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It's time to talk about a dirty little work secret many of us are hiding 🙊 Every day, millions of us sit down in front of our desks, fire up our laptops and gorge on junk — or more specifically — 𝗣𝗿𝗼𝗱𝘂𝗰𝘁𝗶𝘃𝗶𝘁𝘆 𝗝𝘂𝗻𝗸 𝗙𝗼𝗼𝗱. We mean tasks that fill up the calendar — sending that email or writing out a report — that give us a quick dopamine hit. It is also proof of how damn busy we all are... doing 𝘀𝘁𝘂𝗳𝗳. The problem is, this work is rarely meaningful to the business. More importantly, it doesn't drive results. This week's 🕝 On The Clock talks about how to overcome our obsession with 𝗣𝗿𝗼𝗱𝘂𝗰𝘁𝗶𝘃𝗶𝘁𝘆 𝗝𝘂𝗻𝗸 𝗙𝗼𝗼𝗱 👇

Thanks to TikTok, we’ve been trying a not-so-new productivity mode over here at Toggl: 𝗠𝗼𝗻𝗸 𝗠𝗼𝗱𝗲 🧘 It’s been around for about 20 years — a strategy for regaining focus, preventing burnout, saving mental health, and getting things done. Link on how to activate 𝗠𝗼𝗻𝗸 𝗠𝗼𝗱𝗲 in comments 👇

𝗥𝗲𝗳𝗹𝗲𝗰𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗼𝗻 𝗧𝗼𝗴𝗴𝗹'𝘀 𝗺𝗲𝗲𝘁𝘂𝗽 𝗶𝗻 𝗕𝗲𝗹𝗴𝗿𝗮𝗱𝗲 𝗹𝗮𝘀𝘁 𝘄𝗲𝗲𝗸 🇷🇸 For us, it was a time to look back on everything we have achieved in 2024 so far, and start building out our plans for 2025. Once again, departments participated (quite fiercely 😳) in another full-day Hackathon, where we continued Toggl's mission to build the world’s best productivity software. The week was also another great reminder that while 𝘄𝗲 💗 𝗿𝗲𝗺𝗼𝘁𝗲 𝘄𝗼𝗿𝗸, meetups are the perfect chance for our team to discuss those 𝗯𝗶𝗴 ideas in person. The discussions happened during huddles at our coworking space. They happened over breakfast at our hotel. They even happened during karaoke and paintball 🗣️ One thing is for sure… Big things are coming from Toggl in 2025. 𝗪𝗮𝘁𝗰𝗵 𝘁𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝘀𝗽𝗮𝗰𝗲 😏 #remoteworking #productivity

Things we love to see: Toggl users hitting Goals 🥅 We recently launched Goals to help you beat distraction and stay focused. Here is a quick run down on how to set them up 👉 https://lnkd.in/eyiempQT

Why wait for candidates to come to you when you can take the reins? 🤔 We're talking about 𝗿𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗿𝘀𝗲 𝗿𝗲𝗰𝗿𝘂𝗶𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴 — a strategy where employers proactively find and reach out to potential candidates before they apply for a job. In this week's blog, Mile Živković walked through the practical steps of how to use reverse recruitment to innovate your hiring process. Link below 👇

We don't know who needs to hear this but burnout shouldn't be something we accept. Not as employees. And especially not as employers. Employees with burnout have more sick days, their work suffers, and they struggle to perform. Research shows when their burnout reaches boiling point, they look for another job. In our most recent volume of 🕜 𝗢𝗻 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗖𝗹𝗼𝗰𝗸, we look at how time constraints in the workplace — along with prioritizing other people’s needs above our own workloads — is a major driver of burnout. And we pose a big question to our readers: If we were more comfortable with saying no, could we crush burnout and increase our productivity? 🤔 

🚨 Do you know what the warning signs of time theft are? Whether its false data entries or inflated work hours, occupational fraud like time theft is an unfortunate reality that costs US businesses around 5% of revenue every year. Companies that don’t have accurate timekeeping practices open the door to timesheet fraud. But time theft 𝗰𝗮𝗻 𝗯𝗲 𝘀𝘁𝗼𝗽𝗽𝗲𝗱—if you know what to look for. We put together this snackable guide on how to detect timesheet fraud and prevent it with the right tools 👉  https://hubs.ly/Q02T1qZd0

𝘛𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘧𝘦𝘦𝘭𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘸𝘩𝘦𝘯 𝘸𝘦 𝘳𝘦𝘭𝘦𝘢𝘴𝘦 𝘢 𝘯𝘦𝘸 𝘧𝘦𝘢𝘵𝘶𝘳𝘦 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘸𝘩𝘰𝘭𝘦 𝘵𝘦𝘢𝘮 𝘪𝘴 𝘣𝘶𝘻𝘻𝘪𝘯𝘨 😌 Well uhhh... when 𝗮𝘂𝘁𝗼-𝘁𝗿𝗮𝗰𝗸𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗰𝗮𝗹𝗲𝗻𝗱𝗮𝗿 𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗻𝘁𝘀 can automatically convert your calendar events into time entries without any extra clicks, what's not to get excited about? 😍

The traditional hiring playbook focuses on soft skills—but we think it’s time to look at 𝗽𝗼𝘄𝗲𝗿 𝘀𝗸𝗶𝗹𝗹𝘀 instead ⚡ This week's blog breaks down why focusing on power skills can help companies make smarter hires in digital-first environments 👉  https://hubs.ly/Q02T1lqH0