Drastic growth in outsourcing is causing huge no. of relevant
applications to popup. When it comes to managing this outsourced work
the Time tracking is the back, without properly recorded timesheets one
is in complete dark about the actual progress and time spent on the
projects. Time tracking applications can be chosen amongst a wide
variety of time tracking and time sheet related tools; let’s elaborate
why HubStaff is the best one to go with when it comes to serious
productivity.
1-Speed of time tracking tools and
When it comes to professional work the speed counts and not only the server uptime or ping are the key performance indicators but there are several other factors which normal consumer is kept from. Even leisure the slow sites and services are annoying enough to make us think twice before visiting them. Here is the comparison between a pool of daily visited site by a normal internet user and hubSTAFF. DNS Look Up for hubSTAFF.com=0.01 & Other site’s = 0.14 Connect Time for hubSTAFF.com= 0.05 & Other site’s = 0.21 Host ping for hubSTAFF.com=0.03 & Other site’s=0.08 Download time (20Kb file) for hubSTAFF.com=0.22 & Other site’s= 0.85
2-Screen Shots and Online Activity Reporting
90 % of (9 out of 10) of the tools we selected did not support the tracking of online activity but instead manual entry of time against the project or activity name, which by far cannot help in determining the employee’s productivity, quality and provide control over. In simple terms we cannot know about the productivity without this feature. Hub Staff takes screen shots every 10 minutes, records no. of mouse clicks, takes memo etc. ( all the essentials required for project and operations management) so an employee can keep track of both his/her online and offline time.
3-Supported Platforms
Most of the tracking tools have software agents which are used for taking notes and offline time. Some of them do support Mac and Windows but Hubstaff can be used for Linux, Mac and Windows which makes it global in operating system platforms. But it doesn’t have iPhone and Android apps; anyways what is the need of an iPhone and Android app for tracking official time.
4-Freedom of Payments to your employees, No commissions…..
The employment sites like oDesk charge some percentage on the hours worked, though they don’t take it from employer but employee, still it’s somewhat too much given that it is going to a third part for just time tracking. The Hubstaff takes only the subscription charges, so it can be used in any scenario. Referring to scenarios I mean it can be used in traditional organizational structure, established organizations and teams, where the payroll system is already exists and focus is on productivity and helping out employees for better time management practices. In short one doesn’t have to mold your payroll for it, but can fit it in without any hassle to the existing payroll system, that is freedom…..
5-Separate Subdomain for every Company/Team…
Having a separate subdomain has many advantages, especially when it comes to branding and performance. In Branding perspective having a dedicated subdomain is just like having an office in a building rather than having some desk. For performance, YES the subdomains are a key especially when it comes to load and response time, additionally hubSTAFF is working in cloud hosting environment where subdomains can be taken real advantage of… in terms of performance.
1-Speed of time tracking tools andWhen it comes to professional work the speed counts and not only the server uptime or ping are the key performance indicators but there are several other factors which normal consumer is kept from. Even leisure the slow sites and services are annoying enough to make us think twice before visiting them. Here is the comparison between a pool of daily visited site by a normal internet user and hubSTAFF. DNS Look Up for hubSTAFF.com=0.01 & Other site’s = 0.14 Connect Time for hubSTAFF.com= 0.05 & Other site’s = 0.21 Host ping for hubSTAFF.com=0.03 & Other site’s=0.08 Download time (20Kb file) for hubSTAFF.com=0.22 & Other site’s= 0.85
2-Screen Shots and Online Activity Reporting
90 % of (9 out of 10) of the tools we selected did not support the tracking of online activity but instead manual entry of time against the project or activity name, which by far cannot help in determining the employee’s productivity, quality and provide control over. In simple terms we cannot know about the productivity without this feature. Hub Staff takes screen shots every 10 minutes, records no. of mouse clicks, takes memo etc. ( all the essentials required for project and operations management) so an employee can keep track of both his/her online and offline time.
3-Supported Platforms
Most of the tracking tools have software agents which are used for taking notes and offline time. Some of them do support Mac and Windows but Hubstaff can be used for Linux, Mac and Windows which makes it global in operating system platforms. But it doesn’t have iPhone and Android apps; anyways what is the need of an iPhone and Android app for tracking official time.
4-Freedom of Payments to your employees, No commissions…..
The employment sites like oDesk charge some percentage on the hours worked, though they don’t take it from employer but employee, still it’s somewhat too much given that it is going to a third part for just time tracking. The Hubstaff takes only the subscription charges, so it can be used in any scenario. Referring to scenarios I mean it can be used in traditional organizational structure, established organizations and teams, where the payroll system is already exists and focus is on productivity and helping out employees for better time management practices. In short one doesn’t have to mold your payroll for it, but can fit it in without any hassle to the existing payroll system, that is freedom…..
5-Separate Subdomain for every Company/Team…
Having a separate subdomain has many advantages, especially when it comes to branding and performance. In Branding perspective having a dedicated subdomain is just like having an office in a building rather than having some desk. For performance, YES the subdomains are a key especially when it comes to load and response time, additionally hubSTAFF is working in cloud hosting environment where subdomains can be taken real advantage of… in terms of performance.
