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Remote Work

Give remote teams one clear view of work

Hours, activity and tasks for people you do not see every day.

Remote work removes the easy signals: nobody sees who has started, who is stuck or who has been working until midnight. Worktivity puts those signals back as data. The desktop app records hours, breaks and idle time, Overview shows who is working right now, and the reports show how the week went.

How it works

How remote tracking works

What remote teams ask before they install anything.

What does the desktop app record?

While a shift runs: working, break or idle status per minute, how many seconds had input, the application in front, the website host and, if you turn them on, screenshots. Nothing is recorded outside the shift.

What if someone's internet drops?

Records wait on the computer and are sent in order when the connection returns. The day is not lost.

How do we see who is working now?

Overview counts the people working, on a break, idle, clocked out and not started yet. The Team screen shows each person's time so far today.

Do we have to take screenshots?

No. Screenshots can be off, blurred on the computer before upload, or sharp, for the whole organization or for one person.

How are time zones handled?

Working days and the daily target are set for the organization in its time zone, and reports such as the heatmap use that time zone rather than the reader's.

A closer look at Remote Work inside Worktivity
Benefits

What your team gets out of it

  • Fewer status calls

    The timesheet and Overview answer who worked when, so meetings can be about the work itself.

  • Overwork shows up

    Late evenings and skipped breaks appear in Work times and the heatmap.

  • The same records for everyone

    Remote and office staff are measured with the same app and the same settings.

In practice

How remote teams run it

Most remote teams settle on a light setup and read the week rather than the minute.

  • Agree on what is collected first

    Decide on screenshots and website addresses before inviting people. The app shows each person the list before their first shift.

  • Book time to tasks

    With task tracking on, people pick the task in the desktop app or the Chrome extension.

  • Read weekly trends

    The timesheet and Advanced insights show the pattern over the week.

Teams working with Worktivity's Remote Work solution
Limits

What it does not do

Remote tracking has limits worth stating up front.

  • It does not know where people are

    Worktivity records time and applications, not location. The mobile app does not read location either.

  • It does not see personal devices

    Only computers with the app installed are recorded.

  • It does not read content

    Typed text, window titles and full web addresses are never collected.

Who uses it

Teams that get the most out of it

Distributed teams that work mostly on a computer.

  • Software companies

    Engineers across time zones on one timesheet.

  • Customer support

    Shifts, breaks and idle time for remote agents.

  • Agencies and studios

    Freelancers and staff tracking against the same client projects.

  • Outsourcing and BPO

    Remote teams reported client by client.

  • Consulting

    Consultants working from home and on the road.

  • Startups

    A small team spread across cities, without a daily check-in call.

Make remote work easier to coordinate

Invite your remote team, agree on what is collected and read the first week's timesheet together.

No credit card required