Benefits for Managers

Managing remote staff can be even more effective than having your team working in the same office.

Time Doctor allows managers to see exactly what their team is working on, all at the push of a button. Managers can easily see a work in progress dashboard which shows everyone in your team, if they are online and what they are working on right now. This is one of many great Time Doctor features.

As a manager Time Doctor makes your life much easier:

  • One email which lists your team; what they did in a given day, what their top priorities are, how many hours they worked (to the minute). A single email allows you to see what everyone in your team is doing at a glance.
  • A central interface where you can log in and see what your team is working on right now. Click here for an example of the dashboard for managers.
  • The ability to manage people working from home or in remote locations MORE effectively than you ever could from the office. You will know what your employees are working on and be confident that they are actually working. Account for all time worked: Time Doctor will show you exactly how many hours each person worked, after deducting all breaks. Every minute of time is accounted for.
  • A unique approach which will allow organizations to retain and hire top talent by allowing them to work flexible hours (or to work from home). Remote workers enjoy using Time Doctor as it enables them to work flexible hours but still have their hours properly accounted for.

How can the Time Doctor software increase productive hours by over 2 hours per day?

There are multiple time management principles that are used in the software to increase productivity.

Tracking how much time each person is working - every minute of the work day is tracked. This is not the same as entering a time sheet, as time sheets can easily be faked and the person can enter whatever time and activity they want. It is by actually tracking the exact start and finish time for each activity.

Tracking what your team is working on at all times - are they on a break, what are they working on? You will have all of this information at your fingertips.

Priority tracking - the software helps the person to manage their top priorities and sends them daily to their manager. It also tracks what percentage of their time is spent on priorities versus lower priority items.

Ways for you to verify the information is accurate - there are multiple ways to verify that the person is really spending time on the activities that they say they are working on. This includes screenshots, recording if the person is using web sites such as Facebook or other potentially time wasting activities.

Reports for managers that show what their team did each day - Managers are aware of exactly how each team member spends their day. With Time Doctor, you have a much better idea of exactly how long it takes to complete each task.

Removing multi-tasking and interruptions - Multi-tasking is proven to be a very ineffective way to work as every time you get distracted, it takes several minutes to get back into work. The software helps to increase the person's focus on their highest priority tasks, and remove distractions during this process. Visibility of priorities between the team, and team leaders - This means that as a manager you are immediately aware of all of the priorities of your team. You also know if your team is working on these priorities or not.

The importance of tracking the exact use of time each day - This is surprisingly not a normal business practice. It is one of the most powerful things you can do to increase productivity. When you track the exact use of time for the entire day, productivity will automatically improve. This kind of scrutiny makes it very difficult to waste time.

Unfortunately this software cannot be used by all businesses

The software does not apply to all types of business or all types of workers. It is applicable only to companies where employees spend 70-100% of their time in front of their computer. This is because the time and activity tracking functions will not work effectively if the person is spending most of their day away from their computer. You can still use some of the capabilities of the software, but will not get the full benefits.

The software is most effective for people working from home or working from multiple locations. However it can still be used by organizations working in a single office.

How much does it cost to get started?

At the moment, the software is in BETA mode which means that you can use it completely FREE OF CHARGE for the next months (until Dec 2010). We only request that you help us with fixing any final bugs and also suggesting new features that you would like. In the future, Time Doctor will charge a small fee per user, charged monthly – this fee will depend on the size of your organization.