Add time tracking for time tracking with every other task.
I actually did this at my previous job. They wanted me to time track everything I did to the minute so I started adding time spent tracking my time. Boss hated it but couldn’t really do anything to get me to stop
Got any tips for how to keep track when you flip between tasks so often? Program or app or paper and pen tracking?
I made a spreadsheet where one column would timestamp each row when the task note column was edited. Then another column that just checks time between timestamps to tell me how long was spent on a task. Another column was used for formatting so I could quickly copy/paste everything into the system at the end of the day
to the minute. that sounds like you would be in a time tracking loop. I keep track to the half hour but mainly as that is a convenient calendar segmentation.
The malicious compliance that is needed.
It’s not malicious. If the client wants to waste your time, you bill for the time wasted.
Anyway, my preference is still to run away.
One time when I was contracting and my company was in the middle of a merger I had to do triple time keeping; client, old company, new company, all on different systems, two of which were ancient hr software from the 90s for some reason still in use 5 years ago. Its at that point I just started blanket logging 6 hours per day on whatever project I could think of at the moment.
It’s simple: Either the project management team keeps the customer away from my time tracking or I’ll keep my time away from that customer
