Six Million Plus and Counting on Another Failed System

Another one of Governor Robert Bentley’s bright ideas to help bring the State into the “digital-age” is crumbling, as the time and attendance software known as eSTART was abandoned by the Department of Human Resources (DHR).

A recent memo from the DHR alerted staff that, ‘the use of e-START, the Time and Attendance System effective November 1, 2016, is [prohibited] until further notice.’

DHR joins a long list of State Agencies that dumped the system or refused to implement it altogether.

eSTART is the State’s name for the Kronos time and attendance program that, according to the company’s website: “makes easy work of the tedious tasks involved with monitoring employee time and attendance. Simplified time-tracking software working in tandem with our data collection devices helps you control labor costs, minimize compliance risk, and improve workforce productivity without breaking a sweat.”

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[font color=330099]It's definitely a problem that I understand. At one point at one employer I had to reconcile three different systems for tracking my time working on various projects and charging them to the correct accounts. I spent about 20% of my time having to enter data into multiple systems and of course there was no way that I could enter the time spent doing those reconciliations in order to charge a client for my time spent. Therefore, I would have to stay late at work in order to catch up on the time I spent doing the time card and project worksheet reconciliations.[/font]