Nowadays it is fairly common knowledge that employee monitoring software is widely used to facilitate remote work. But what most people don’t realize is exactly why it is so important.
Here and now we’re going to take a look at five of the most important benefits that employee monitoring software can provide to any company that is thinking about remote work:
Track work hours accurately
The most obvious benefit of employee monitoring is it will let you track the work hours of remote workers accurately. In Controlio you can easily see how long your employees spend working, and it’ll even let you know if they’re active or idle, what apps there’re using, or what websites they visit.
Not only is this useful when managing remote workers, but it can make billing clients easier too as you’ll have an accurate number of work hours.
Improve productivity
From the data that employee monitoring provides you can gauge how productive employees are and intervene as and when necessary. One feature in Controlio that is particularly useful in this regard is its Productivity Score that is calculated for each employee and will let you quickly see whether anything can be improved.
It is also worth noting that Controlio can set behavior alerts to let you know if employees are engaging in unproductive activities. It can also block certain apps and websites if you feel too much time is being wasted on them.
Manage projects more effectively
Employee monitoring can allow you to manage projects more effectively. By using Controlio to track how long employees spend on certain tasks, you can identify any bottlenecks and inefficiencies. It will also let you determine what your employees strengths are so you can allocate tasks accordingly.
Some employee monitoring tools also have project management features that can extend this capability even further.
Bolster data security
Data security is a growing concern for many companies. Between malicious actors and insider threats, the risk of a data breach can be considerable. The features in Controlio will give you a way to bolster your overall data security by keeping tabs on employee behavior. It can be set up to send alerts should employees display any suspicious conduct.
On top of that, Controlio can track file transfers, file downloads, emails, IM messages, and more. If closer scrutiny is required, it can capture keystrokes, screenshots, or video recordings as well.
Prevent isolation and burnout
Working remotely may sound great, but it does have problems of its own. In particular, remote workers exhibit a higher tendency to feel isolated and stressed – both of which can lead to them burning out and lower employee retention.
To prevent this, Controlio can act as an early warning system of sorts. Its activity and productivity data will let you spot many of the early signs that employees are isolated, stressed or at risk of burning out – including working excessively long hours, showing a drop in productivity, or more time being wasted. Based on that you can then take action before things get worse.
To sum it up, not only is employee monitoring a great tool to facilitate remote work and make it easier to manage – but it also has numerous benefits that make it almost irreplaceable. The fact of the matter is that without employee monitoring you’re going to be relatively blind to what your remote workers are up to, and will be unable to take action until after the fact if something goes wrong.
In contrast, with employee monitoring you will have the data you need to be proactive and that will definitely impact your bottom line.
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