EP170: Kreg MacPhee & Bradley Rougeau - Why Time Tracking Is Vital For Your Efficiency

Ad Read: Those good employees, one of the things I found is when they see other employees wasting time and taking long breaks, they actually get really frustrated with it. So they would get upset because, you know, they feel like the company isn't being managed well and they get frustrated with the other workers and the company itself and they actually lose interest in the work. And I think as all small business owners know, good employees are like gold. So you want to do whatever you can to keep them and keep them happy. And I actually found that it works really well to, help keep good employees happy and make sure that everybody's staying on path with what they'd like to do. You're listening to The Successful Bookkeeper with your host, Michael Palmer. Listen each week as inspiring guests share their secrets of success to help you increase your confidence, work smarter, and build a business you love. This episode of The The Successful Bookkeeper is brought to you by purebookkeeping.com, the proven system to grow your bookkeeping business. Welcome to The Successful Bookkeeper Podcast. I am your host, Michael Palmer, and today's show is going to be a good one. Our guests are the co-founders of a streamlined time tracking and payroll system called Payticker. Craig McPhee and Brad Brouzeau, welcome to the show. Thanks for having us. Good morning. Thanks. Yeah, it's great to have you. And, uh, we met at a conference, the Institute of Professional Bookkeepers of Canada, actually, uh, a couple of weeks ago. And I absolutely loved your story of the business and how you generated your business. And so I'm looking forward to sharing that with the audience today. So I'd love for you to first share how you met, uh, and how you ended up leading Payticker.

Yeah, for sure. So Brad and I met in university. We were both studying computer science here at the University of Calgary. When we met, well, we were probably our second year, and then shortly after that, I started a landscaping company. So before I'd even graduated, I started this landscaping company and started working with that too. And then in the meantime, Brad did an internship, and then we both graduated in 2013 with our degree in computer science. And then after that, my company really started to grow, which was a great thing, but of course there's challenges with having multiple employees in different locations and stuff. So I started to look at solutions to keep track of employees and keep track of their