# Check in and check out

![Check in and check out](/files/help/employee-check-in.mp4 "Check in from employee home.")

On the employee portal home, check in when you start and check out when you leave. A failed request is not saved.

1. Open **Employee Portal**, then **Home**.
2. Under Time clock, choose **Check in**.
3. When you leave, choose **Check out**.

## What you should see

After check-in, the chip says Checked in at with a time, the button changes to **Check out**, and a Checked in confirmation appears.

After check-out, the chip says Checked out at with a time, **Check in** is available again, and a Checked out confirmation appears.

The day line can still say you are not scheduled. When you are checked in with no shift that day, the line can read Checked in · not scheduled today. That line is the shift, not the punch.

## If something looks wrong

If the button says **Check out**, you are already checked in.

If you are offline, the page says a punch is saved only after this page can reach SmoothHiring. Try again when you are back online.

If the shift already ended and you are still checked in, the day can say Ended · still checked in until you choose **Check out**.

**Check in** and **Check out** appear on Home when the time clock is on for you. At a shared desk, use [Clock station](/hrms/attendance/clock-station) and confirm before a punch is recorded.