---
title: "Blog"
url: "https://www.gemploy.com/blog"
description: "News and insights from Gemploy: product updates, notes from customers and views on HR in small teams."
language: en
---

Blog

# News and insights

Product updates, notes from customers and now and then an opinion, newest first.

[![Separate time tracking spreadsheets for each employee, with one wrong entry highlighted in red and a clock in front.](https://www.gemploy.com/_astro/54857b9ce8b9ae96.gYA6-Jfn_Ffg60.png)](https://www.gemploy.com/blog/excel-time-tracking): small-business12 October 2026 Is Excel good for time tracking? Splurging on HR tools isn't typically high on the priority list, nor is it in the early founder budget when starting a business. This is often why small companies log their employees' working hours and vacations in the simplest and most affordable tool: Excel. 4 min read

[![Cards for employee records, time tracking, documents and payroll numbers flow into one app window on a dark green background.](https://www.gemploy.com/_astro/9e51c0e817fd5ded.BhEdWbgg_ZnMk0p.png)](https://www.gemploy.com/blog/hr-for-small-business): small-business29 September 2026 HR for small business: What you actually need Strip away the job title, and HR for a small company comes down to a handful of concrete tasks. Early on in the business, you need a place to  track these things so it doesn’t depend on memory or emails. 3 min read