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Time Doctor Metrics for Hybrid Workforces

As workplaces start to reopen post-pandemic, many companies are struggling with the decision of how and where they will operate and how to set up their teams to be the most productive. A large number of companies are choosing to stay fully remote while a smaller portion are choosing to go back into the office full time.

How Implementing Employee Monitoring Software Can Deliver Meaningful Returns

Last year, Gartner estimated that 80% of companies would implement some form of employee-monitoring software, a noteworthy 50% increase in five years. I’m a vice president at an employee-monitoring provider, and the surge in software sales reflects a growing desire for companies of all sizes to achieve oversight in an increasingly digital environment.

What Are Shared Services? (Your Guide For 2021)

What are shared services? How does a shared service business model work? In this article, we will be breaking down everything you need to know about shared services. Are you trying to build a request-centric operations model that places an emphasis on simplified customer experience? We will be exploring the key benefits of adopting a shared services model. There has never been a better time to start exploring the consolidation of business operations.

The Mattermost server repo surpasses 20,000 stars on GitHub

In March 2021, the Mattermost server repository officially surpassed 20,000 stars on GitHub, and we couldn’t be more excited! Huge thanks to our community for their incredible support of the Mattermost open source project and their belief in the power of secure workplace messaging solutions built for developers by developers.

Customer Service Dashboard Inspiration: 5 Examples

Building a useful Customer Service dashboard can be bit of an art. Whilst it might be fairly straightforward to get the first version of a dashboard up and running for your support team, it can take a lot of trial and error to find out what information is useful to have on there, and take things to the next level. Getting it right is worth it though.

12 Best Alternatives to Timely [2021]

This web-based tool for tracking time and productivity is available for businesses of different sizes. The tool allows your team to streamline time entries with automated employee time tracking software. This desktop software is an alternative to Hubstaff and is available for Mac, Windows, and Linux. Employees can record their hours from anywhere with work proof using the desktop app. On the other hand, you can also review their work from a web-based dashboard.

Internal Communications Software Winner 2021

With the rise of remote work we are communicating online in more ways than ever, which is why ease of use and security have taken a front seat as many organizations grapple with maintaining productivity while protecting their data. The recognition comes as another accolade following the launch of our next-generation conferencing capability to scale and give customers better control of their data while supporting their workers' communication needs.

Big questions, big answers: What's top of mind for CX leaders in 2021

In late January 2021, CX executives and industry leaders gathered for an intimate conversation with CNN anchor Fareed Zakaria, author of 10 Lessons for a Post-Pandemic World, to discuss the challenges that business leaders currently face. Zakaria’s book spans political, socioeconomic, environmental, and public health considerations and shows us how business and world events are inextricably tied.

How we engineered an Activity Feeds solution at Freshworks

Freshworks is a multi-product SaaS company offering numerous products in the customer experience, ITSM and CRM space, including Freshdesk, Freshservice, Freshworks CRM and more products you can find on our website. As you might imagine, there are various capabilities like notifications and emails that each of these products must offer, instances where the technology involved is deep in terms of complexity. We would benefit as an engineering organization by solving them exactly once.

A Guide to Digital Transformation in Customer Support

In the business world, the necessity of successful digitization is becoming unavoidable, and there may be no area in which digital transformation is as important as customer support. Consumers have questions and problems, and they want them addressed immediately and on their own schedules. As a result, lots of companies are pouring resources into their digital transformation projects. Unfortunately, those efforts often fail due to a lack of planning or lack of employee buy-in.