Monthly Archives: February 2012

Time Clock Software and Salaried Employees

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Salaried Employees-Bridging the Efficiency Gap

Why should salaried employees also use time clock software? In many companies a promotion from hourly wage earner to salary is a big status upgrade.
This MinuteHound Time Clock Blog Post will answer this question about time clock software. Along with the increase in take-home-pay, salaried employees are usually brought into the fold of upper management and are asked to internalize a sense of ownership. Unfortunately, too often these people end up latching onto the perks of “ownership” while forgetting what it takes to truly earn this status.

A business owner has a stake in her business’s success. After all, it is the company’s profitability that determines the owner’s take-home-pay, when profits are low, it is the owner who starves. For assuming this risk the owner receives certain perks, one major perk being freedom to set her own hours.

Salaried employees are usually afforded the same level of freedom in setting their own hours and schedule as are owners. However, all too often the salaried employee ends up abusing this freedom because they do not necessarily possess the mindset of the owner. This is due to the fact that unlike the owner, the salaried employee does not feel the pinch when profits are down.

While salaried employees must be made to feel that they are an important member of the team, it is the owner’s responsibility to remind the salaried employee that they are being paid for their contributions to the company. One simple way to do this is to track your salaried employees’ hours with a biometric time and attendance system such as MinuteHound. The MinuteHound Time Clock is paired with excellent Time Clock Software. This web-based time clock software allows the owner to view who is on the clock from anywhere in the world.

With MinuteHound, the next time you’re in vacation in Hawaii you’ll be able to login and see exactly what time your employees clocked in. After all, you’re the boss and you’ve earned it.
Visit us online at http://www.minutehound.com/ to check out the free trial offer.

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WSA 2012 Time Clock software MinuteHound Booth 1416

The Time Clock software that saves you at least 5 percent on your payroll is at the 2012 ENK-WSA Shoe Show at the Sands Convention Center in Las Vegas, Nevada!

MinuteHound™, the world’s best Biometric Time Clock is on display TODAY (February 6-7-8, 2012) at the ENK-WSA Shoe Show at the Sands Convention Center in Las Vegas, Nevada!
Come see how you can save money on your payroll and feel comfortable knowing who is on the clock from anywhere in the world!
We are located at booth 14146 at the renowned Venetian/Sands Convention Center located on the Las Vegas Strip.
Come enter to win one of the 2 iPods we are raffling every day and clock in to be entered to win an Apple iPad2!

Remember that the MinuteHound time clock eliminates buddy punching.
The practice of one employee clocking another employee in or out.
Eliminates unapproved overtime. By allowing you to see who is on the clock in real time.
Reduced procrastination in the workplace. By reminding employees that time is valuable.

MinuteHound time clock also features a red flag alerts system.
This system can be set to notify whomever you designate.
By email or text message. When an employee deviates from their schedule.
For example, you could have MinuteHound send a text message to an employee when they are late returning from lunch.
You could at the same time have MinuteHound send the store manager an email.
Reminding the manager to reprimand the employee when they return.

The MinuteHound scanner is lightweight.
Is easy to use.
And only requires a USB connection to a computer up to 54 feet away.

See you at the show!

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Vice President Ben Ari and Breanna at the 2012 Shoe Show

For More Information Please visit
Visit us online at http://www.minutehound.com/.

Time Clock Software and Procrastination – Time Clock Software Blog

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Time Clock Software and Procrastination

Time Clock Software and Procrastination have much to do with one another. With the correct Time Clock Software you can improve your business in many ways.Lets take a look at procrastination.

We’ve all procrastinated. Paying bills, writing an essay, mowing the lawn, these are just a few examples of the not-so-fun things we often put off instead of conquering immediately.

Employees procrastinate in a number of ways and unfortunately the more important and challenging the task, the more likely a person is to delay its completion. But as owners, we cannot allow this to happen. Incentivize productivity and penalize procrastination. As a business owner, have you ever truly examined what procrastination costs your business? Most have not, and the result is reduced profits.

Take for example the store clerk who delays taking out the trash until the last moment and ends up clocking out 15 minutes late. Based on a $20 per-hour pay rate, can you guess how much those 15 minutes three-times per week add up to in real dollars? The reality is that those 15 minutes three-times per week cost $774 every 12 months. If you have four “seemingly harmless” procrastinators you lose $3,096 every 12 months.

Instead, motivate your employees to complete their duties on time. Pay bonuses to those who empty the wastebaskets as soon as they are full and reprimand those who clock out late because they left this task for the last minute.

With a MinuteHound™ Time Clock, you don’t have to be the bad guy. Allow MinuteHound™ Time Clock Software’s customizable alerts system to automatically send your procrastinators automatic alerts whenever they clock out late. You have complete control over what the alerts say, and when and how they are sent. Set them to go out via email or text message and very soon your employees will learn to complete their tasks in a timely manner.

Visit us online at http://www.minutehound.com/ to learn more.

Time Clock Software and the Value of Time

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Time-The Most Precious Resource-And What It Has To Do With Time Clock Software

The MinuteHound Time Clock Software can help you gain control of time in your business.
The most important resource that all business owners and managers have is time.
For employees this is not always the case, many employees spend their time watching the time clock.
These same employees show up late, and many times do not show up at all.
The Mindset of a business owners and managers is very different they see every Minute as a chance to accomplish something new.

The MinuteHound Time Clock Software has many features that can help you manage your employees.
Things like schedule deviation alerts, Real-Time Status from anywhere on any device, and many more.

The MinuteHound Time Clock software can send sms text messages to an employee if they show up late early or decide not to show up at all.
These same messages can go to designated owners and managers.
Real-Time Status by MinuteHound Time Clock allow Managers and Owners to see where there employees are in real-time.
The realtime status functions on any mobile phone with a full internet browser such as an iphone.
Watch this short Video for a brief introduction to real-time Status.

Remember we have a limited amount of time each day.
Every day you have 86,400 seconds to use and if not used the time is gone… forever. Nobody understands the value of time like business owners and managers. In today’s world time is more precious then ever. Make sure your employees are not wasting your valuable time. Tens of thousands of business owners have already realized that MinuteHound time clock software time savings are huge.

For more information Please Visit The MinuteHound Time Clock Software Website.
Alternatively call us to discuss the MinuteHound Time Clock Software and your business (800) 351-7237.

MinuteHound Time Clock Update Black Friday Cyber Monday!

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MinuteHound Time Clock Update Black Friday Cyber Monday!

Black Friday!
Business owners need love too!
Surprise your favorite business owners with the gift that keeps on giving!
A MinuteHound fingerprint time clock saves businesses an average 5% off their payroll cost.
This data comes straight from the American Payroll Association.
The APA Is “The Nation’s Leader In Payroll Education.”

Great news for all business owners. Managers. CEO’s. CFO’s. CPA’s. CTO’s, any and all such executives, etc…

MinuteHound™ Time and Attendance Time Clock Software has released a groundbreaking software update!

Update

We recently completed a major upgrade of our software.
All of us at Minutehound are very excited for all of our current and future customers.
The new version delivers a delicious taste of improved features.
Ease of use and speed are also increased in the new version.
It is irrefutable that the MinuteHound time clock is simply the best in the world!

If you are a current customer please check your email for instructions on downloading the latest MinuteHound™ Desktop Application (MDA).

The MinuteHound™ Web Portal (MWP) has already been updated.
This most recent version update was for the MinuteHound Desktop Application (MDA).

Send us an email at info@minutehound.com. Visit us online at http://www.minutehound.com/.

You can of course call us at 1-800-351 7237 with any questions or comments.

When it comes to Time and Attendance time clocks. Minutehound is the top dog.
MinuteHound, is the world’s best time clock. Utilizing patented technology you can eliminate buddy punching.
Buddy punching is the practice of one employee clocking another employee in or out.
This is eliminated with the MinuteHound time clock because there is no way to fool the fingerprint scanner.
Eliminate unapproved overtime. And be alerted instantly when there are schedule deviations.

To learn more about Minutehound™ visit our website http://www.minutehound.com/

Why use Time Clock Fingerprint Identification for Time and Attendance?

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Why use Time Clock Fingerprint Identification for Time and Attendance?

Fingerprint identification has been used for over one hundred years. Now MinuteHound Time Clock uses fingerprint technology. Fingerprints are so unique that no two fingerprints have ever been found alike.
Many billions of human and automated computer comparisons have failed to make an exact match. Although several scientists such as Sir Francis Galton calculated that there is a one in sixty-four billion chance that two fingerprints will be identical. There have been no cases of two identical fingerprints as of yet.

Visible human characteristics can change but fingerprints do not. This is a big part of the reason why MinuteHound time clock is so accurate. Barring deformities damaging the formative layers of friction ridge skin. Such as injuries, scarring and diseases tend to exhibit telltale indicators of unnatural change. Finger and palm print features have never been shown to move about or change their unit relationship throughout the life of a person. This means that MinuteHound time clock is so reliable it will never confuse two people in your company.

MinuteHound, is the world’s best time clock. Utilizing patented technology you can eliminate buddy punching.
Buddy punching is the practice of one employee clocking another employee in or out.
This is eliminated with the MinuteHound time clock because there is no way to fool the fingerprint scanner.
Eliminate unapproved overtime. And be alerted instantly when there are schedule deviations.

Use MinuteHound time clock for time and attendance. Utilize our patented time clock fingerprint identification in your very own business! With MinuteHound time clock you can take advantage of unique fingerprints and eliminate buddy-punching. Minutehound uses intuitive fingerprint technology that can save you money and time. If you would like to learn more about Minutehound™ time clock software please visit us online at http://www.minutehound.com/

Why The Daylight Savings Time-Change? Does It Affect Our Time Clock?

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Why The Daylight Savings Time-Change? Does It Affect Our Time Clock?

The main purpose of the daylight savings time change is to more efficiently make use of daylight.
We change our clocks during the summer months to move an hour of daylight from the morning to the evening. During the winter months we put our clocks back to move an hour of daylight from the evening to the morning.

But the issue of daylight savings time is rife with controversy.
Some people prefer light in the morning and some prefer light at night.
Why not allow nature to do its own thing?

Consider the following anecdotes from http://www.webexhibits.org/daylightsaving/k.html

Draft Status, Vietnam War
A man, born just after 12:00 a.m. DST, circumvented the Vietnam War draft by using a daylight saving time loophole. When drafted, he argued that standard time, not DST, was the official time for recording births in his state of Delaware in the year of his birth. Thus, under official standard time he was actually born on the previous day–and that day had a much higher draft lottery number, allowing him to avoid the draft.

Bombing Thwarted
In September 1999, the West Bank was on Daylight Saving Time while Israel had just switched back to standard time. West Bank terrorists prepared time bombs and smuggled them to their Israeli counterparts, who misunderstood the time on the bombs. As the bombs were being planted, they exploded–one hour too early–killing three terrorists instead of the intended victims–two busloads of people.

Halloween Trick-or-Treaters
Through 2006, Daylight Saving Time in the U.S. ended a few days before Halloween (October 31). Children’s pedestrian deaths are four times higher on Halloween than on any other night of the year. A new law to extend DST to the first Sunday in November took effect in 2007, with the purpose of providing trick-or-treaters more light and therefore more safety from traffic accidents. For decades, candy manufacturers lobbied for a Daylight Saving Time extension to Halloween, as many of the young trick-or-treaters gathering candy are not allowed out after dark, and thus an added hour of light means a big holiday treat for the candy industry. Anecdotally, the 2007 switch may not have had much effect, as it appeared that children simply waited until dark to go trick-or-treating.

With a MinuteHound time clock there is no need to worry when it comes to time change!
Our time clock system automatically adjusts itself.
To learn more about MinuteHound, the world’s best time clock visit MinuteHound online.

Everyone Is Moving To The Cloud! Including Your Time Clock!

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Everyone Is Moving To The Cloud! Including Your Time Clock!

US intelligence officials decided that cloud data storage is the way to go.
Think about this in regards to your time clock.
Storing data in the cloud means is ideal for business!
No more server errors. No more worrying about physical security of your data.
And best of all, no more risk of someone in-house tampering with your time clock records!

On October 17, 2011 the Director of National Intelligence Ted Clapper told 4000 attendees at GEOINT 2011 That the United States intelligence agency will begin to use cloud computing to help cope with budget cuts. The event is also known as Geospatial intelligence, GEOINT (GEOspatial INTelligence), GeoIntel (Geospatial Intelligence), or GSI (GeoSpatial Intelligence).

http://www.forbes.com/sites/kevinjackson/2011/10/17/its-official-us-intelligence-community-is-moving-to-the-cloud/

Your business can also save money! Utilizing a cloud based solution such as MinuteHound Time and Attendance Time Clock Solution.

MinuteHound is simply the world’s most advanced employee time tracking system.
Our time clock and time clock software allow precise identification of individuals.
The online time clock system allows you to view your employees’ attendance records from any device with an internet browser.
The real time red flag alerts system can send automated messages to whomever you designate when there has been a schedule deviation.

Keeping accurate time clock records can protect you for years to come.
Businesses are sometimes exposed to legal problems long after their employees leave.
With the MinuteHound time clock you have irrefutable evidence of an employee’s attendance.

Old style paper time cards can be manipulated.
Likewise, swipe cards could be transferred between individuals for use in buddy punching.
A person’s finger always stays with them. And a finger is all you need to clock in on a MinuteHound time clock!

Your time clock data is always stored in the cloud.
This means the data is safe and secure.
Don’t worry, the MinuteHound time clock has got you covered!

Time Clock Software, Time and Attendance and What is Buddy Punching?

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Time Clock Software, Time and Attendance and What is Buddy Punching?

Buddy punching is an affectionate term for a not-so-affectionate common occurrence. Let’s examine an all too common event in the modern workplace in this MinuteHound time clock blog article:

Jim is an office worker who earns $20 per hour. Three times per week Jim shows up to work ten to fifteen minutes late. Because Jim’s coworker Rob swipes Jim’s timecard for him every morning at 9:00am, it never appears that Jim is late for work. This is a common occurrence at U.S. businesses.

Now, can you guess how much those 15 minutes three-times per week adds up to in real dollars stolen from the company? The amazing truth is that Jim steals $774 from the company every 12 months! Imagine you have ten “Jims” in your workplace. Their theft equals $7,740 wasted per year!

Wouldn’t it be better and more productive to award that $7,740 to your best employee as a bonus?
Instead of squandering it on the theft and abuse of other, irresponsible employees.

According to the American Payroll Association, “buddy punchers” cost U.S. business an average of $148 BILLION per year.
That is no small amount of money. Money that you could be contributing to bottom line profits.

All this lost money doesn’t even take into account the pressure that is put on good employees who need to work extra hard to make up for the absence of their late co-workers.
Or the pressure that is put on certain individuals to lie and cheat on behalf of their fellow coworkers.

YOU CAN PUT AN END TO BUDDY PUNCHING! Visit us online at https://www.minutehound.com/ to learn how your business can start saving 5% or more on your payroll today.

Time Clock Keeps Employees From Wasting Time on the Internet

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Time Clock Keeps Employees From Wasting Time on the Internet

Are your employees spending too much time? Or any time at all? Keeping up with their social networking on Facebook. Or Myspace. Or Twitter. Shopping for clothes and toys in online marketplaces like Amazon. And tending to personal e-mails while on the job? If so, watch this helpful video clip for tips on creating and enforcing what you consider to be an acceptable Web usage policy for your workplace. Mandating a realistic Internet-usage policy promotes fairness. It would be unfair for some employees to slack off. This would cause other employees to have to clock out late with the MinuteHound time clock. Just so that they could finish the extra work. You may or may not approve of this overtime. But it is the undisciplined employee that saddles the burden on others. Eliminate this abuse! Do not allow your employees to steal from you! Using a biometric fingerprint time clock is just one way to be sure employees do not steal time.

If you would like to further encourage efficiency. Honesty. Obedience. And dedication. In your workplace. Eliminate occurrences of buddy punching and time clock system malfunctions with the MinuteHound biometric time clock solution. Call (800) 351-7237 or visit us online to find out more about this revolutionary Web-based time clock and attendance software.

In this video, you will learn the importance of having your employees sign a web usage policy. You will also gain insight into how you can use a Web content filtering device to audit your employees’ internet activity.Remember, internet usage for non work purposes is a form of time theft. Put your time clock to work!

For the best biometric time clock. And the world’s best time and attendance solution and efficient payroll managing tools, keep MinuteHound in mind.