If you need employee tracking software, take a look at our overview of the top 10 tools for your business.
The Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development (CIPD) has reported that more than half of managers approve of remote monitoring. There are a number of different packages to choose from which can vary dependent on your needs.
Employee monitoring software, or behaviour analysis, is becoming more popular as it allows managers and team leaders to monitor and assess a range of employee activities, including attendance, computer activity, productivity, and location.
With the increase in remote working, employee monitoring software is on the mind of many employers. Businesses already use it for employees based in their offices, but remote working has opened the eyes of many people in responsibility to the benefits for their team, no matter where they work.
Employees can become distracted, experience excessive workload or become disengaged from their work, but monitoring can help employers tackle this by creating a better work environment and offering extra support when needed.
Employers can monitor a range of activities:
When used appropriately and effectively, monitoring software can deliver many benefits to both the business and its employees because of the range of tasks it can perform:
The data and subsequent insights that employee monitoring software provides can help businesses improve engagement, increase productivity, and improve employee retention, all of which will grow income and save money.
The good news for businesses is there are many employee monitoring software packages available. Each offers a variety of functions to enable you to monitor different aspects of an employee’s daily work, each offering different reporting functions.
To help you get started, here are 10 of the most commonly used employee monitoring systems:
However, it’s important before purchasing new software to understand what you want to achieve, and then find the software that will deliver.
Choosing software before you know what you need it to do can quickly lead you down a path where you pay for something you don’t need or end up replacing the software after a short time because it doesn’t meet your needs. It’s important to seek expert IT advice that understands your business needs as well as the software market.
Concerns have been raised about employee monitoring software being used for inappropriate surveillance of employees and it’s important that employers are clear over their motivation for monitoring, ensuring that they are doing it in a lawful manner and are cognisant of data protection and privacy laws.
Employee monitoring should be used for gaining insight, not oversight, to preserve trust, and morale isn’t affected by its introduction.
It shouldn’t increase the stress of employees who know they are being monitored because this will be counter-productive; and be sure that what you’re tracking will actually help to improve productivity and protect your business from inappropriate or malicious use of its IT systems and data.
If you would like to talk more about employee monitoring software or investigate other ways to protect your business from security threats related to employees, as well as ways of managing how your staff uses your workplace technology, then contact our team of IT specialists at Syn-Star for a free consultation today.
Verity Armstrong
Verity is our resident wordsmith. She spent time honing her skills as a freelance writer for a number of different industries from 2020 to 2023. Now, Verity writes about IT support and cyber security for Syn-Star. Outside of this, she curates content for Mindful Me, a blog about well-being and leading a more positive lifestyle.
Qualifications: BA (hons) Psychology, MA (Merit) Youth Justice, Community Safety & Applied Criminology
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Verity Armstrong
Verity is our resident wordsmith. She spent time honing her skills as a freelance writer for a number of different industries from 2020 to 2023. Now, Verity writes about IT support and cyber security for Syn-Star. Outside of this, she curates content for Mindful Me, a blog about well-being and leading a more positive lifestyle.
Qualifications: BA (hons) Psychology, MA (Merit) Youth Justice, Community Safety & Applied Criminology
In-house training: HubSpot SEO, SEO 2, Digital Marketing
Favourite movie: Harry Potter and Lord of the Rings
Favourite band: Hollowstar
Favourite food: Pad Thai or enchiladas
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