Transparent, dependable timekeeping engineered for independent operators and floor teams.
Our Mission
Small business operators face an ongoing dilemma when managing shift labor. On one side are manual, paper-based punch cards and honor-system clipboards that invite buddy punching, calculation errors, and contentious payroll audits. On the other side sit enterprise SaaS platforms with predatory per-employee monthly fees, multi-year contracts, and fragile proprietary time clock hardware that costs hundreds of dollars to replace.
Team Clock Pro was founded to provide a dependable, honest middle ground.
Our mission is to equip independent restaurants, local retail shops, medical practices, and light manufacturing workshops with enterprise-grade punch clock accuracy—without the enterprise overhead. We believe that tracking workplace hours should be straightforward, tamper-proof, and affordable for the business owner, while remaining respectful, fast, and frictionless for the team on the floor.
Why We Built on Backdrop CMS
Most modern timekeeping tools are locked inside proprietary black boxes. If their service experiences an outage or changes pricing terms, business operations are disrupted.
Team Clock Pro takes a fundamentally different architectural path:
- Open-Source Stability: Powered by Backdrop CMS, our platform runs on a robust, community-backed architecture designed for longevity, speed, and long-term sustainability.
- Data Ownership & Privacy: We believe your payroll figures, employee wage profiles, and audit photos belong to you. Our LEMP-hardened environment isolates operational data, storing sensitive audit snapshots in secure, private directories rather than public cloud buckets.
- Hardware Independence: Proprietary biometric terminals break down under busy workplace conditions. Team Clock Pro works across standard, cost-effective consumer tablets—including iOS iPads, Android tablets, and Amazon Fire HD devices—allowing teams to be up and running in 15 minutes without specialized hardware leases.
Our Core Values
1. Precision Without Friction
Every second spent waiting at a time clock creates a bottleneck during shift changes. We design our interfaces with touch-friendly, high-contrast controls for 4-digit PIN entry and one-tap department switching. Clocking in or out takes less than three seconds.
2. Integrity and Mutual Respect
Stopping "buddy punching" should not require invasive biometric fingerprint scans, facial-geometry harvesting, or GPS surveillance apps installed on employees' personal phones. Team Clock Pro relies on an honest visual check: an automated front-facing camera snapshot captured only at the exact instant of the punch. It protects payroll margins while preserving worker dignity and privacy.
3. Built for Operational Realities
Workplaces are dynamic. A team member might prep in the kitchen at one hourly wage and work waitstaff during lunch rush at another. Staff forget to clock back in after lunch, and state labor laws require verified 30-minute meal break enforcement. We engineer software around actual workplace workflows: dynamic multi-department wage reporting, server-locked timestamps, and structured manager-approval queues for timesheet adjustments.
Built for Teams of All Sizes
Whether you are running a single-location bakery with five staff members or managing a multi-department restaurant group across multiple tablet stations, Team Clock Pro adapts to your workflow.
- Explore Our Features — See how front-camera verification, break compliance, and multi-wage tracking work.
- How It Works — Review our 15-minute tablet setup guide and hardware recommendations.
- Get in Touch — Have questions about deploying Team Clock Pro for your facility? Talk to our team.