IT & startups · in depth

Attendance, leave and payroll for IT companies and startups

Flexible hours, work-from-home days and a team that expects to do everything from their phone. Timeion gives HR the policy control and employees the self-service.

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Attendance and payroll software for IT & startups

Typical setup

Hybrid / WFH · flexible hours · self-service app

What goes wrong today

The three problems we hear from it & startups

01

Nobody punches at 9

Teams start between 8 and 11 and finish when the work is done. A fixed-shift system marks half of them late every day.

02

WFH in a WhatsApp group

Work-from-home approvals live in chat; by month end HR cannot tell a WFH day from an absence.

03

Leave balance as a spreadsheet

Carry-forward, encashment and the new joiner's pro-rata leave are calculated by hand, and questioned every appraisal cycle.

A typical day

One day at a software company, counted correctly

Every row is a different rule. Timeion counts each one by its own shift — including the ones that cross midnight.

12am4am8am12pm4pm8pm12amEngineeringFlexible · any 9 hoursWFHApproved WFH · web check-inSupport2pm – 11pm rotaOfficeAdmin & financeA hybrid team: hours-based windows, a WFH day and a support rota that runs late.
How we set it up

Timeion, configured for it & startups

Same engine as every other customer. These are the rules, devices and pay components we switch on for you.

Devices & punching

  • Staff app and web check-in, biometric optional
  • Geo-fence for the office, none for WFH days
  • Device binding so one phone equals one employee
  • Self-service KYC and bank details

Shifts & attendance rules

  • Hours-based shifts with a daily target
  • WFH, on-duty and permission requests with approval
  • Support rotas by week
  • Late and short-day flags instead of hard LOP

Pay & compliance

  • Monthly payroll with TDS and PF
  • Reimbursements and variable pay components
  • Leave accrual, carry-forward and encashment rules
  • Payslips and Form 16 data from the same run
FAQ

Questions from it & startups

Can we run flexible hours without marking people late?
Yes. An hours-based shift measures the day against a target, so arriving at 10:30 is fine as long as the hours are completed. Shortfalls are flagged, not punished automatically.
How do work-from-home days work?
Employees request WFH in the app, a manager approves, and the day is counted on web check-in without a geo-fence. HR sees WFH, present and absent as separate figures.
Does leave carry forward and encash automatically?
Yes. Each leave type has its own accrual, carry-forward cap, expiry and encashment rule, applied by the engine every month or year.
Do we need any hardware?
No. Most IT teams run entirely on the staff app and web check-in. A face terminal can be added for the office later.
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