March 18, 2014 : The fact that the time clock is being phased out shouldn't be a surprise, according to Jason Averbook, chief business innovation officer at cloud consultancy Appirio in San Francisco. "The time clock needs to die a slow death. It's very similar to what happened to the rotary phone," he said. While the employee time clock might not go the way of the dinosaur quite yet, its usefulness could be winding down in light of next-generation time and attendance software, according to experts.