Hi Dave, I work for an accountants who mysteriously enough like to have an idea as to where to charge time. We use an app in which fee earning staff complete timesheets for all chargeable time in 6 minute units. Fee Earners also record non-chargeable time, using drop downs to pick the client, project, and task. For non chargeable time, they add a brief text narration describing what the time was spent on, so that the non-chargeable time can be audited. Non fee earning staff still complete timesheets. As they are "non-chargeable" these are the only type of timesheet entry. This records the time worked and no detail is required for what the person was spending the time doing. The user does have the option to add a text narration, e.g. if they want to do further analysis on the non chargeable activities. Joe >>> Dave.Hornby@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx 06/01/2006 17:09:10 >>> Basically I'm in a position where my company wants me (And all other staff) to submit a daily timesheet that breaks down into EVERY different task I do (Chargeable and non chargeable) I can see the point of doing this for chargeable work but it wastes a lot of time for the internal non-chargeable stuff. It also doesn't give a true reflection of how time is spent. So (As this is the friendliest list I'm subscribed to :) ) I thought I would ask how other companies ask there employees to recorded time. Ideally I would like them to adopt a system of recording time spend working on a day with no breakdown, with a list of tasks with priorities assigned to them so they can see what is going on. An then just a breakdown recorded of chargeable work (Which is about 5% of my time) Thanks for any replies! Dave -----Original Message----- From: thin-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:thin-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx]On Behalf Of Jim Kenzig http://ThinHelp.com Sent: 06 January 2006 15:40 To: thin@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [THIN] Re: OT - Timesheets [Scanned] We are using ADP Etime, not sure what you are looking for exactly but I seem to remember that the free Liberum help desk had some time tracking features also... http://www.liberum.org/features.html There is also one called Journxy that allows up to 10 users completely free.. http://journyx.com/products/timesheet/ Jim Kenzig http://thinhelp.com ----- Original Message ---- From: Dave Hornby <Dave.Hornby@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> To: thin@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Sent: Friday, January 06, 2006 6:45:15 AM Subject: [THIN] OT - Timesheets Right**I know this is completely off topic but I have a question about timesheets and recording time. Basically with the company you work at how do you record your time??? Do you do a daily timesheet? Do you give estimates? Do you just work on priority lists?? Anything else! Any help would be much appreciated! Regards Dave ________________________________________________________________________ This e-mail has been scanned for all viruses by Star. The service is powered by MessageLabs. For more information on a proactive anti-virus service working around the clock, around the globe, visit: http://www.star.net.uk ________________________________________________________________________ Hazlewoods LLP - Chartered Accountants and Business Advisers Offices in Cheltenham Tel 01242 237661, Gloucester Tel 01452 634800 and Staverton Tel 01242 680000. Members: Harvey Grove FCA FCCA Andrew Brookes FCA CF Jon Cartwright FCCA ATII TEP Nick Dee ACA Tony Flambard FCCA David Granger FCA FCCA Jonathan Harvie FCA David Main FCCA Christopher Mourton FCCA David Pierce FCA FCCA Adrian Randle FCA FCCA TEP Graham Rew FCA Philip Swan FCA ATII Norman Webber FCCA CF David Williams FCA Website www.hazlewoods.co.uk. Registered by the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales to carry out company audit work. Authorised and Regulated by the Financial Services Authority. Registered in England. Partnership No: OC311817 ************************************************************************ DISCLAIMER: The contents of this Email and attachments are confidential to the ordinary user(s) of the Email address(es) to which it was sent and may be legally privileged. Hazlewoods LLP accepts no responsibility for the content of this Email, or the actions taken on the basis of the information provided, unless that information is subsequently agreed in writing. ************************************************************************