TikTok employees in the United States have expressed frustration and concern following the company’s introduction of a tool for monitoring office attendance and the imposition of disciplinary measures for non-compliance with new in-person work mandates. The move is part of an unconventional effort to encourage employees to return to the office, employing custom data-collection technology.
When you manage an in-office team, it’s relatively easy to tell if an employee isn’t doing their job. You can simply stop by their desk or set up in-person check-ins. However, monitoring remote employees isn’t quite as straightforward. At Time Doctor, we’ve been growing our remote team for over a decade. We’ve learned a few things about encouraging remote employees to stay focused while giving them space to do their jobs.
Employee engagement analytics is the practice of measuring and evaluating the employee experience. With these actionable insights, you can assess employee well-being and uncover how satisfied your team actually is at work. Why is measuring employee engagement so crucial for your team? Positive engagement metrics often correlate with low employee turnover rates and high productivity rates—both of which can benefit your business.
Work is evolving. HR is evolving. Employee demands are evolving. In a world of work where nothing seems static, everything is new, and everyone is exhausted, HR technology can feel like one too many plates to keep spinning. That could explain why the data around HR tech says that practitioners are adopting an attitude of “don’t fix what isn’t broken” while the gap widens between capability and expectation. Let’s explain what we mean.
Whether you manage a small in-house team or a sprawling remote team, you need a fast and easy way to process timesheets. If you’ve tried spreadsheets or timecards, you know how time-consuming and error-prone they can be. Instead, you need a solution that’s more efficient and more accurate. Employee timesheet software checks both boxes and has a long list of extra perks, including scheduling, attendance tracking, and productivity analytics.
The role of Human Resources (HR) professionals has changed a lot in the last few years. Not unexpectedly, seeing as virtually every part of the workplace has changed. So, as we move into a normalization period in 2024, the question is not whether HR will continue changing. That seems like a given. Change is the only constant, after all. The question is how HR will change.
Virtual organizations represent a new way of working, and they’re gaining popularity. In the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic, organizational structures are changing. The digital age has shifted global work trends to favor remote and hybrid models. Global Workplace Analytics estimates that around 56% of the American workforce could work at least partially remotely, and this figure is increasing. The future of work could be remote based, with virtual organizations taking center stage.
Increasing productivity improves cost efficiency. The more productive your people are, and the more repeatable the processes underpinning that productivity, the more costs stay under control while revenue rises. This is because ‘productivity’ is greater than the sum of its parts – those parts being broadly categorized into ‘people’ and ‘performance’.
Maintaining client relationships and preventing churn is a never-ending battle for most companies, B2B and B2C alike. Based on our users’ experience, we’ve identified that client churn is most commonly linked to low work output, lack of innovation, and employee engagement. Preventing client churn is not only a key profitability driver, but it can also contribute to expansion and acquisition through referrals and relevant case studies.
