Questions tagged [time-tracking]
Time-tracking is the process of recording the passage of time spent per project or task. The data is often collected to support accurate client billing, and to provide management data for making operational decisions to increase productivity and reduce labor costs.
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Should I track time for an hourly project during time taking operations?
I am a freelance programmer and use time-tracker software to bill my hours. Sometimes when I am running some time-taking operation such as building a Docker image, running a CI pipeline and waiting ...
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Desktop software for screenshot time tracker
I researched in this SE and I found this and this, but this is not what I am looking for. I have various computers so 1 time tracker for 1 desktop doesn't work if I need Linux for some task and each ...
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Does anyone know of any free time tracking and invoicing software geared toward freelance software developers?
Currently I am using Clockify but I would like to know if there exists any free time tracking and invoicing software geared toward freelance software developers?
All I am finding is "paid" ...
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How do I dispute anopther freelancer correctly with upwork, as a freelancer?
I am a freelancer, who hired a freelancer to do some webpage work, using upwork. I am new to the upwork platform. This freelancer, over Christmas break,charged three 40 hour weeks in which , as far as ...
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How to create urgency for clients to provide content, answer e-mails, etc
So as the title says, how do you (freelancers, or the company you work at) create some urgency feeling so that clients don't take forever to come up with content or to reply to your e-mails? There are ...
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How do time tracking application for software development freelancer work? [closed]
I would like to understand how these companies who claim keeping track of the time a freelancer works on a project do their job. So far, I have learned that some just offer a timer in their app next ...
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Do you bill for time waiting for client to respond within a single shift/day?
I do motion graphics and editing. A lot of my "time" is waiting for the client to respond to the last version I sent, or to answer a question about how to proceed.
Client is claiming I should only ...
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I hired a freelancer on hourly pay. How do I control how many hours he worked?
The freelancer I hired reports me directly on the number of hours he spent working on my project, but there is no way I can verify the actual time he spent.
The work he does includes working on a ...
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Time reporting app
I'm looking for a good time reporting app that possibly could be combined with
several external partners.
Say I have project A I want to report on. Now I want my client to see all time invested in ...
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What free software are you using for bookkeeping? Why? [closed]
As a freelancer, FreshBooks has traditionally been the 800-pound gorilla but waht other programs are people using the track jobs and revenue (assuming that you are small enough still that you aren't ...
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How many hours do you bill per week? per day? [closed]
I'm trying to figure out equivalent hourly rate for freelancer job comparing to office job.
As freelancer you usually bill only real working hours(without breaks).
So having full load with hourly job ...
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Am I free to bill the time when preparing for the work?
The question is based on the following: should freelancing be considered somewhat like a full-time office job or not.
If yes, then you are free to charge clients, when, for example, you are preparing ...
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How do I know my freelance team working at home?
I am a Freelance web designer and developer with a small team of freelancer. I had an office for last three years. But I felt that as a Freelancer I can do better work. So I hired various team members ...
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Desktop software for time tracking
Unfortunately I often have situation that I often need to go to another task or stop working for a while. That's why I need time tracking software. I prefer desktop software for Windows with one-time ...
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Client requests for extensive task information when invoicing
I've got a long term client that I'm currently on a 15hr a week arrangement with for a flat monthly rate with the general understanding of about 3hrs a day, with flexibility on managing that. Since ...
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