Employee monitoring
Monitoring that follows the person, not the PC.
Active and idle time, the apps and sites in use, and screenshots on the desktop agent — consent-based, attributed to whoever signed in, and honest about being on.
- Consent-based
- Per person on shared PCs
- Inside the workspace
In short
SimplCRM includes consent-based employee monitoring: a desktop agent records active and idle time, the applications and websites used, and periodic screenshots on the computers where a workspace turns it on. Activity is attributed to the person signed in rather than to the machine, so a shared PC counts each person’s time as their own, and the review screens that read it stay inside the CRM workspace.
A day, read back
Active against idle, the applications and sites that filled it, and the screenshots behind the numbers.
- Consent
On, and said to be on
The person knows the agent is running. Monitoring is a workspace decision about work machines and work time, not something slipped in behind the wallpaper.
- Per person
The login, not the laptop
On a shared computer the day is split by who was signed in to SimplCRM, so one machine’s hours are not one anonymous smear across three people.
- Hard Lock
Sign out, and it locks
For shared desks, the computer is tied to a login: signing out locks it and closes the session, so activity is always attributable to a named person.
What a manager sees, and what a person should know
How is time attributed on a shared PC?
By the SimplCRM session. The agent asks who is signed in and books the active time, the apps and the screenshots under that person. When they sign out, their session ends and the machine is free for the next login, whose activity begins under their own name. A day on a shared computer becomes three readable days rather than one that belongs to nobody.
Is it hidden from the person being monitored?
No, and deliberately so. The agent is installed with the person’s knowledge, monitoring is a stated workspace policy, and the point is a fair record of work activity, not surveillance by stealth. A monitoring tool that has to hide to work is solving the wrong problem.
What does the review screen show?
A person’s day: active and idle time, a ranked list of the applications and websites they used and for how long, and the screenshots captured across the period. A manager reads it to understand where a day went, not to count keystrokes. The figures answer “was this a working day” rather than pretending to measure productivity to the minute.
Does the agent start itself and behave?
It starts with the machine, signs out cleanly when the person does, and offers a switch-user tray so a shared desk moves between people without a restart. These are the unglamorous things that decide whether a monitoring agent is actually usable day to day or quietly uninstalled by week two.
FAQ
Questions people ask
What does SimplCRM monitor, and with consent?
On computers where it is turned on, a desktop agent records active and idle time, the applications and websites used, and periodic screenshots. It is consent-based: the person is told it is running, monitoring is a workspace decision rather than something hidden, and it covers work time on work machines.
Does it follow the machine or the person?
The person. Activity is attributed to whoever is signed in to SimplCRM on that computer, so on a shared PC each person’s time is their own rather than the machine’s. Sign out and your session’s monitoring stops; the next person’s begins under their name.
What is Hard Lock?
A mode for shared computers where the desktop is tied to a SimplCRM login: the machine is monitored under the person who is signed in, and signing out locks it. It stops one shared login from turning a day’s activity into an unattributable blur.
Where does the data go?
Into review screens a manager reads — a day’s active and idle time, the top applications and sites, and the screenshots for a period. It is business monitoring of work activity, kept inside the workspace, not sent anywhere else.
Questions from your team, or your lawyer?
Ask us how consent, attribution and Hard Lock work before you roll it out. We would rather answer first.