Do you want to actively monitor your employees' attendance, but you're unsure whether to go with classic time clocking systems or let employees log their worked hours as Activities?
Let’s take a look together at the differences between these two types of attendance tracking, to help make your decision as simple as possible.
Clocking In/Out
Tracking arrivals and departures is a typical form of attendance monitoring. Employees “clock in” when they arrive at work and “clock out” when they go on a lunch break or at the end of their shift. In Sloneek, this type of attendance can be recorded directly through the web interface, mobile app, or you can even get a terminal (learn more about terminals here).
Specifics of this type of attendance tracking:
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Employees only need to press a button or tap a chip/card, so it’s quick and easy for them
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They can only clock in at the actual time, meaning they cannot log attendance in the past or future — you’ll see the real time they spent at work
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You can set a location where employees are allowed to clock in, and the report will show whether they were in that location (Note: the system still allows them to clock in even if they are not physically there)
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If they forget to log their attendance, an admin or manager must manually add it for them
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Lunch breaks or any other breaks must be manually entered
Activities
Activities and Time Tracking are often associated with project work reporting. However, Activities can just as easily be used for basic attendance tracking.
Specifics of tracking attendance through Activities:
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Entries can be added retroactively, in real-time, or even in advance
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You can define various types of activities or shifts — whether linked to project tasks or general work duties (e.g., administration, content creation...) or used as morning/night shifts, overtime, etc.
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