Teams | Collaboration | Customer Service | Project Management

January 2023

Talk Of The Town: Billable hours vs. Non-billable hours vs. Hours worked

Keeping an eye on ‘how employees spend their work hours’ has always been a common practice. When the industrial revolution began, floor managers or supervisors were aligned to take care of managing & monitoring employee hours. Of course, the scope of manual errors was a huge challenge for employers. Once computers became a regular part of work life, technology took over the time management task.

How to Bring Employee Retention in Your Organization without Money?

Employee retention is no easy feat, but its not impossible. So it’s time to bring that employee back without investing extra money? Well, there are many ways to bring employee retention. In this article, we’ll talk about how not only to retain employee without money. Also how to make them excited about working at your organization.

From Haphazard to High-Performing: How Employee Tracking Software Can Transform Your Business

As the world shifts towards remote work and virtual teams, managing productivity can feel like navigating uncharted waters. Gone are the days of physically observing employees at their desks, managers must now find new ways to ensure their teams are operating at peak efficiency. However, with the advent of innovative tools and technologies, it's possible to effectively track and measure productivity, even when teams are spread out across the globe.

10 Productivity Improvement Strategies Companies Need To Try

Most everyone would like to think that they have great and, consequently, productive employees. However, studies show that employees are only productive for 2 hours and 23 minutes of their work day. While you might be blown away by that statistic, the truth is that employees can become very distracted by chatty co-workers, unproductive websites, and other workplace distractions. These issues are just the tip of the iceberg when it comes to improving employee productivity.

Innovative Strategies for Building a Strong Remote Team through the Power of Video

In today’s fast-paced business environment, more and more companies are turning to remote work as a way to increase productivity and reduce costs. However, with this shift comes the challenge of maintaining a sense of team cohesion and connection among employees who may not see each other in person on a regular basis. Remote team building is crucial to the success of any organization, and it’s important to find new and innovative ways to achieve this goal.

Breaking Free From Gaslighting at the Workplace

Have you ever encountered a form of manipulation that can happen in any kind of relationship, including at work? It occurs when a colleague or boss (the gaslighter) manipulates you to the point that you question your own sanity, memory, or perceptions. For example, the gaslighter may deny past events, downplay your emotions, or retell events in a way that puts the blame on you.

Toggl Track vs TimeCamp Comparison in 2023

TimeCamp and Toggl Track are the well-liked time-tracking applications that many companies use to organize their work processes. It can be challenging to decide which tool is best between TimeCamp and Toggl Track because they include comparable features, including time and activity tracking, thorough reporting, billing, and more. Want a detailed comparison of TimeCamp and Toggl Track to aid with your choice? We have your back!

How to Measure Employee Engagement in the Workplace?

Before we start unfolding the concepts of employee engagement, and ways to measure employee engagement, and improve employee engagement, we need to be clear in our heads that employee engagement is not employee satisfaction. The reason I am making this clear right here is that the latter terminologies tend to be misunderstood to be the same thing.

Working From Home Advantages and Disadvantages

Who doesn’t like to work in his comfort zone? I don’t think you would answer it as no! Therefore, as per some good statistics by Owl labs I don’t mind sharing a perspective on ‘working from home advantages and disadvantages’ because now 59% of respondents prefer employers who offer remote work as an option too.

7 Common Time Wasters in the Workplace (and how you can deal with them)

Wasting time is a common phenomenon in the workplace. You are surrounded by many time wasters that are continuously wasting your necessary time but don’t notice that you are in time theft. Time theft means a glance at the phone might seem harmless, but every time you check Facebook and other social media. Maximum of eight hours is your office time, and employers are not sure what you are doing in the office time?

Top Work from Home Challenges for Employees & Employers with Solution

Telecommuting is one of the biggest trends since COVID. It has many benefits and can help you gain much more from your workplace even as you keep up with your family. However, there are also many challenges of working from home for employers. Some of these work from home challenges for companies can cause so much harm to employees’ productivity that businesses may tank. Knowing this, we have prepared an article about work from home challenges & solutions for freelancers and everyday workers.

What is computer monitoring? (Plus 5 top tools to use)

A computer system is an integral part of every workspace. Employees usually perform most of their job tasks directly on their computer system or through a remote computer. But there’s a lot of sensitive and confidential information stored and shared over these interconnected computers. So it’s no surprise that computer monitoring is vital for most businesses. But what is computer monitoring exactly, and how does it help your business?

Contract vs. Full-Time Job - Which is Best for You (2023)

The current job market is full of various opportunities, no matter the type of employment you’re looking for. Two of the currently most popular types of employment include being hired full-time or contract work. Needless to say, while both of these options do offer some unique benefits, deciding between the two will greatly depend on various factors.

Top 10 Challenges of Global Virtual Projects in 2023

Virtual projects are now surging in popularity thanks to the Covid-19 pandemic and its results. The pandemic has forced companies to continue working while keeping employees safe and ensuring all the tasks are well-executed. This is where global virtual projects come in handy. Now that most employees have tasted the experience of virtual projects, they realize that remote projects are much more efficient and much less time-consuming than their real counterparts.

SaaS Solutions to Transform Your Business and Boost Your Bottom Line

In today's fast-paced business environment, staying competitive and efficient is essential to success. One way to do this is by leveraging the power of software as a service (SaaS) products. These cloud-based tools can help you automate tasks, improve communication and collaboration, and increase productivity.

What is Geofencing? Will Geofence Software Ever Rule the World?

According to Techopedia, Geo-fencing is determined as: “a technology that defines a virtual boundary around a real-world geographical reason.” Geo-fencing refers to software tools that use global positioning systems (GPS) or radio frequency identification (RFID) to establish a virtual perimeter or barrier around a physical geographical area.

Workstatus vs. ActivTrak vs. DeskTime: The Final Battle to become the Best App for Productivity Management

We understand the importance of tracking productivity on any task or project. Earlier, organizations didn’t have any way to track productivity, but times have changed significantly. Today, 6 in 10 organizations are using automated tools to track the productivity of their workforce for a strong bottomline. So, which one is the right fit for your team; here we are comparing 3 popular options- Workstatus vs. ActivTrak vs. DeskTime.

How Working From Home has Changed employees' Work-Life Balance?

Unlike earlier times, when commuting to work seemed as boring as going to school in childhood, the scene has completely changed post-COVID-19. According to Tech-Talent Outlook 2022, 82% of employees prefer to work from home. Therefore, it goes without saying that working remotely has become the new normal. According to FlexJobs’ Employee Engagement Report, 48% of employers offer remote work to their employees.

Clockify Vs. Toggl: A Detailed Comparison in 2023

You may know the names 'Clockify' and 'Toggl' in searching for time-tracking software. Indeed, both of the apps are known for being powerful time management tools. But wondering what you need for your organization. Clockify is famous for its free time tracking and timesheet management tool. It is a useful tool for keeping track of employees and their duties, personalizing projects, providing a simple view of processing, efficiently assigning employee projects, and enhancing team visibility.

RescueTime vs Toggl Track Comparison (2023)

Are you in a dilemma choosing between RescueTime and Toggl Track? Both apps are ruling the time-tracking apps market with their features and services. Being in the same field, they have the same intention of time management. But they have some distinguishing features that make them unique and compliant to the users. However, are they useful for your company? Being a productivity chaser, you might get confused about choosing the right one.

Calculate Revenue Per Employee To Know Productivity Potential At Workplace

When your business has a high productivity rate, it reflects the ability to thrive in your work processes. Workplace and employee productivity can affect employee performance, health, as well as company reputation. Employees who are engaged in their work environment find their work environment suitable and drive company profits and revenues.

How To Measure Productivity Of Employees On PIP (Performance Improvement Plan)?

A Performance Improvement Plan addresses an employee’s shortcomings and outlines strategies to strive for higher results. A Performance Improvement Plan (PIP) aims to help employees improve their productivity and meet the standards of their organization. For example- A PIP could outline the specific skills or training the employee must obtain or explain how their behavior needs to be modified.

Employee Monitoring & Data Confidentiality Practices

In today’s business world, employee monitoring and data confidentiality are crucial considerations for any organization. With the rise of digital communication and the increasing reliance on technology in the workplace, companies need systems to ensure that their employees are using company resources appropriately and that sensitive information is protected. One such way is using employee monitoring.

Teramind Overview Demo

At Teramind, we solve for the Human Element, the side of your business that exposes you to the most risk. Whether incidental or malicious, human error is omnipresent, and the need to understand your workforce activities is essential– as they can significantly impact your bottom line. Teramind is the leading platform for user behavior analytics on every endpoint, enabling you to protect and optimize your business- and solve for nearly every behavior-related use case.

Productivity vs. Efficiency: Which One Matter More in the Workplace?

We all know that efficiency and productivity are important for success in the workplace. But which one do you value more? In this blog post, we’ll discuss the importance of efficiency and productivity and how they impact your business to achieve the best results.

Why Scheduling is Important in Businesses? Benefits of Business Scheduling

Have you ever thought of why scheduling is important in businesses? Do you still plan your company scheduling manually? Or are you looking to enhance your business productivity, lessen expenses, or schedule all your resources under a roof? So, does your company needs to implement a task scheduler? Because new technologies are advancing the digitalization methodologies of businesses, they need to be easygoing and efficient.