BambooHR Time Tracking Device Options

What is the difference between the time tracking device options?

Purpose: Discover the ideal BambooHR time tracking solution for your team, empowering you to choose between web, mobile, and advanced time clock options to enhance accuracy and security in managing work hours. This guide helps you navigate key features of each option, ensuring you select the best fit for your company's needs.

 

Empower your team to efficiently track work hours with BambooHR's versatile time tracking solutions. This guide helps you choose the best device option—whether it's the web app, mobile app, Time Clock, or Time Clock Plus—ensuring accurate and secure time management tailored to your company's needs.

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BambooHR Web App

The BambooHR Time Tracking web app is designed to make recording employee hours simple and reliable. Built for flexibility, it enables users to log work time using multiple entry methods—whether manually entering total hours or clocking in and out with precise start and end times. With an intuitive interface, employees can easily track their hours on any device, while managers can review, edit, and approve timesheet entries in real time.

Fully integrated with your BambooHR account, all logged hours automatically sync into BambooHR, ensuring seamless payroll processing, accurate overtime calculations, and a dependable measure of employee productivity. This integration provides a centralized, trustworthy timekeeping solution that simplifies administration for both employees and management.

Features

  • Variety of Tracking Methods – Employees can record time using a variety of entry methods, such as clocking in and out with a time clock or adding total hours worked manually. This flexibility supports both start and end time logging and cumulative daily hours.
  • Convenient Clocking: Employees can easily clock in and out directly from their computers, making it convenient to track work hours accurately.
  • All-in-One Solution: If your employees access BambooHR every day, managing their projects and tasks directly from the web creates a centralized source of truth for your employees.
  • User-Friendly Interface: Employees can clock in from their home page or their personal profile via the Timesheets tab for their convenience. 
     

Is this a fit for you?

The BambooHR Web App may be a fit for you if:

  • Your team is primarily office-based, and each employee has dedicated computer access.
  • Your employees already use and are familiar with the BambooHR web app during their workday.
  • You need employees to track their daily work duration (like start/end times or total hours worked) rather than requiring precise clock-in/out punches.

BambooHR Mobile App

The BambooHR Time Tracking mobile app is designed to help employees capture their work hours wherever they are. With an intuitive mobile interface, users can easily record time by clocking in and out, whether at the office or on the go. The app supports both manual time entry and clock-in/out features, ensuring flexibility and precision in tracking hours.

Fully integrated with your BambooHR account, all recorded time seamlessly syncs with the system, enabling managers to review, edit, and approve hours in real time. This provides a dependable and accessible timekeeping solution that enhances productivity and simplifies payroll processes. To see exactly what this experience looks like for your employees, click here!

Features

  • Convenient Clocking: Employees can easily clock in and out directly from their mobile devices, making it convenient to track work hours accurately.
  • Mobile Device Compatibility: The app is compatible with Apple and Android devices.
  • Timesheet Management: The app allows employees to view and edit their timesheets, ensuring that all hours worked are accurately recorded.
  • Geolocation Tracking: For those who require it, the app can track employees' locations when they clock in and out, ensuring they are at the correct job site.
  • User-Friendly Interface: The mobile app is designed to be as intuitive and easy to use as the web option, minimizing the learning curve for employees and managers.
  • Real-Time Data: Managers or admins can review and approve timesheets on their mobile devices.

Is this a fit for you?

The BambooHR Mobile App may be a fit for you if:

  • You manage field-based employees who need to track time on the go.
  • Your workforce includes remote team members or employees who work from various, flexible locations.
  • You would like to monitor the location of your employees when they clock in.
  • You operate in a BYOD (Bring Your Own Device) environment where employees use their personal smartphones for work-related tasks.

BambooHR Time Clock

The BambooHR Time Clock is built to offer secure and straightforward time capture. It offers multiple clocking options, such as keypad IDs, badge scanning, and even advanced fingerprint recognition. This helps ensure every punch is accurate and provides a dependable timekeeping hub for your workplace.

The Time Clock model fully integrates with BambooHR straight from the box. All time clock activity syncs into BambooHR automatically for easy review, editing, and approval.

Features

  • Configuration Options: Time Clock with Card Reader, Time Clock with Fingerprint, Time Clock with Fingerprint & Card Reader
  • Linux Operating System: Known for its flexibility, security, and stability, the Linux operating system is one of the most widely used OS in the world.
  • Time Clock Display: The Time Clock model features a 4.3" color screen, making it easy for users to navigate and interact with the device.
  • Alphanumeric Keypad with 8 Function Keys: This model includes soft keys for better self-service and efficient operation.
  • Fingerprint Reader: The fingerprint biometric verification system provides enhanced security by ensuring only the employee themself can clock in or out, reducing the risk of buddy punching.
  • Variety of Contactless Readers: The device is compatible with numerous RFID badge card types.
  • Power Over Ethernet (POE) Connectivity: While not the only power option, POE connectivity provides fast and cost-effective deployment.

Is this a fit for you?

The BambooHR Time Clock may be a fit for you if:

  • You've experienced issues with time theft or buddy punching (one employee clocking in for another) in the past.
  • Your workplace handles many employees clocking in and out simultaneously.
  • You want a centralized location for employees to clock in and out.
  • You need security badges and want to integrate them with your time tracking process.

BambooHR Time Clock Plus

The Time Clock Plus offers your team ultimate flexibility and security for recording their hours. With options ranging from keypad IDs and badge scanning to biometric fingerprint and facial recognition, everyone gets a fast, easy, and highly accurate way to clock in and out, streamlining your timekeeping process.

The Time Clock model fully integrates with BambooHR straight from the box. All time clock activity syncs into BambooHR automatically for easy review, editing, and approval.

Features

  • Configuration Options: Time Clock Plus with Facial Recognition, Time Clock Plus with Facial Recognition & Card Reader, Time Clock Plus with Facial Recognition & Fingerprint.
  • Android Operating System: The dependable, accurate operating system is flexible and easy to use.
  • Capacitive Touch Screen: The 8" color display screen is more responsive to touch interactions while maintaining durability.
  • Fingerprint Reader: The fingerprint biometric verification system provides enhanced security by ensuring only the employee themself can clock in or out, reducing the risk of buddy punching.
  • Facial Recognition: The Time Clock Plus model ensures security while making clocking in a faster and more convenient experience for users by removing the employee's need for badges or keypad IDs.
  • Variety of Contactless Readers: The device is compatible with numerous RFID badge card types.
  • Power Over Ethernet (POE) Connectivity: While not the only power option, POE connectivity provides fast and cost-effective deployment.

Is this a fit for you?

The BambooHR Time Clock Plus may be a fit for you if:

  • You've experienced issues with time theft or buddy punching (one employee clocking in for another) in the past.
  • Your workplace handles many employees clocking in and out simultaneously.
  • You want a centralized location for employees to clock in and out.
  • You require biometric screening for employees to clock in and out.