BuyerZone users' time and attendance system requirements

We ask users of our quote request service to describe their time and attendance system purchasing requirements in detail so the vendors we match them to can provide customized information in response. Now we're sharing these buyer requirements with you.

We hope these user comments help you get a sense of what types of time and attendance systems other users are choosing and what considerations are important to the average buyer. Take a look and you'll probably see some responses that are relevant to your business.

BuyerZone user comments: time and attendance system purchasing requirements

"I need it to be placed outside under a carport."
-- Administrative Assistant, Other Business Services, Abilene, TX

"Looking for a simple system that can be used by employees at different locations as they travel from building to building. Needs to be smart enough to change dates as the alendar changes.There are 13 or 14 locations in total."
-- Facilities/Operations, Education, Geneva, IL

"We do not use PC's, but don't necessarily want to use a web-based program. Do you have software that will run on Macs?"
-- Accounting/Finance, Education, Box Elder, SD

"TO do the follow:1. Add and sum worker's hours at the end of every work shift.2. Sum up each worker's hours at the end of each week and every two weeks."
-- Administrative Assistant, Health Care, Saint Paul, MN

"Actually I am looking for a system where employees can submit their time online. This is a Temp Staffing Agency."
-- CEO/President/Owner, Other Business Services, South Holland, IL

"Large area proximity readers for picking up students in corridors when they have their cards. Sending data to another attendance system already used by the school."
-- Buyer, Education, East Greenbush, NY

"Just need a plain time clock to have employees clock in and out."
-- CEO/President/Owner, Restaurant, Fairland, IN

"Need backup method should internet be down at the locations, so employees can still register time, would like fingerprint used a ID but want system to maintain at minimum of two fingerprints per employee to allow for injury to hand or finger."
-- MIS/IT, Government, Fredericksburg, TX

"Employees will need to "clock in" at either of our 2 locations.We need to have the ability for our CSRs to enter the finishing time of the employee from their pc at various times during the day as they do not need to return to the location once their work is finished.The software should be able to produce standard timekeeping reports."
-- Buyer, Telecom/Utilities, Metuchen, NJ

"Want a fingerprint system that will record times, print reports, and we can input any variance (ie vacation, sick, etc) and it must be compatible with quickbooks. We use a government program and when they add this as an option, they said it will be quickbooks compatible, so I must have that."
-- Office Manager, Government, Ashtabula, OH

"Just want to keep track of two employees working taking pictures and processing orders to return to customers. inexpensive!"
-- CEO/President/Owner, Other Business Services, Sellersburg, IN

"We will like the following1) integration of the card such that employees can use PIN to authenticate their clock in2)usage of card as ATM card for banking transactions3) usage of card as ID card"
-- CEO/President/Owner, Information Services, Lagos, NJ

"Here are some examples of what we need our Time Card systems1. Indicate the name of the subcontractor2. Indicate hours per client per day. Does NOT need to show which hours (e.g., 0800 – 0930, Company X; 0930 – 1130 – Company Y) 3. Correlate the major efforts of the week for a given client to the tasks that are listed in a formal scope of work 4. Cover non-billable time – marketing, Business Development, admin, sales, training, Overtime and vacation."
-- General Manager, Computers - Software, San Rafael, CA

"Data output configurable to vacrious output files, .csv for sure."
-- Engineer/Programmer, Consulting, Houston, TX

"We're an employment agency and would like to consider using a time an attendance system at our larger client sites. The purpose would be to ease the burden of our clients having to manually track time for each individual. Ideally this would all be transmitted electronically."
-- CEO/President/Owner, Other Business Services, North Haven, CT

"This is a security guard company with varying and temporary assignments. An additional benefit would be for it to interface with Quickbooks Pro."
-- Partner/Principal, Other Business Services, Glendale, AZ

"Would prefer the old fashioned manual time punch...but, with a confidential area for employe name."
-- Consultant, Manufacturing, Cincinnati, OH

"Punch in & out with badge number and palm of the hand."
-- Buyer, Restaurant, Newport Beach, CA

"Ease of use, generates reports for each employee, we are having problems with a fingerprint timeclock,."
-- CEO/President/Owner, Non-Profit, Monroe, LA

"Looking for Data collection systemwith three rates and keypad for entering amounts plus software to data base for fifty entities."
-- General Manager, Government, Montgomery, MN

"Wanting to switch to biometric time & attendance system. Payroll software is Famous so we need something compatible with that."
-- Administrative Assistant, Agriculture, Pasco, WA

"We need a system that has functionality and will be able to track laws in various states. We have two offices in CA and they have differenct laws than the remaining offices.We need the system to be able to have a web based time inputting system for nonexempt employees and then a way to track PTO, Bereavement, Health, etc. Leave."
-- Human Resources, Education, Salt Lake City, UT

"Would be used mostly to track attendance for all employees. Currently we have 13-15 employees at two office and remote home offices. We would also use the software in place of a timesheet system for our technical staff."
-- Office Manager, Computers - Software, Clark, NJ

"We just want the simplest way to track employee time for ease of payroll - keeping the expenses under control would be good, too."
-- Marketing/Public Relations, Other Business Services, Grand Rapids, MI

"We would like a system that would integrate with Quickbooks Enterprise, that we could set up our own reports and download to excel."
-- Accounting/Finance, Construction/General Contracting, Cedar Hill, TX

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