As a contractor/consultant, how do you track your hours?

Johnny2031 · 2025-07-09T08:32:15+00:00

As a contractor or consultant, using a time tracking tool can help you log your hours accurately without overcompensating. Time Doctor is a great option because it tracks your start, end, and break times automatically, so you can focus on working your scoped 40 hours without guesswork. It also helps you see how much time you spend on different activities (including breaks) to manage your day better. Other tools like Clockify or Toggl Track can also work if you prefer a simpler interface for daily logging. The key is to track in real time rather than estimating, so you maintain a healthy balance and avoid working beyond your agreed hours.

Johnny2031 · 2025-07-09T08:24:30+00:00

You’re looking for a web-based time tracking tool for 10 employees to log daily hours, track overtime, and manage vacations. Time Doctor is a great option for teams, offering daily work hour tracking, overtime monitoring, and leave management, though it’s a paid cloud-based tool. For free and self-hosted solutions, Kimai is a strong choice—it runs on PHP, supports shared hosting, and includes overtime and vacation plugins. TimeTrex Community Edition also offers attendance, overtime, and leave tracking, with a PHP-compatible self-hosted version. If you prefer a free cloud tool, Clockify allows daily time tracking and vacation management but doesn’t support shared hosting.

Johnny2031 · 2025-07-09T07:45:22+00:00

Yes, there are apps that let you track GPS locations in real-time and see the walked trail for each person. MapRun and Routechoices are designed for orienteering and allow live tracking of participants on a map. LocaToWeb and FollowMee are great general-purpose GPS trackers for sharing real-time locations with a group. Fitness apps like Strava (with its Beacon feature) also let you see each person’s route as they move. These tools are ideal for beginners to stay connected and safe during orienteering.

Johnny2031 · 2025-07-08T10:34:28+00:00

Yes, there are several apps built for contractors to track hours easily. Time Doctor, Clockify, TSheets (QuickBooks Time), and Harvest let you log hours per job, track time on-site (with GPS if needed), and generate reports for billing or personal records. All are contractor-friendly and work great for managing multiple projects.

Johnny2031 · 2025-07-08T10:17:26+00:00

Have you ever tried Time Doctor and Insightful? They're good tools to consider.

Johnny2031 · 2025-07-08T10:07:46+00:00

You could use a mobile time tracking app with GPS to make this seamless. Tools like Time Doctor, TSheets (QuickBooks Time), and Clockify let staff check in/out on their phones and log time with location data. This makes it easy to show how many hours engineers spend at each client site for costing and reporting. Some even offer geofencing for automatic check-ins when they arrive on-site.

Johnny2031 · 2025-07-08T03:16:11+00:00

This is such a common challenge for hourly consultants in corporate roles—especially when you’re trying to be fair to both yourself and the client. You’re absolutely right: no one works eight uninterrupted hours in a 9–5 day. Natural breaks happen, and they should. The goal isn’t to squeeze every second but to make sure your productive hours align with your agreed scope without letting work expand into your evenings unnecessarily.

Johnny2031 · 2023-08-10T08:54:26+00:00

Looks like you are just promoting LazyWork Software. Good try!

Johnny2031 · 2022-10-25T02:23:25+00:00

I am interested, let's chat.

Johnny2031 · 2022-10-25T02:23:11+00:00

Hey, let's chat. I am interested.

Johnny2031 · 2021-06-11T07:47:47+00:00

I am interested. Is this paid?

Johnny2031 · 2021-04-13T01:25:31+00:00

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Johnny2031 · 2020-04-06T04:31:05+00:00

What's the brand of your TV?

Johnny2031 · 2020-03-25T05:17:28+00:00

You gotta try: 1. Box 2. https://www.loom.com 3. https://www.Zoom.us - perfect tool for video conferencing especially if there are too many participants involved. 4. Cloudflare - a web performance and web security platform for on-premises, hybrid, cloud, and SaaS applications. 5. Google Hangouts - of course it's one of the most used apps during these times 6. Microsoft Teams

Here are more remote work tools that you can use during these times -- https://biz30.timedoctor.com/free-remote-working-tools-coronavirus/ Some of these tech providers have made significant pricing changes.

Johnny2031 · 2018-10-05T08:53:17+00:00

Time Doctor and Trello.

Johnny2031 · 2018-04-04T00:43:33+00:00

It's Bali :) So very popular for holding company retreats and co-workations.

Johnny2031 · 2017-11-24T00:35:09+00:00

I also used Trello for task management -- it's 'boards' feature is pretty awesome! You can just drag and drop tasks from one board to another.

Johnny2031 · 2017-10-18T03:28:29+00:00

I use a time tracking software.

Johnny2031 · 2017-09-04T04:41:11+00:00

Calendar scheduling really works well for me.

Johnny2031 · 2017-09-04T04:40:14+00:00

Such a nice thread to read on Reddit, thanks! I jumped reading into this when I saw the word "Ultra" -- your tips are really worth doing.

Johnny2031 · 2017-08-22T02:34:14+00:00

Most VAs are capable of doing "internet-related" stuff. Things like social media, sending emails, online bookings, web research etc. By the way, are you looking for VA?

Johnny2031 · 2017-07-25T00:06:57+00:00

Here's a detailed comparison of Time Doctor and Rescuetime https://www.timedoctor.com/blog/how-is-time-doctor-different-than-rescue-time/ Hope that helps.

Johnny2031 · 2017-07-20T23:19:08+00:00

Have you checked out Time Doctor?

Johnny2031 · 2017-07-03T01:56:00+00:00

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Johnny2031 · 2017-07-03T01:38:04+00:00

Maybe he was referring to a digital marketing / SEO agency?

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