Step 1: Give your Employees the Gift of Technology
Would it surprise you to learn that most employees crave better and more efficient technology in their workplace? In fact, 44 percent of surveyed employees didn’t feel their workspace was anywhere close to “smart enough”. Nobody wants to work on a dumb jobsite! A global study by Penn Schoen Berland reports:
“Employees are generally happy in their jobs, but as communications and productivity technology advances, they are becoming increasingly dissatisfied with workplace capabilities. They’re ready for a workplace that can accommodate their changing lifestyles.”
Our changing lifestyle revolves around smartphones, efficiency, and data-driven results. Does your business embrace these smart improvements? Or are you stuck doing things the old way? Employee morale will suffer greatly, along with your bottom line, if you try to “pencil and paper” your way through the 21st century. Implementing a couple of apps to make the jobsite “smarter” will improve morale more than you would think. Mobile GPS time tracking technology in your business will show your employees that you care about them because you’ll provide them with power tools that increase their productivity and save them time and hassle.
Step 2: Simplify Required Paperwork
What’s the hardest part of working in the construction industry? Lifting beams while climbing a ladder? Working in extreme temperatures? Nope. The hardest part of a contractor’s job is keeping accurate jobsite records, including timecards, time codes, progress reports, and more recently jobsite photos. If you, as their boss, can simplify this process it will literally take a load off your crews’ shoulders.
How does GPS technology accomplish this? Well for starters, GPS timekeeping software will notify your employees to clock-in and clock-out when they enter or leave the jobsite. No more headaches for them as they try to fill in timecards after the fact. When employees clock-out they can quickly assign time codes to their hours with a few simple taps of a finger. Super easy. Jobsite photos are uploaded and saved according to location and time. Essential data is collected in seconds and instantly compiled into effective daily reports that practically write themselves. Powerful GPS timekeeping software will save your employees time and energy as they complete your required recordkeeping in seconds, not hours. A fact, no doubt, they will greatly appreciate.
Step 3: Always Pay Them for the Work They Do
A lot has been written about time theft and the fact that GPS timekeeping can eliminate it, however, more importantly, for your employees’ sake, the right GPS timekeeping software can protect them against wage theft. Of course, you would never purposefully withhold employee wages that they rightfully earned, but mistakes are easily made when calculating pay. Overtime hours can be inadvertently counted as regular pay. Mathematical errors do happen. Nationally it is estimated that $40 billion to $60 billion in total are lost annually due to all forms of wage theft.
A great boss will fight to make sure their employees are paid for the work they do. Your employees will love the easy-to-read interface that shows them in real-time their hours and pay calculations right on their smartphones. Both of you will love the fact that overtime pay is calculated automatically, and hours are tracked in accordance with your state’s labor laws. GPS time tracking software will help you take care of your most important business asset, your employees by making sure they are paid correctly.
Step 4: Recognize Excellent Work
When was the last time you had an awards assembly at work? If your answer is ‘Never.’ that’s okay. You don’t need to hand out trophies and gold stars every month. However, a great boss knows the importance of recognizing and rewarding their employees.
A recent Achievers’ study found that employees have a deep desire for recognition, with 93% hoping to be recognized at least once a quarter. In addition, 75% of employees who received at least monthly recognition (even if informal) reported being satisfied with their jobs.
How can GPS time tracking software help you recognize your employees? With the right software you’ll be able to see who is consistently on time for work and working in the place they’re supposed to be working. Recognize and reward that behavior and it will continue. Well-organized data will help you see the days/weeks when your guys are working extra long hours and could use a surprise pizza delivery as a thank-you. Daily reports sent directly to your phone will increase positive communication between work crews and management. You will be able to see the progress they’re making and send out a quick text saying,“Great work on the wiring today!”. Those little ‘Atta-Boys’ will transform the workplace environment. GPS time tracking software will give you the ability to easily recognize and reward the awesome work your employees are doing and in their eyes that will make you a great boss!
Step 5: busybusy like a Boss!
Busybusy is a GPS time tracking system that will be loved by everyone in your company from the office manager, to the foreman, down to the newest member of your crew. Busybusy features will simplify and improve nearly every aspect of your employees’ necessary busywork with their easy-to-use smartphone technology.
- pay calculations
- timecards
- future bidding accuracy
- time codes
- injury reports
- daily jobsite reports
- equipment tracking, and more
But don’t take our word for it. Here’s what one construction employee said about busybusy…
“I feel like as an employee it’s easier for me to hand in my time. It’s easier for me to catalog what I’m doing in an accurate way to help the company that I’m working for. [busybusy] gives us, as employees, an active part in the company where we can affect the bottom line, and that is a massive improvement over other systems.”
SETH, FOREMAN
Convincing your employees to use GPS time tracking software isn’t going to be hard. In fact, most will absolutely love it. Heck, they’re going to love it so much they might even buy you a World’s Best Boss mug to show their appreciation.
