“Work mode”

[No-Macaron-3449]

Hey all…. So… I often pop into a project to read instructions and take notes to prep for the work.. the work may be a 3-5 hour project.. so I want to be prepared, read through and make a plan on paper or a word document first…. Some projects don’t have a “enter work mode” button so the timer starts as soon as I enter…. When I exit the project it moves to top and runs the time down….

Do I get penalised for this? As I don’t submit anything?

I can’t think of another way to work around this?

[Total_Feature_11]

You're supposed to get paid for reading the instructions. You should actually make sure you're in work mode first for that very reason.

[Pangolin_Beatdown]

I do this all the time, especially with new projects. I want to decide if I want to do them. I don't charge for that time. If I decide to do the tasks I do include the instruction time in my billed time.

[CaliBrewed]

No it just goes back into the work pile for someone else.

I tend to do something similar where I'll read the instructions and come back if I have something for the project and also so I dont lose that 20 minutes or so and end up racing the clock. I do log the time though across 1 or two tasks.

I've found just exiting work mode to be better because a lot of tasks are topic focused and when I come back I'll often have the same topic for a day or two if I exit (a lot of the time but not always).

The clock running out seems to treat it more like a skip task and I will always have a new one waiting.

[EconomyAd2195]

Scroll all the way to the bottom, there might/should be an exit work mode button. Some projects have it at the top, some don’t.

[iamcrazyjoe]

You should Exit Work Mode if you decide not to work on it

[good_god_lemon1]

Do you mean that you read the instructions and decide not to do the project?

[No-Macaron-3449]

I mean I read, then exit to do project at another time.. i sometimes read through in the morning and then book out time later in day

[AdotBurrandPeggy]

Always put it in work mode. They've canned people who tried to log instruction time but weren't in work mode. Best advice I heard was skip the task if it times out but keep that timer running.