What Are My Drivers Really Doing? How GPS Tracking Solves That Riddle

Did you know that GPS tracking can help your business? Most employees actually only spend half their time on the clock working. In 2014, the market research firm Harris Interactive surveyed 2,000 office employees and asked them about their work habits. They found that the average employee only spends 45% of their time at work actually working.

Do you want half your payroll dollars to go to waste? Knowing where your drivers are at all times provides many business benefits. This is especially important since payroll is likely one of your biggest expenses, if not your absolute biggest expense.

Luckily, there’s something you can do about this. Knowing where your drivers are at all times provides many business benefits. Employees slacking off is an especially big problem for courier companies, food delivery services, and other businesses that send their employees out in the field unsupervised.

How do you know your employees are really working when you can’t even physically see them? GPS tracking is how. This technology always you to check in on what employees are up to, even when they’re nowhere near you. GPS tracking provides many benefits to your business. It helps you analyze driving time, fuel costs, and other factors related to your business operations. When customers want to check in on their order, they can see exactly where it is. Drivers are less likely to slack off when they know they’re being watched.

Trust, but verify. How do you track your drivers? It’s not that complicated. GPS tracking software may sound high-tech and confusing, but it’s actually pretty easy to use. With Route4Me, all your drivers need to do is to download our app to their phones. Then you can view everything they do from your office computer. If your drivers use a smartphone regularly, as most people in modern society do, then they’ve already used GPS tracking.

About author: Dominic Walker

Dominic Walker works as a content marketer as part of Route4Me’s worldwide remote workforce. A teacher of over 15 years, Dom knows how to break complex ideas down to the very basics and explain them in a digestible way. He loves answering questions, so if you’re wondering about route optimization, jazz guitar, or how to land a fat bass, Dom is your guy.