time clock system will be in the employee's interest.
In this last step, we will talk about how a punch clock helps the company. Start off by reminding your employees that you are all a TEAM and that if it benefits the company it will benefit the employees. The main benefits to the company are that is saves time and money for producing time cards for payroll. Time and money are saved in many ways, here are a few big ones:
If you follow these 3 steps when implementing a punch in/out software, you will find that most employees are actually a bit excited for the change. It’s really about how you frame the change and if you frame it correctly, your employees will accept the new system without a problem. After a few weeks your employees will love tracking time and won’t want to work without it
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