All they care about are numbers and if they see they can squeeze more work hours, they’d start enforcing stricter rules, fire low performers, and make workplace more stressful – at least, that’s what the people fear time tracking will bring. The trouble is, people assume management doesn’t care about this. Even the most productive managers or programmers can squeeze out only 12h of honest productive work per week, at best. The truth is, no one be productive for 100% of the time. Once you ask employees to account for every minute and the management can see how much they’ve worked, people will start becoming more self-conscious about their activities – and ultimately stressed out and miserable because of increased expectations. The rest of the time is spent on breaks, talking with colleagues, reading news, messaging, snacks, etc. A typical office worker is productive for only 3 hours in an 8-hour workday. You’d worry how will someone interpret your breaks, judge you for spending 2h each day on emails and chat, and wonder how come some project took you 3 days.Īnother problem are unrealistic expectations. If someone told you that you need to account for every minute of time spent at work, you’d be anxious too. If you can address your team’s emotional concerns, you’ll remove the greatest challenge to time tracking adoption.Īt the heart of the problem is fear: how will management use the data? When it comes to time tracking, what people say doesn’t matter as much as what they feel. What people feel: Tracking makes you feel policed and anxious It’s a fair trade-off: you’re sacrificing a bit of productivity today in order to gain business insight that will help your business in the long run. But, if the value of having data outweighs lost productivity, then it’s ok. Sure, you can boost your productivity by not tracking how much money you make, but nobody complains about it because it’s definitely worth the effort. Tracking anything at all saps time and energy.įor example, if you want to know how your business is doing, you have to track revenue and costs, and this requires effort. Number one concern is that tracking what you’re working on is a huge drain on their productivity. Why people resist time tracking What people say: Tracking is tiresome and hurts productivity
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Have clear guidelines on how to track time.Help every employee with a basic set-up.Advice on how to motivate people to track time.What people feel: Tracking makes you feel policed and anxious.What people say: Tracking is tiresome and hurts productivity.
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