What Happened to Time Clock Machines?

You know, those old machines that print on paper time cards.

They still make them, but mostly in China.

They still sell them, but not nearly as many as they used to.

My guess is there will always be some kind of demand for them, as they do serve a useful purpose... They do track employee hours.

Pull it out of a box, plug it in, and place a timecard in a slot. Magical in a sense.

They give you instant gratification with every print, all you need is an AC outlet. Maybe not as fancy as time clock software, but a cheap way to get the job done.

So what happened?

We changed. We became a connected world via computers and phones.

Non-connected things tend to be sent out to pasture.