Ask HN: Web app where hourly employees can "clock in"?

#1

Post by zackattack » Sat, Oct 09, 2010, 2:48 AM UTC

There's got to be a sweet web app to replace the old clock card machine. Any suggestions?

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#2

Post by kyrai » Sat, Oct 09, 2010, 2:49 AM UTC

http://www.clockspot.com/ kinda

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#3

Post by gatsby » Sat, Oct 09, 2010, 2:54 AM UTC

Time Force has some browser and mobile-based time clocks available at the bottom of the page:

http://www.mytimeforce.com/time-clocks/time-clocks-by-type.p...

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#4

Post by eschutte2 » Sat, Oct 09, 2010, 3:07 AM UTC

http://www.clicktime.com

I wrote the industry's first Ajax-powered punch clock for them many years ago and it's since been improved quite a bit.

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#5

Post by chetm » Sat, Oct 09, 2010, 3:11 AM UTC

So many companies use big names like ADP or Paychex for processing that it just makes sense to use their systems to clock hours. I'm familiar with clocking in at ADP. It works, but its not pretty. It might make sense to have a small scale app for smaller companies that don't use big guys in the room.

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#6

Post by noahc » Sat, Oct 09, 2010, 3:29 AM UTC

I have experience with TimeForce, and it was pretty easy from an IT perspective. We used a digital punch in box, and then had it networked back to our main office from two locations.

The technological challenge is already solved. You could do something similar like www.hipmunk.com, and basically solve the social and interface problems.

We ended up pulling the system out of there for social reasons. Time clocks hurt morale.

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#7

Post by nikz » Sat, Oct 09, 2010, 3:36 AM UTC

We make MinuteDock (http://minutedock.com). More of a standard time-tracking program than a clock-card machine, but serves the same purpose ;)

Re: Ask HN: Web app where hourly employees can "clock in"?

#8

Post by morbandit » Sat, Oct 09, 2010, 3:38 AM UTC

http://minutedock.com?

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#9

Post by olihb » Sat, Oct 09, 2010, 4:11 AM UTC

We use http://www.slimtimer.com at work and we're very happy with it.

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#10

Post by jeffreymcmanus » Sat, Oct 09, 2010, 4:17 AM UTC

We've been using http://getcashboard.com for more than two years. It's terrific. It does invoicing and a bunch of other stuff in addition to time tracking.