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An office attendance system with nothing to touch at reception

An office attendance system should be invisible. Most are not — there is a machine at reception, a small queue at 9:30, and a monthly ritual of fixing missed punches before payroll. PGAK removes the device entirely: the camera already covering your entrance recognises staff as they walk in, writes a photo-backed record, and passes hours straight through to payroll.

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No device
nothing at reception to touch or maintain
Photo-backed
every entry carries its frame
Minute
to enrol a new joiner from a phone
Payroll-ready
hours flow through without retyping

Sound familiar?

A visible punching machine at reception that sets the tone for every visitor who walks past it.
Missed punches discovered on payroll day, corrected from memory.
Staff who forget their card, or share it.
Hybrid and field staff whose attendance nobody can reconcile.
An attendance tool and a payroll tool that never quite agree.

Why offices outgrow the punching machine

Office attendance is rarely a queue problem — it is an accuracy and admin problem. The machine records punches; it does not record intent, exceptions, or who was actually in the building. Everything between the punch and payroll is done by a person, and that is where the errors live.

Missed punches become memory work

Every forgotten punch is reconstructed weeks later by someone guessing. A photo-backed log removes the guessing.

Cards get shared, faces do not

Card-based systems record the card, not the person. Recognition records the person and stores the frame.

The machine is a bad first impression

A reception with a queue at a beige box is a small thing that says something about the company to every candidate and client walking through it.

What replaces it

The entrance camera you already have. Staff walk in normally, the log fills itself, and exceptions surface for review rather than being silently wrong.

Enrol from a phone in a minute

No enrolment desk, no cards to print or replace.

Exceptions flagged, not buried

An unrecognised entry is raised for an admin to resolve while the memory is fresh, not on payroll day.

Straight into shifts and payroll

Late marks, half days and overtime derive from the same log, so the number that reaches payroll was never retyped.

Where an office needs to be careful

Offices are the easiest environment for recognition — controlled lighting, a single main entrance, faces at a predictable height — but they are also the environment where privacy expectations are highest. Under the DPDP Act, staff must be told what is collected and why, and retention should match payroll need. We recommend publishing that notice at rollout; it takes an afternoon and prevents every later objection.

office attendance system — common questions

What is the best attendance system for an office?

For most offices, software on the existing entrance camera beats a wall-mounted machine — it removes the reception queue, cannot be shared like a card, and produces a photo-backed record that ends payroll-day disputes. A conventional machine remains perfectly adequate for very small teams with one door.

How much does an office attendance machine cost versus this?

Office attendance machines commonly list between Rs 6,000 and Rs 15,000 per door, plus installation, attendance software and annual maintenance. Camera-based attendance has no per-door hardware at all; it is billed per camera per month and quoted per site.

Can it handle hybrid or field staff?

On-site presence is captured automatically by the entrance camera. Field and hybrid staff are handled through the mobile app rather than the camera, so both populations end up in one attendance record.

What happens when someone is not recognised?

The entry is flagged as an exception for an admin to confirm, and the enrolment photo can be improved at the same time. A miss costs a tap, not a wrong payslip.

Is face-based office attendance legal in India?

Yes, with disclosure and consent. Facial data is personal data under the DPDP Act, so employees must be told what is collected, why, and how long it is retained — a short internal notice at rollout covers the requirement.

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