You just love time-tracking, right? Yeah, probably not. But it’s an essential part of the job and one that only becomes more challenging with a highly mobile workforce. When you have a crew working on multiple sites and doing all kinds of jobs, from hard labor to providing customer service, it becomes that much easier to make mistakes — mistakes that can land you in payroll hell when it comes time to look over your books.
Fortunately, there are some things you can do to make the process of time tracking less terrible. Maybe you’ll never love it, but at least you can stop worrying about whether it’s accurate or not. Knowing your employee’s time cards are accurate changes everything in a construction business because now you can have reliable job costing and estimating. Now calculating rates for things like unemployment insurance, disability insurance, and payroll taxes all just became much easier.
Stop Wasting Time With Time Tracking
Hear us out: one of the worst things you can do when it comes to time tracking is wasting time doing it — not just your time, but your employees’ time as well. For a busy crew on a construction site, especially those working on an hourly rate, stopping to fill out time cards is a pain. That’s not even taking into account all the time being spent inputting data, calculating labor costs and making sure everything is accurate.
Using a mobile time clock for construction, like busybusy, frees up time for everyone involved. It’s quick and easy to clock in, clock out, and ultimately keep up with employee costs with a time-clock app.
Keep Your Crew Motivated
At best, your folks end up grumbling when they have to go out of the way to jot down their numbers. At worst, they don’t do it at all and it’s the folks in the office who have to use their time to track employees hours. That ends up being a lose-lose situation for everyone involved.
So what’s the best solution to this problem? Make it easy. Simple solutions work out best for everyone involved. When employees don’t have to go out of their way to clock in at the job site, they’re more likely to actually do it—saving you precious resources.
Track Time in Real Time
Another big problem: all too often, folks jot down their numbers after they’ve finished a task or at the end of the day when they’ve completed more “important” tasks, or even at the end of the week. That can lead to a lot of guesswork, inaccurate numbers, and overpayments.
Using a cloud-based system to input hours worked in real-time, keeps everything more accurate. With busybusy you even have the option to keep track of your equipment, something that can take your time tracking to the next level.
Track Everything — Yes, Even That
Maybe you haven’t thought about tracking the little things. Small breaks, time spent taking personal calls or sending emails . . . but you have to remember that all those “little things” can add up to huge costs in the long run. Of course, one of the biggest problems you’ll face if your employees clock in and out with more “traditional” methods is just how much of a chore that can be.
When you simplify the process by using a time-tracking app, you’ll get a much better idea of when and where your crew is working throughout the day. That can reduce overhead costs and overpayment by a tremendous amount in the long term.
The Benefits of Keep Your Data Accurate
Let’s face it — the key to running your business is actually knowing what’s going on with your business. There’s no reason you, your accounting team and your employees should be left in the dark.
You shouldn’t be using outdated tools on your construction site. You shouldn’t be using outdated construction software either. Having a time-tracking app that’s accurate and easy to use can make a world of difference. busybusy offers a great user interface that’s clean, simple, and stylish. Ready to learn more? Contact us now and see how busybusy can help keep your jobs profitable.
