Ensuring Continual Productivity with Spyrix Employee Monitoring
A tech startup established in 2018 and specializing in custom business IT solutions thrived on a collaborative and trust-driven culture. Over the years, the company grew from 7 to over 30 tech specialists, all driven by their passion for technology and innovation.
The CEO and founder understood the importance of maintaining the company's momentum and the clients' trust. His leadership style balanced high trust in his employees with the necessity for accountability and productivity. For the latter, the founder was using employee monitoring software as the means of tracking employee activity and productivity throughout the workday. Having tried several solutions, he chose Spyrix Employee Monitoring as the most versatile and easy-to-use solution. Thanks to its cloud-based nature, it allowed the CEO to ensure the company's operation even when he wasn't physically present in the office.
Spyrix Employee Monitoring is a powerful tool designed to provide comprehensive reports on employee activity. It tracks active and idle time, logs applications used, search queries and web browsing history, social media activity, records all keystrokes, and more. Additionally, its real-time reporting features allowed the founder to monitor employees' activity live, for example, to watch a stream from each employee's screen or record it for the future.
The CEO planned a month-long vacation, his first extended time off since the company's inception. He had concerns that productivity would remain at the same level during his absence. However, he felt reassured knowing Spyrix Employee Monitoring would track and report to him how the work was going in the office.
However, when the CEO checked the activity logs upon his return, he noticed a significant increase in idle time and social media usage. Using the detailed user activity reports generated by Spyrix, he discovered that several employees had taken advantage of his absence. They were often late for work, took long breaks, and left early.
Screen recording and Internet activity tracking showed increased time spent on non-work-related websites. The keystroke logging feature revealed several employees engaging in personal conversations through social media platforms during work hours. Through these reports, the founder could pinpoint the employees whose performance significantly declined during his absence.
The CEO held one-on-one meetings with each problematic employee, discussing their drop in productivity and the potential consequences of continued lax behavior. He emphasized the company's trust-driven culture and how each employee's productivity contributed to the firm's overall success.
Post the conversations, those employees' overall productivity returned to their usual level. Moreover, employees were more conscious of how they spent their time at work, leading to a more efficient work environment even in the founder's absence. Spyrix Employee Monitoring served as a necessary catalyst to remind employees of their roles and responsibilities, reinforcing a culture of trust and productivity.