RescueTime Empower: Business Time Management

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How it Works

RescueTime Empower starts with a small application is installed on each employee's machine which measures only what software or web site is actively being used. Employees can pause the monitoring process at any time for 15 or 60 minute intervals.

The account owner and any admin they assign can see a variety of reports showing how time is spent in the company, from aggregate reports showing the entire team, to custom groups showing smaller teams, to reports showing individual employee time. Each employee has their own dashboard, where they can see their own time compared to their typical peer (but cannot see other employee's individual data).

As the account owner, you can establish what gets monitored and when. You can set monitoring schedules (like M-F, 9-5) and choose to only monitor the web sites that are important for your business or are known distractions.

This data is processed in realtime "in the cloud", which means you don't have to set up any servers, databases, backup procedures, or anything else that takes you away from mission-critical work. You can literally be up and running in a few minutes.

At any time, you can log into RescueTime to see deep and detailed reports on how you and your team is spending time and attention. To learn more about the reports that RescueTime offers, continue with the tour.

How is "Business Time Management Software" different from "Big Brother"?

While RescueTime does offer discreet employee monitoring software, we passionately believe that software like the is infinitely more powerful when used "in the open". Below are a few ways that team members have control over their RescueTime experience:

Individuals can see that monitoring is happening-- it's not hiding in the background!
Team members can pause monitoring for 15 or 60 minute intervals for breaks
The manager and team can choose to monitor only sites from a "white list" that they create. All other sites will be sent to RescueTime as generic browser time
Individual team members can delete select bits of their own data.

Why is Transparency in the Workplace a Good Thing?

We cover this topic in some detail in the RescueTime Benefits section.

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