Work ethics of Indians are bad, hence need such external checkups

Yes I agree, but what one should do if he has completed the assigned work on time.

Corporate Strategist

I know of cases where dudes did not even open the laptop for 1 year. So yes, given the kind of crowd we are getting these days and the wfh, I don't mind such trackers.

Project Manager

Which company and which software? I guess it is service based?

Software Developer

Why is these bs time tracking softwares being introduced? What's the need for it when the employee is working on the assigned task and completing it before deadlines.   Suppose, if we are doing the...

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Why is these bs time tracking softwares being introduced? What's the need for it when the employee is working on the assigned task and completing it before deadlines. 

Suppose, if we are doing the assigned work way before the EOD, then why do we need to stick to the screens just for tracking our clicks?
Any counters for this mechanism?

Being new to corporate, I really need some good piece of advice from everyone here.

What is the need of time tracking software?

What is the need of time tracking software?- Grapevine

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I started a new it company. And I have developers to design and develop websites. But I think employees are making us fool with a timeline they take too much time for small small tasks and said this one was complicated. 

And I don't have any coding knowledge so please suggest me how to handle this situation and how to track their time. 
(Don't have too much budget for purchasing any too
I have a thumbprint attendance system.)

Suggest me how to track developers productive time.

Data Analyst

My current company used HubStaff for time tracking. I don't know what is the norm in other service based companies so wanted to know the same.

Is time tracking done at your place?

Frontend Engineer

I heard many of the Companies offering WFH/Remote/Hybrid have been using time and employee activity tracking software since Covid.

A few of them take screenshots on a periodic basis, monitor clicks per hour, option to view any employee's screen on live basis , tracking and reporting time spent on non-work websites.

Please do name the Company for awareness.

Does your office have any employee monitoring trackers ?

Chartered Accountant

Why can't we trust people to do their thing without turning the workplace into big boss. I signed up for a job, not a 24/7 surveillane

I get it, productivity matters, but so does sanity. I'd rather have the freedom to get my work done without feeling like I'm being spied on. As long as I get work done on time. Does it matter how much hours I put in?

Everytime I login I feel like I am being watched. 
This is making me go insane.

Seriously, Can we get rid of the Employee Tracking Nonsense?

If all they want is to measure number of hours peole are online and key strokes.  People who are online entire day doing nothing will get incentivised.

This is a new software implemented in H*L to track employee’s actual worked hours on laptop and uses the mouse pointer tracker to log any activity. Is there anyway to bypass it?

Anyway to bypass Nippon sapience time tracker

Software Test - QA

Curious to know who else have biometric or online based attendance tracking in the org. 
For a stealth startup of 20-30 guys, the CEO/HR seems to have introduced biometric based attendance tracking. Unless you’ve logged 9 hours in office. You’ll not get get any attendance. Am I alone in calling this out as a dumb fuck move for a company of such size? 
 
Feel freee to add your org name with the kind of attendance tracking that you have.

Attendance tracking

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My manager has been pushing me to reach office by 10 am. i currently reach office at around 11 and leave before 7 pm. 
What are the usual office timings among tech teams in startups ?

Office timings

Analyst

I don’t understand things about service based companies. They train their employees on certain tech stack and put them into a project writing test cases (Functional and E2E test cases).
Why don’t they just hire someone with testing as a requirement! Are they exploiting their employees.

Correct me!

So, I joined this company located in Delhi last year from Bangalore as a permanent WFH employee. Initial 6 months were fine, even though I was aware they had pre-installed tracking software called "Teramind" while sending  the laptop! But in the last 3 months the work culture or environment has completely flipped and turned into Toxic.

First they made us install a remote tracking software called "Hubstaff"  which tracks keyboard and mouse activity and time, and takes 4 screenshots every 10 minutes.

Then they made it compulsory 8 hours a day excluding any break like lunch or tea.

This month they tied work hours with Salary and started deducting the entire day's pay even if you are short by like half an hour!  

Almost all employees know they need to leave but are kinda stuck due to the current job market situation.

I'M thinking of quitting without finding another job now, I'm just mentally tired and frustrated with the situation I find myself in. All my emotional energy is spent, I just don't know what to do😞

Toxic Remote Policy

Software Engineer

Salesforce Developer

So I was working wfh since past year and recently shifted to a project after a promotion, it’s a nice project and something I was looking forward to work with, but now my reporting manager says that you have to clock atleast 8 hours daily at this tracking software ( Nippon Buddy ). 
And I’ve to report to office 12 days a month, that’s okay but this 8 hours capture time is kinda nuts. 
Do you guys have these kinda policy as well or is it just at service based companies ?

The 9 Hrs mandatory login period rant.

System Administrator

For example, as a software engineer, a lot of time is spent on meetings, debugging, testing and dev work. Tracking what's taking up more time than required can help in figuring out problems within the process. Is there any app which makes it easy to track time in this format?

How do you guys track where your time is going?

I rejected offers from 2 companies last month because they had a mandatory employee tracking softwares. 

I have been very clear during my final interviews, I clearly ask- do you track screens? If you do I am sorry I am uncomfortable and I wouldn’t like to continue! 

They have all tried to say, we rarely see the recordings- if so, are you dumb to pay for something you rarely use? If you can’t hire adults you can trust, and actually give responsibility too, without looking into their laptops, I am not working in that environment!

Screen Tracking?

Growth Manager

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Need
- Headers/Departments 
- Urgency
- Weekly and Daily update

I can use Trello, but the setup will take so much time 😢 

Suggest something

Suggest a Project management tool for individual productivity track

Consultant

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how do you guys track expenses? I need to simply know how much I spent since my salary last credited. Where was it spent ..etc

I just read the  bank statement of my salary acc at the end of the month. This feels like manual effort. I wish my bank provided a better approach so that we can track these on the fly. But afaik none of the large banks in India have a built in feature in their app to do this.

Expense Tracking

My current CTC is 7.7 with around 2+ YOE. Received an offer with a sort of startup owned by a private equity that is giving a 20% hike + bonus not included in the CTC. My current role sucks, there's not any coding involved, it's mostly just using a third party software to make small changes here & there and I don't think it will help me in the future, though the work culture and perks are really good (hybrid mode lots of holidays barely 4-5 hours of work). The new role will include coding which is what I want to do and from the discussion I had with the hiring team it will be a challenging role compared to my current. 

However, this will be my 3rd company and I'm not sure how recruiters will look at it since I am currently working in legacy tech and want to switch to a different stack in the future and I will probably have to stay at least a year here. The new company also mentioned that they use tracking software only while you WFH though you can do WFO too which is a red flag for me. 

I'm really confused. The hike isn't much but the extra money will help but the lack of the freedom while WFH and the long hours are making me think and the fact that I would have to stay atleast a year in this role to not be seen as a serial hopper to recruiters when I want to switch tech stack. But then again I don't see any future growth in my current org even with all its perks and it just feels like im rotting away my early 20s not doing any "meaningful work" or gaining any skills.

Got an offer with around 20% hike

I am one of the top people pay wise in my team but I don’t want to put in crazy work hours… like I earlier wanted to when I was in my 20s. Am I wrong?

Should a senior employee be counting work hours?

So, this company I have an offer from seems great culture wise. I asked some members for red flags and they said its a software they use that tracks them for 8 hours and takes screenshots every 10 minutes. I have no experience working in companies with this implementation earlier. Can anyone shed some light on whether this may be a deal breaker or not? Heard mix responses from current employees that it’s hard to clock 40-42 hours a week and takes away our personal freedom. What are the thoughts?

What is the need of time tracking software?

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