Are Your Employees Doing
Side Jobs on the Clock?

When your work trucks leave the yard in the morning, most of what happens next is out of sight. The majority of employees put in an honest day. But when a company vehicle gets used for side jobs, personal errands, or long unplanned stops on the clock, the owner is the one paying for it.

That cost shows up in fuel, wear on the vehicle, and hours on the payroll that didn’t go toward your customers. A GPS tracker gives you a clear view of how your company vehicles are actually used during the workday.

See Where Every Work Hour Goes

With GPS tracking, each company vehicle leaves a record of its day. You can see every stop it made, how long it stayed at each one, and the route it took between them.
Compare that against the day’s schedule and anything off-plan stands out quickly. A truck parked at an unfamiliar address for two hours, a route that wanders far from the work orders, or a vehicle that keeps visiting the same location that isn’t a customer are all easy to spot.

You don’t have to comb through reports to find out weeks later. Alerts tell you when something looks off, so you can follow up the same day.

  • Geofence alerts: draw a boundary around your job sites or service area and get notified when a vehicle leaves it
  • After-hours alerts: know when a company truck moves on nights or weekends
  • Idle reports: spot vehicles sitting with the engine running instead of working

Facts Make the Conversation Fair

Tracking isn’t just about catching problems. It replaces suspicion with a record, and that’s better for everyone on your team. When something doesn’t add up, you can sit down with an employee and talk through what the data shows instead of what you assume. When your best crews are doing everything right, the same record backs them up. And with an accurate picture of where vehicles spent the day, billing and payroll match the work that actually got done. The focus here is company vehicles during work hours. That’s where the cost to your business is, and it keeps tracking clearly tied to the job.