Automating Tools May Help Reduce Burnout, Cracking, and Stagnation for Workers

Many Americans report losing their drive at work, and a large assortment of reasons are at root. Some common reasons given for worker disengagement include: too heavy of a workload or unequal distribution of work, too few career advancement opportunities, growing disinterest in projects, lack of appreciation, toxic workplace culture, and mounting financial stresses.

When work feels like it’s become too monotonous, repetitive, or unrewarding, people can become unmotivated and all aspects of their projects can suffer. Bookkeeping and financial management serve important functions for any successful businesses, though they don’t always feel like vital or rewarding functions to all workers. Automating tools reduce a lot of the repetitive tasks while also improving accuracy and enhancing efficiency in the bookkeeping, payment, and payroll processes; they also free up workers’ time so that they can focus on tasks that they perceive as more engaging or central to their interests and career advancement.

Millions of small businesses have fewer than ten employees, and many have no employees at all, which means that the majority of the workload and the responsibilities fall on the shoulders of only a single person or handful of people. Enhancing office efficiency can go a long way toward reducing the number of repetitive tasks that need to be completed; it also helps free up energy that can then be directed toward more rewarding or stimulating pursuits.

Online check printing frees up time and energy, reducing stagnation and burnout

Online check printing and mailing adds efficiency and frees up worker energy by:

Allowing delegation and workload sharing

Reduce the work put on one person—and the possibility of burnout—by utilizing cloud-based, online tools that allow access among multiple users while still providing real-time updates. Checkeeper offers user permission settings that allow the workload to be shared among team members, multiple owners, or remote bookkeepers. Add the names and email addresses of users you wish to authorize, and Checkeeper will email them instructions for secure account set up. Reports run in Checkeeper will list the authorized user for each check created, ensuring maximum transparency and accountability. User permissions can be set to authorize only designated features and the permission settings can be changed, expanded or revoked at any time.

Streamlining the payment process

Linking Checkeeper to other accounting and payroll services makes issuing and recording payments a smoother, more streamlined process. Checkeeper integrates with QuickBooks Online and FreshBooks so that expenses paid by check can be recorded, updated, and categorized automatically. Checkeeper integrates Gusto, Patriot, and Square, as well, offering a custom check option to other payroll payment methods. Linking Checkeeper to Odoo or Xero allows data from unpaid invoices to be converted directly into check payments for faster, more accurate payments with less paperwork.

Reducing errors

Manual data entry in check registries and financial ledgers leads to common errors, including omitted or duplicated entries, transposed numbers, and incorrectly recorded amounts, dates, and payee names. Online check printing automates the recording of check data to make the process more accurate and to alleviate the time (and expense) required later to fix bookkeeping errors and correct payment processing mistakes.

Offering mailing services that do it all for you

Maximize time and efficiency by outsourcing the check printing and mailing to Checkeeper. Import your checks, or upload an entire file containing data for many checks at once, and Checkeeper does the rest. Choose the priority delivery speed and tracking option that suits your payment needs, and your check payments can be printed and in the mail to the designated address within the day. Checkeeper provides all the printing and mailing supplies—and records the data for you in your online registry—so that time and supplies are not required from users. Have a high-volume check order that needs to go out promptly? Checkeeper also handles high-volume check printing and mailing, as well as complete payroll printing and mailing for busy offices.