Payroll & HR: Can't clock in and out properly
Users are frustrated with the app's poor performance, including slow loading times and frequent glitches that hinder their ability to clock in and out effectively. This leads to significant issues with attendance tracking and overall dissatisfaction with the payroll system.
6 people in 6 posts across 1 source · demand low, pain low, competition moderate
The pain
shares of 6 quoted postsWhat goes wrong, and for whom
- Who
- 6 people using Paycom, QuickBooks Workforce and UKG Pro
- What goes wrong
- Not classified into a failure type — read the posts below.
- How bad
- 100% of posts are complaints · pain score low (36/100)
- Since
- 26 Jul 2026 → 12 Sept 2026
Is this a startup idea?
Not directly. These are complaints about a product or service people already use — the fix belongs first to that provider.
- Complaints are about
- Paycom, QuickBooks Workforce and UKG Pro
- Looking for something else
- 0% want an alternative · 0% ask the provider for a feature
- What the numbers say
- Almost nobody is looking for a different product — people want this provider to fix it, not a new option.
The pain — what people say
Their asks, who is writing, and the posts themselves
People are asking for
In their own words — asks pulled from the evidence, most-repeated first
“I hate this app I wish I could clock in on a potato”
What people were doing
Every post behind this page, by what its author was doing — and when each one was written
- Complaint6100%
Sources
6 signals · 1 sources
Evidence
Raw public posts behind this opportunity — click through to the original
Paycom — I hate this app I hate this app I wish I could clock in on a potato
Wishes it existedStrong complaintQuickBooks Workforce — Buggy Constantly buggy lately. Can’t add a timesheet without getting a prompt saying “info didn’t load” or “refresh.” Really annoying please fix!
FrustratedPaycom — AI SLOP This app is used by broke companies that are to poor to afford actual pay roll companies glitches locks you out of the account takes two minuets to open you’ll always be late unless you clock in early to wait for this garbage app to load. And why do I have to approve my pack check I clocked the hours…
QuickBooks Workforce — Not letting me clock in — It’s annoying Can’t clock in and clock out
FrustratedUKG Pro — devs think usability is optional this app's loading times are ridiculously slow and it has cost me many attendance deviations at work that were unavoidable
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Why did it move?
Score unchanged at 33.7 · 23 Sept 2026, 20:00 → 21:15 UTC
How the score was measured39 measured values behind the seven sub-scores · each shows the value, then the points it earned out of 100Show ↓Hide ↑
Questions about this idea
- Is Payroll & HR: Can't clock in and out properly a startup idea?
- Not directly. These are complaints about a product or service people already use, and the fix belongs first to that provider. The page shows what is frustrating users and how badly — not an open market to start a company in.
- How many people have this problem?
- 6 different people described it independently, in 6 mentions, the earliest from 26 Jul 2026 and the most recent from 12 Sept 2026. The quotes, with dates and links to the originals, are in the Evidence section.
- Is this problem getting worse?
- Current status: stable — mentioned at a steady rate. Momentum is 50/100, measured as how often it is mentioned recently compared with before.
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Discussion
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