Monitoring Employees is Linked to Profitability

No matter how advance technology or hardware a company has at its disposal, it is the people who actually have to operate and use such things. Therefore, any business owner who thinks that possessing high tech machinery is enough is in for a rude awakening. Managing employees in a workplace seems like a piece of cake, for obvious reasons. You have hired responsible employees that in your opinion are honest and hardworking and will serve the company well, yet that could not have been further than the truth. According to countless surveys conducted worldwide, an employee would rather do any of the following than actually work.

–        Do non-work related internet browsing using the company’s high-speed bandwidth.

–        Gossip with and about co-workers all day long.

–        Binge and purge their way through the office provided coffee and baked goods as they please.

Such activities result in the loss of relative productivity associated with an employee based on his/her “Work Done vs. Time Spent at Workplace” ratio. Another rather unfortunate and long-term effect of such activities is the toll it takes on the annual turnout of a business, which may just be the loss of millions of dollars worldwide. Therefore, there might be a few ways which might prove out to be helpful in your quest for increase in employee productivity and in-turn save you tons of money along with an increase in your profit margin.

• Increase Employee Performance

As we have already discussed, employees happen to be the backbone of a company. They are the base, the structure upon which the entire foundation relies. In lieu of that, it is always in a company’s best interests to make sure that their employee is doing well and being productive. Now, while some employees are hardworking on their own, others might need a little push to make sure they are working like they are supposed to. A few ways to push them might be:

–        Encourage them.

–        Provide them with the incentives to work harder.

–        Make hardworking employees an example for the rest of the workforce by rewarding them.

Digital Surveillance in the form of spy applications and keyloggers are brilliant means to an end in such situations too, when things do get out of hands. Additionally, making an employee feel safe and welcome in the workspace can also indirectly help in increasing employee productivity.

• Reduce Company Cost

There is no way to put a positive spin on this but when you are in a business that needs you to employee a mobile workforce, there is no way but digital surveillance to monitor them. Since mobile workforce happens to be on-site and away from the business offices almost all the time, they have ample opportunity to do as they please. They may take the company vehicle out for a joy right or use company provided equipped to fix the roof at their friend’s house which may be good for them but not so good for the company they are working for. The company bandwidth is also subjected to a similar abuse. Since office bandwidth is usually high-speed in order to make business transactions taking place online much smoother, hence employees find surfing the internet at their workplace a more pleasurable experience compared to the one they have at homes. Unless an employer stays on the lookout all day long and monitors the both his in-house and mobile workforce in person all day long, the only way for him to successfully keep an eye on his employees is through digital monitoring software. This way a company would not only be able to keep their employees in line, but also make sure that the company cost is somewhat reduced as well. Similarly, it is worth mentioning that a company can avoid tons of legal nightmares and leakage of confidential company data by using applications to monitor employees.

• Keep Abuse of Company Hardware at Bay

Any computer who wants the best for their business invests in good hardware and equipment to make sure that their business is well taken care of. For them, if an employee spends more time trying to fix a specific piece of hardware rather than actually doing something productive, it would not turn out the amount of profit that it is supposed to. Similarly, most companies also provide their employees with cellular devices like smartphones and laptops to make sure that they stay connected, wherever they maybe. But, if an employee starts abusing the company sanctioned hardware according to his wills and whims, then such employees are permitted by law to be placed under digital surveillance. In fact, a company is legally permitted by law to bug the company owned hardware that is under the use of employees.

By using spy apps, companies can not only keep abuse of office owned hardware at bay, but by utilizing the various methods you can not only increase work productivity but ultimately generate profit as well.