Time Clock Employees

[AlbertaFarmer5]

Sorry for getting the thread off track.

Having spent enough time on both sides of the equation, I know that many ( not all) employees when something such as a timeclock is introduced, will take the attitiude that you don't trust them, otherwise why would you need the timeclock, and since you don't trust them, why should they be loyal, and honest when it isn't rewarded or appreciated, and will find other ways around it, and the attitude is infectious. This sentiment will be echoed in any coffee room of any group of employees anywhere.

Personally, whenever I worked on the honour system, I erred on the side of caution, just because you never know when the powers that be might be verifying. I always got more hours if someone else was keeping track of my time.

[sumdumguy]

Old fashion punch clock worked for us at a seed cleaning plant for years - until the night guy was close enough that he could leave the mills running and go home to bed. Well, you guessed it, the leg plugged and a pile of grain was dumped on top of the scale. This same guy must have forgot to punch in once and decided he would just take the clock apart and jimmy the time - except he couldn’t get it back together. But if you can find an old one from some auction or if they still make old-fashion punch clock, they work really well.

[jamesb]

I bought a $250 time clock at Staples. Works when we need it. Employee filled time sheet is easy but the time clock works best in some circumstances.

[Ache4Acres]

Use 7shifts.com

Really meant for restaurant but we use it during seeding and Harvest for our extra guys working hourly. Free for upto 10 employees

Saskatoon company

[BreadWinner]

Thanks For the great suggestions!!!
Someone on Ag facebook said they use the Timestation app and they like it as well. Im torn between a old fashioned punch clock and new cloud system.

[TSIPP]

when I was a residential framer in Regina, I probably framed about a thousand houses mostly for Crawford Homes , I usually had 4 or 5 employees, anyway if I kept track of hours the guys would quite often complain I was jewing them on the hours so I finally told them to keep track of there own hours and be darn if they always had less hours than I thought, I started giving bonuses every payday after that.

[blackpowder]

I'm also looking to into Payworks.ca here.
Cheap payroll and they have time management services too.

[jdg364]

We use a time clock for the inexperienced staff (summer students, TFW’s), it’s a simple way to keep track and easy for payroll.

The more mature guys keep track of their own hours and turn in a monthly calendar sheet. I find that some people will be a bit high and some are a little low. As long as it’s within 5% of what I would mark down, I don’t complain.