Time tracking blog

If you’re a manager and would like to be able to clock employees in and out from your iPhone, then listen up, because this feature is for you.

We now have the ability to clock employees in/out from our iPhone interface via the Who’s Working list.  This is great news for those that manage crews as it makes it simple to clock in/out members of your crew, all from a simple to use interface.

Here’s how it works:

• Visit your TSheets account in your iPhone
• Log in as an admin or a user with permission to manage timesheets
• From the Who’s Working list you’ll be able to “click” (touch actually) users from the list
• Once you’ve selected a user, you’ll be taken to that user’s time card view (you’ll notice a green box at the top stating that you’re currently working as that user).
• Perform the desired function for that user (clock in/out, switch job codes, add notes)
• When complete simply tap the “exit” link next to the user’s name in the green box at the top

We hope this new feature helps save time (and money) for your business.  If you have any comments/suggestions please don’t hesitate to post them below.

We wanted to take a moment and introduce you to a feature of ours that has surprised us in its popularity.  Sending a text message is something that nearly every cell phone owner on this planet has done at least once in their lifetime.  And if you haven’t, I’ll bet that you’ve at least received a text message at some point.

Did you know that you can use a text message to clock in and out of TSheets?  Check out this video to see how easy it is.

Something you should know – when you install the Texting Addon in your TSheets account, you gain the ability to assign short codes, or aliases, to all of your job codes.  This means that instead of texting “T start Project WannaPayMe”, your life is simplified by being able to text “T start pw”.  And we even make it easy to print out a nice little SMS Cheat Sheet that contains a list of your job codes and their corresponding aliases, so that you can stick it in your wallet for easy reference when you’re traveling about.

Of course, we need to mention that you’re responsible for any charges on your phone plan related to text messages, but most plans include it nowadays.  Also, right now our texting addon is only available to customers who are able to send texts to a US short code.  However, we have plans for a way to accommodate all of our international customers out there.  Stay tuned!

Ever been out in the field and received a phone call from an employee like this?
“Hey – I forgot to clock in!” exclaims hard-working Harry.
“Okay, I’ll go ahead and clock you in, then,” you reply. No sweat, that’s easy.
“No, I mean I forgot to clock in an hour ago…” Harry sheepishly replies.
(Sigh). Now you write down the details on a napkin or whatever else is handy.  Then you have to wait until you’re back in the office at a computer to take care of the change.

Well not any longer.  You may now do everything from your mobile device that you need to in regards to timesheet editing.  That’s right, you can add a new timesheet, modify start and stop times, change jobcodes, delete timesheets, all from that tiny web browser held in the palm of your hand (access the mobile version of your account by visiting your TSheets account from your mobile web browser).  It’s a little easier to show than explain, so check out this video.  This is all accessible from our mobile interface.

Hope you enjoyed it. Post any questions below.