Why Overworking Is Detrimental To Productivity

Why Overworking Is Detrimental To Productivity
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People aren’t machines. When someone works twice as long as they usually do in a day, that doesn’t mean they get twice as much work done.

In fact, when someone is overworked, their work starts to suffer. Not only does overwork make an employee less productive – it makes them more likely to make mistakes as well, which can upset your customers, add to your expenses, and create more work. Also, overworking an employee takes a toll on their mental and physical health. This often leads to them seeking a job somewhere else.

But don’t worry! You can increase productivity without overworking your employees. All you need is a route planner with GPS tracking.

Save Time, Improve Efficiency, And Make More Money

A route planner saves time for everyone on your team.

It can reduce the amount of time it takes to plan routes by up to 90%. You see, route planning is complicated. In addition to figuring out directions, you must account for traffic, weather, construction, and many other factors.

Doing this manually takes hours. But with a route planner, you can plan optimal routes in less than 30 seconds. You just need to plug in the addresses, set the constraints, and then you’re good to go.

A route planner also reduces the amount of time it takes for your field employees to visit all their stops. There are two ways for you to benefit from this: you could cut their hours to lower your payroll expenses, or you could keep their hours the same and add more stops to their routes. Either way, you’ll increase your profit margin.

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Spread Your Workload As Evenly As Possible

You don’t want your field employees to be overworked, but you don’t want them to be underworked, either. In that case, part of the time you’re paying for would be spent doing nothing.

Another benefit to using a route planner is that it makes balancing the workload between your field employees much easier.

Just like planning a route for an individual employee, this process can take hours to do manually. With a route planner, though, all you need to do is plug in the locations of your customers and the number of field employees you have to see how you should use your resources. It’s automatic.

So, are there any other ways you can think of that overworking affects your business? Do you have any questions about this article? Feel free to let us know in the comments section below.

Finally, answering the following three questions correctly will confirm that you understand how using a route planner with GPS tracking improves productivity:

  1. How does overworking employees hurt a business?
  2. Does underworking employees help or hurt a business?
  3. How long does it take to plan routes using a route planner with GPS tracking?
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Whether you want to slash the time it takes you to plan routes for your drivers, increase the number of stops they can make, or keep your customers satisfied knowing that your drivers show up on time… Route4Me helps you achieve that!

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About author: Rahul Dasgupta

Rahul Dasgupta is a content writer with over 20 years of work experience. He holds a master’s degree in computer science and has written thousands of blog posts on route planning and scheduling, making it easy for readers to learn about these complex topics. Rahul enjoys playing tennis in his spare time and loves cuddling with his pet labrador Shinu. Rahul is a big fan of Roger Federer, Messi, and Bill Gates - he admires their drive to be the best at what they do and their philanthropic efforts.

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