In our previous business endeavor, we used paper punch clocks and attendance spreadsheets to track time for a team of over 20 employees across three different locations. To learn more about Buddy Punch, sign up for a free trial. Note: We’re proud of what we’ve built at Buddy Punch, and it comes with features we would have liked to have ourselves, back when we struggled to manage timekeeping for over 20 employees across three business locations. Then, we’ll list other workforce management and attendance data systems, so that you can make a more informed decision before you start tracking. In this post, we’ll detail how Buddy Punch - our time and attendance tracking software - solves the above problems, so that you can (1) make your staff accountable, (2) save hours on payroll, and (3) create schedules quickly and more accurately. Beyond that, as employee shifts change, the schedule can become inaccurate if you don’t update it.

Complexity of Creating Schedules: Crafting a schedule for your team using pen and paper or Excel sheets is tedious and can take a long time.

Inefficient Payroll Processes: Reviewing and verifying employee workdays manually every pay period is both time consuming and prone to human error.

Lack of Accountability: Workers not being honest with when and where they punch in, which skews your time data.

Old fashioned ways of managing time and attendance tracking - from pen and paper to using spreadsheets and wall calendars - present several challenges:

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