Month: February 2022

You may get to hear many terms while you start planning a vacation. Now, what is the difference between a vacation leave and a PTO? Is it important? xTimesheet is here to clear your schedule and your doubts so that you can chill on the beach with a cocktail in your hand.

The term PTO refers to Paid Time Off, which means that an employee can take leave without any loss of pay. All the companies have different kinds of PTOs, and you must understand the norms of your company’s PTO before thinking about the beaches. In some companies, a PTO is referred to as the direct no of holidays that an employee can take in proportion to the extra time they have worked. However, in some, it is all about respect and trust where the employee is allowed to take any number of PTOs provided the organization’s work doesn’t get hampered.

Vacation leaves refer to the fact that you are taking days off for your Holiday. Now you may ask, then what is the difference? To get this straight, understand that a Vacation leave is a PTO, but a PTO is not always a vacation leave. Now that is confusing you even more? Well, you can take a PTO for Paternity leaves, Maternity leaves, Mental health days, or even health issues. But when you are taking a Vacation leave, it only means you are going on a holiday and nothing else.

In most companies, the first time you can ask for a PTO is after 6months of working in that very firm. PTO is a broad term that most companies are taking care of. So, vacation leave is appropriate once you decide to go on a vacation in the Maldives. PTO is for the weaker days of your life! xTimesheet tells you to carefully choose your leave days and keep something stored for the days you are low.

Having a good party for Christmas or the New Year at your office is very specific. But there may be some holiday workplace issues that may arise with these. Now, xTimesheet guides you through the process of how you’ll be able to navigate through them and what are the things you should keep in mind during this time. Without further ado, let’s get going!

Provide safe rides: After every party, make sure you keep safety in mind as an employer or the party organizer. Especially for women, when it becomes late at night, don’t let them go alone or book a cab. Instead, keep a handy car or two of them to drop your employees at their home safe and secured.

Limit the allowance of alcohol: Parties mean that people chill and indulge in some alcohol. But it would help if you always kept the limits in your hand. Don’t let a good party get ruined by someone drinking too much.

Keep Flexibility: In many companies, it so happens that the management and the HR keep most of the days of the holiday assigned to the employees to celebrate at the office. Don’t do so! Keep enough space for your employees to attend family celebrations and even kids’ school programs.

Reduce Workload: In the holiday season, keep the workload less and flexible so that there’s a chilled-out vibe in the office, rather than an up-tight situation of deadlines and meetings. In this way, employees can talk and spend some time together in a good holiday spirit.

Appreciate Employee contribution: Everybody loves appreciation. You may coordinate with the HR Team during this holiday season and organize a special employee contribution day. The Employer picks out the work that was/is best for a particular employee and congratulates them.

Rethink the Traditional party: Office parties always have a traditional process. Rethink those arenas and think of something happening and something that everyone will enjoy. Don’t host a conventional office party; instead, include some dress codes or themes to make it slightly different.

The Holiday season is the time of the year when everyone is in a festive mood. People laugh, talk, eat, and merry for this time of the year. I hope these ideas will help you sort out your office party or celebration in a good way. xTimesheet wishes you a happy holiday season!

The New Year is here, and thus the gifting season is all set to make a comeback. If you own a small business or are connected to one, you will understand the tension behind choosing the right gift for your clients and even employees. xTimesheet understands the struggle you go through, and that’s why we have five unique gifting ideas that you as a small business owner can use.

A Scented Candle: You might have a lot of things in your office, like a calendar a diary, but when you want to gift your client something as a souvenir that they will keep and remember, then go for these scented candles. These are extremely good and smell fantastic.

Lucky Bamboo Plants: When the question is gifting, go for some lucky bamboo plants, bringing great luck and good fortune to the person you are giving. These are small yet meaningful gifts.

A Dry flower Orchid: Flowers have this tendency to dry out the next day you gift someone a bouquet of exceptional roses. But a dry flower bouquet is impressive, as it doesn’t dry out or rotten for years. You can keep them in your office or home with ease.

A Flower Vase: When it’s New year, and you own a small business, as a governor, you can make a vase with your company’s name printed upon it and gift it to all the clients you have and even your employees. This will look elegant and smart for sure.

Coffee Mugs: If you are a traditional lover, then go for a fantastic coffee mug with your company’s name printed upon it and some promising new year message for the person you are gifting to. If possible, you can do it as a customized mug, different for each one of the clients.

These were some of the gifting ideas; we thought we would help you cut the cost and keep it minimal. xTimesheet wishes all a very Happy New Year and hopes your year goes well.

The New Year is here, and with every New Year, there come many new hopes, new opportunities, and many memories. At the start of each New Year, we humans tend to make resolutions that we break just after two weeks of January (just kidding! Some stay strict too). But the point is, have you ever thought of making a Work resolution for your upcoming year? If not, then xTimesheet has some of the best ideas for your New Year’s work-life resolutions. Here are the awesome five ideas curated for you!

Learn something every day: Make sure you have a point to learn anything small, big, huge, or massive each day. You can keep this as your everyday task to check what you know for that day and repeat the habit.

Have a positive attitude: We know it is challenging to keep a positive attitude, especially in a world full of negatives. But this new year, promise to yourself that every day when you wake up, you will repeat the positives of your life and start afresh.

Rethink your professional career: You might be working for yourself or a firm. But in 2022, make it a point to rethink how you can grow as an individual and in your career. Don’t settle for less just because it is easy to choose from. Tell yourself to achieve what is impossible and challenge to accomplish it.

Say NO to Office politics: We all face small or big office politics in our everyday lives. But your New Year resolution should be to stay away from all these back talks and office politics. We know it is not always in your hands, but try your best to avoid all the gossip and don’t become one of the topics for the same.

Eat Healthier at work: Once you are out of the office, you tend to grab that double-loaded cheeseburger for lunch or the waffles after work. Don’t make a place for your body to put a finger at you! Eat clean and healthy. You may make food and pack your lunch at times, but eat anything and everything healthy for your body..

In 2021, every one of us understood the real meaning of “Health is wealth, ” so xTimesheet would like all our followers to keep an eye on the diet and habits along with the movement you do for the day. Anything against your body will create a massive mess in the future. Don’t pursue anything that harms your body. Until next time, we are signing off by wishing you a Happy New Year!