5 Ways to Minimize Working Overtime Through Efficient Staff Communication

Murphy's famous law states everything that can go wrong will go wrong.

And when things do go wrong, it falls to the leaders, the managers, the bosses to find proper solutions.

But solutions take time.

Sometimes quite a long time.

Nobody wants to spend an early morning, late night, or day off trying to piece back together an unfortunate circumstance that could have been easily avoided in the first place.

Some of the most common and frustrating of these issues are problems with proper staff communication.

Fortunately, technology can solve many of these problems as anyone with a phone has instant communication with millions of people right at their fingertips.

DigiQuatics uses this power to improve the ways pool managers can oversee and talk to those working under them.

Here are five simple ways to streamline this process and alleviate future headaches:

1. Scheduling Staff Members Remotely

Forgo the old days of stacks of paper schedules cluttering up office space.

Though simple and concise data entry, managers can easily set workable times for their employees without needing to slave over multiple calendars.

This makes it easy for both bosses and staff to be on the same page when it comes to who is working when and where.

Plus, by using sleek software to set everything up, when unexpected changes do occur, rearranging times is simply pushing a few buttons and not the hassle of redoing an entire schedule with the worry of making sure everyone gets on board with the changes.  

2. Automated and Easily Managed Time Cards

When an employee either doesn't show up or forgets to clock in, managers everywhere understand the annoyance that this causes both in the immediate and long term.

However, knowing immediately when these issues occur and being able to deal with them as soon as possible can go a long way to preventing the problem from snowballing into a minor catastrophe.

This can be achieved by a simple and interconnected time card system that lets bosses know exactly when employees clock in and when they don't.

3. Streamlined Employee Reports

One key to any successfully run business is when employees encounter problems and relay it up the chain of command.

This makes dealing with said problem efficient and speed is definitely paramount.

So, by giving employees an easy way to report issues to a supervisor remotely, any encountered problems can be snipped in the bud quickly.

4. Tracking Relevant Staff Info

A boss is only as good as their employees.

And the best way to promote good employee management is to have access to pertinent info on staff easily accessible.

Whether it be additional phone numbers for tracking them down or past notes that they have come to their boss expressing concerns, this information makes administering a properly run facility simpler.

5. Ease in Messaging

One of the most basic and natural of human interaction: talking.

Good communication by definition cannot be had without this.

Seems simple in practice, but sometimes employers can have difficulty communicating with all their employees at any given time.

By streamlining and increasing accessibility through messaging, things run quite a bit more smoothly around the workplace than they would otherwise.

Communication is key and these improvements help to ensure any place of work is running at peak efficiency.

With the help of DigiQuatics, gone are the days of stressful overtime due to lack of contact within a business.

Join the thousands of others who have improved their pools!