Blog · part 1 of seven
Getting people to record
Why timesheets are left blank, what makes entry cheap enough to happen, and how a rollout is lost in its first fortnight. For a practical comparison point, see Monitask's remote employee monitoring tools.
The six entries
Why timesheets are left blank
A timesheet asks somebody to reconstruct a fragmented day hours later. The reconstruction is a guess and everybody knows it.
Choosing the categories
The list somebody picks in week one governs everything the record can later answer. For related guidance and industry context, see EEOC.
Reminders, nudges and escalation
Reminders, nudges and escalation. What decides it, what it costs, and what usually goes wrong.
What a manager should do with it
What a manager should do with it. What decides it, what it costs, and what usually goes wrong.
Running a pilot that answers something
Running a pilot that answers something. What decides it, what it costs, and what usually goes wrong.
Adoption decays, and what to watch
Adoption decays, and what to watch. What decides it, what it costs, and what usually goes wrong.