Software:DeskTime
DeskTime is an automatic time tracking software headquartered in Latvia, than analyses employee productivity. The company was founded in 2011 and is a part of Draugiem Group. The main office of the company is located in Riga and since 2012 it's CEO has been Artis Rozentāls.[1] The software allows its users to group software and websites used during working hours into three categories: productive, unproductive and neutral.
DeskTime was created in 2011 and was initially developed for internal use within the Draugiem Group.[2]
In 2013 DeskTime was nominated for an award as the best CEE Startup at The Europas European Tech Startup Awards.[3]
In a 2013 interview with Forbes , DeskTime claimed to have more than 12 000 users across 90 countries, mostly in Eastern Europe, South America and Asia.[4]
In 2017 DeskTime had reached more than 100 000 across the world.[5]
Research
DeskTime has published several studies on employee productivity based on the user data accumulated by the app.
In 2014 the company analysed the habits of the top 10% of its users in terms of productivity and found out that the most productive of them on average divide their day into 52-minūte long chunks of productive work, divided by 17-minute long breaks.[6] This study served as the basis for the 52/17 rule, which is a time management method similar to the Pomodoro Technique.
In 2017 DeskTime published a study that included the data from 65 000 employees in United States , finding that overtime work is not productive. The data from the study showed that employee productivity decreases by 11% immediately after 8 hours of work, and then keeps decreasing by further 19% for every additional hour spent at work.[7]
References
- ↑ Asere, Anda. "Sekojot idejai: DeskTime ir pamatīgi paaudzies" (in lv). https://www.db.lv/zinas/sekojot-idejai-desktime-ir-pamatigi-paaudzies-473671.
- ↑ "Lai atturētu darbiniekus no kaķu video skatīšanās darba laikā, Forbes iesaka Latvijā izveidotu rīku DeskTime". https://www.diena.lv/raksts/latvija/zinas/lai-atturetu-darbiniekus-no-_kaku-video_-skatisanas-darba-laika-_forbes_-iesaka-latvija-izveidotu-riku-_desktime_-13990157.
- ↑ "Eastern European and Russian startups nominated for Europas AwardGoalEurope". 11 April 2019. https://web.archive.org/web/20190411071525/http://goaleurope.com/2013/01/18/eastern-european-and-russian-startups-nominated-for-europas-award/.
- ↑ Colao, J. J.. "Keep Employees Away From Cat Videos With Time Tracking Software" (in en). https://www.forbes.com/sites/jjcolao/2013/01/24/worried-about-your-employees-productivity-try-time-tracking-software/.
- ↑ Šveicars, Raivis. "Uzņēmums ķer “laika zagļus”" (in lv). https://www.la.lv/uznemums-ker-laika-zaglus.
- ↑ McGregor, Jena. "What the most productive workers have in common". https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/on-leadership/wp/2014/08/05/what-the-most-productive-workers-have-in-common/.
- ↑ "New Data Proves Staying Late in the Office Is Pointless". 7 November 2017. https://observer.com/2017/11/new-data-proves-staying-late-in-the-office-is-pointless/.
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