Editor’s note: This was originally published on Slack’s engineering blog. At Slack, we’ve long been conservative technologists. In other words, when we invest in leveraging a new category of infrastructure, we do it rigorously. We’ve done this since we debuted machine learning-powered features in 2016, and we’ve developed a robust process and skilled team in the space.

If there’s one thing that both employees and employers agree with, it’s that time tracking is an extremely tedious process. To make the process easier, download the three free employee timesheet templates in MS excel, Google Sheets, MS Word or PDF formats given in this article. You can also use an automated time tracking tool instead of filling out spreadsheets or PDFs manually.

In December 1921, industrial psychologists Lillian Gilbreth and Frank Bunker Gilbreth presented a new model for problem solving to the American Society of Mechanical Engineers in New York City. Their “process chart” — known today as a flowchart — is a method of visualizing a process in order to improve it.

Are you looking to optimize attendance monitoring via attendance tracking software? Then, look no further. Here, you will find the most comprehensive and complete guide to tracking attendance using dedicated software. Using a good attendance tracker for employees will ensure that there are no manual entry errors or other issues. We will cover all of this and more in today’s post.

Currently, all US businesses must track the time of all non-exempt employees and keep those records for 2 years to comply with FLSA, thus avoiding unexpected and costly wage and hour lawsuits. In terms of the FLSA, these are some of the most important things every employer and employee should know about complying with the DOL’s FLSA timekeeping.

If you work in a fast-paced business, it’s not hard to see why real-time analytics might be valuable. Being able to analyze live (or near-live) data can help you and your team react faster, and make more informed decisions in the moment. Setting up analytics and reporting systems always has the potential to cause a headache – this is especially true when it comes to working with real-time data.

Are you struggling to find ways to be productive? You’re not alone. Productivity is something that most people struggle with at some point or another. But don’t worry – you can do several activities and strategies to be more productive in your day-to-day life. This guide will get you more out of your day by setting achievable goals, organizing your time and workspace, and using productivity tools and techniques. Let’s get started!

The way companies track and manage workforce productivity is changing. The change is more frequent for companies with teams working from home or in different places. The tools and methods used before to track productivity do not work well now. Most businesses are switching to web-based trackers for productivity monitoring. Many business leaders feel pressure from management to make teams more productive. A report says 71% of business leaders feel this pressure.

For non-developers, AI can seem like a black box. The concept of AI prompting sends a chill down our spines, especially when we’re bombarded with complicated examples and techniques. Multi-agent prompting? Prompt chaining? ReAct prompting? Sounds too much like the CompSci 101 course we failed in college. But according to Ethan DeWaal, Asana’s AI Program Manager, AI prompting doesn’t have to be complicated.

We recently heard from some in the Slack community that our published privacy principles weren’t clear enough and could create misunderstandings about how we use customer data in Slack. We value the feedback, and as we looked at the language on our website, we realised that they were right. We could have done a better job of explaining our approach, especially regarding the differences in how data is used for traditional machine learning (ML) models and in generative AI.