What are Reddit's favorite Time Tracking Tool Apps?
WakaTime
Super Productivity
Timeular
DeskTime
Deputy
FocusMe
Moment
Qbserve
Everhour
Toggl Track
RescueTime
Avaza
WebWork Time Tracker
SaveMyTime
BigTime Software
Pendulums
ProWorkflow
Smarter Time
Trackabi
Hyperlogs
Teamdeck
Workpuls
TimeStatement
Elorus
Top Reddit reviews mentioning Time Tracking Tool Apps:
5 min man, 5 min today. Maybe 6 tomorrow. We're all hidden perfectionists here, and it takes time to understand ourselves because we're pretty complex. I'm realising a lot that I'm comparing to whom I want to be, and that's unfair to who I am today.
Also, time tracking. Pushing that "start" button on a task is a magical switch, maybe try that out? Super-productivity.com is pretty ADHD-aware in my experience.
Great post! I find digital minimalism to be more important in my life than physical minimalism due to the fact that I interact much more in the digital world than I do with the physical world. I have a few recommendations for incorporating digital minimalism more thoroughly into your life.
(1) Time Well Spent offers many tips for creating a better relationship with your phone and computer.
(2) Moment is a wonderful iPhone application that helps me make sure I'm taking time to enjoy human relationships off of my phone more than relationships online.
(3) Learn to Optimize your Inbox and move towards "Zero Inbox" - It's great to see all my emails gone from my inbox and has created a greater sense of calmness in my life. Prevent information over-stimulation!
It seems that exempt employees don't get overtime pay but outside of salaried employees I doubt factory workers meet any of the other requirements to be considered exempt. Knowing this I'm really curious how the company can even begin to think they could force these workers to work overtime without overtime pay.
>Oregon employers must pay overtime to nonexempt employees for all hours worked over 40 hours per week.
>The overtime rate under Oregon law is at least 1.5 times an employee’s regular pay rate.
https://quickbooks.intuit.com/r/payroll/overtime-pay-laws-state-by-state-guide/
Like you quoted they get OT after working an 8 hour shift but this is, at least to my understanding, pretty common with unions.
The only way was up? No matter what changes they made, they'd improve?
"Worker efficiency in 2020: 5 least efficient countries
These are the countries that showed the lowest average efficiency rates in 2020:
Mauritius – 9.74 %
Iceland – 20.70 %
Suriname – 21.00 %
Kazakhstan – 23.73 %
Fiji – 24.04 %"
We are also a small business with a handful of employees, we use Deputy time clock system. We also use Gusto for payroll, and Deputy integrates so I can export time sheets right into Gusto.
We switched to an online time sheet because it allows us to restrict where they can clock in/out from (has to be from a computer in our facility) and I can monitor it easily. It sends me a message if anyone forgets to clock out, and only takes me 5 mins a week to completely run payroll, including approving and exporting timesheets.
It starts at $2/user/month which is the most affordable option I could find.
Use Monday.com or Asana. They both have gantt chart capabilities and portfolio management. I prefer Asana, but look at feature offering for both the products.
A reference https://everhour.com/blog/asana-vs-monday/
I can't wait for this update.
So much of it is just paving the way for future updates and change.
- Integrating their acquisition of workflow as a new app is great, having it at the core gives great hope to heaps of user defined automation
- Better implementation of DND. It has always been limited, total I don't use DND outside of the automatic timer... now using location data and/or calendar data is going to make it so much more useful
- Notification grouping is great - I haven't really had too much of an issue with the old notifications, but people seemed to hate on them bit time.
- The Focus app to help you better understand your smart phone addiction is awesome. I only just recently paid for the premium version of `moment` (https://inthemoment.io/) this iOS update basically kills that app/business completely...
IOS doesn't allow this, so unless your jailbroken there isn't a good way to do this. The only app I found to offer similar functionality is https://inthemoment.io/ but requires making a screenshot of your battery screen every day/week
Just stop watching porn, stop beating your meat, and start developing habits that are actually good for you and will benefit you. Install blockers on your device if you need them, there are blockers in this link (Blockers) if you need them and do whatever you can to put porn out of your way. Then you shall do exercise frequently, as that will diminish urges and help your brain focus. Take cold showers as that almost always kills urges and helps you lose brain fog and gain concentration. Take walks outside and try to socialize, do things that don't leave you lonely often. Start thinking about your future and your current life and how you can improve it, and stop thinking about those fetishes and pornographic thoughts. Don't think "I need to get rid of porn", instead think "I don't watch porn" and go along with your life. Keep yourself busy, and remember that failure will happen.
Stay safe out there.
Well, if they are tying your salary to hours with butt in seat, then they are not adhering to how the labor laws define exempt salaried employees. In that case, they should be paying you overtime for any hours worked past 40.
Worth the read: https://www.deputy.com/blog/salary-vs-hourly-whats-the-difference
Thank you! The emphasis on willpower does little to motivate those who are low on it, aside from making them feel defeated before they've even bugun. Creating small nudges to shape your environment is much more effective and practical IMO in changing behavior.
I also use app blockers. In particular, I use focusme for desktop u/minecraft_god_2008 would highly recommend checking this out and specifically having someone else assign a password for the block. you can then go to them if you want the app unblocked, but I found that when I did this, I never once asked my SO for the password (except one to research something that contained a blocked phrase, that's it!) I totally kicked my video game addiction within a week or two, and now I almost never think about games. It's paid but it was totally worth it (you can get it for a big discount if using the student plan)
Other nudges or tips
- Write out a list of activities of things you can do. Refer to it often, print it out and maybe redirect your new tab to it
- Have the pieces to do those activities ready. E.g. if you want to read more, download a bunch of books onto a kindle, or buy the books you want to read. Have a few options so that you aren't waiting to be in the mood for one. If it's a hobby, get the items needed for that hobby
- Turn off your phone on days that you don't need it. Put it out of sight. Try to spend at least one day a week not looking at screens. It's a lot easier to go all or nothing IMO (at least for a day) than to have it in small amounts.
- I always recommend routinery - it's an app that helps you create a routine and then will auto progress to the next item when you finish the first. It's been awesome for helping me exercise every day, but you can use it to do whatever you want to start your day well. e.g. plan out what you want to do, write out your top priority for the day, do a relaxing activity etc
Hey! Congratulations! I'm taking my last semester in the autumn, so I feel you! Fortunately, I'm majoring in economics and it has a solution with two parts.
Make not doing your work more costly. At the end of last semester, I used FocusMe to completely block social media for the first half of the day. I would try to sign into Reddit and the program would immediately close the tab. I got a lot of work done and even managed to recover some grades. In one class, I went from 69%-83%, which managed to get me a low A (it was a hard class).
Make doing what you need to do less costly. Set up your browser so that every time you open it, the tabs you are required to use automatically pop up by setting them as home pages. Set out your study materials before you even go to bed (assuming you study in the morning). This can become part of a nightly routine that sets you up for success.
There's more, but that should be a strong start, hopefully. If you want to get more work done, then make getting work done the path of least resistance. That might not be "discipline" as it is popularly portrayed. But if getting work done is the aim, then it will suffice.
Moment really helped me reduce my phone time. Image proof here -- I went from 2+ hours a day to <1 hour a day.
Once I broke the habit of checking my phone 'just because' -- in line, even at the urinal -- the rest came pretty easy. I uninstalled the social apps, disabled notifications, moved most apps off my home screen, and now keep my phone in my bag/on the table instead of my pocket.
You can't really get rid of the internet, but you can create some space between you and it :)
> Try to take a month long break and see if you enjoy your life more living in the moment and more offline.
I've tried this...it's extremely hard and I haven't been able to do this...but I have been able to reduce my online exposure and it has helped my moon. Exercise more. But damn - we ARE addicted.
Check out the Moment app for tracking phone usage time
Love the plan!
For the last bullet, I recommend either the app Moment https://inthemoment.io/ or the Freedom app https://freedom.to/
I have used Moment myself and it has great tracking of how you use your phone and I have heard Freedom is good for blocking content on your smartphone.
Laws vary by state, doesn't look like NC legally requires any if you're 16+, but your employer sucks if they don't give employees breaks. Sauce: https://www.deputy.com/blog/meal-and-rest-break-laws-by-state
Per the FSLA you're required to be paid for overtime unless you make over 36568 per year or 684 per week. If you make less than that you're not FSLA exempt.
At the rate being given in this example you would be required to receive 1.5x pay over 40 hours.
Well that depends on your state. Here in FL lunch breaks are only required for employees under 18. If you’re over 18, lunch breaks are not required. There are a few rules you need to follow IF your company voluntarily decides to have them.
There is no federal law mandating lunch breaks.
https://www.deputy.com/blog/meal-and-rest-break-laws-by-state
> Please state the law where it's illegal to work multiple jobs at the same time?
Sure, it's called time theft, and it's punishable by law depending on where you live. Read more here. It says: > Time theft (sometimes called time stealing) is by definition the practice where employees bill their employer for time they have not actually worked.
Focus on setting one hour a day. The secret to success is either quitting cold turkey (forever) or to limit it drastically (I recommend this one).
Playing video games is not a problem, it is playing too many hours in one day that it affects everything else that is the problem (which could easily just move to something else). You can always play after work, on weekends, etc.
In the meantime, you could always just have some video game music (just download or rip the OST) with some headphones while you work so you can focus. There are a few studies on that and considering what you are doing, it would be helpful: https://desktime.com/blog/why-you-should-listen-to-video-game-soundtracks-at-work
Many people go through a stage like this so you are not alone and don't freak out too much over it.
I think blockers are useful, and I have some that you can probably use (Blockers) and will hopefully help you to prevent porn encounters.
Get software that monitors you and keeps you productive. I have it on a schedule so it is running already when I wake up. My morning routine has some 10 minutes or so for my blocked sites in case I want to indulge or clear out notifications, but after that I am forced to work...
This is my favorite and most difficult to bypass version: https://focusme.com
It's not a stupid idea. Sometimes small differences in accessibility can make a big difference in outcome.
Simple example IRL here. We used to always keep a tub of ice cream in the house, in the freezer portion of our fridge in the kitchen. It was easy and accessible and so it got eaten fast. Also, since it was a tub, it was easy to (knowingly or unknowingly) eat far more than a "serving" (which for ice cream is laughably small). I sometimes would even walk by and just grab a spoonful.
We switched to things like Klondike bars. They are in the deep freeze in the basement. And they are discrete units. So it requires a specific decision to go downstairs and take one, knowing what you are doing and what it contains. Even though it's only 30 seconds to get one, this has cut down my ice cream consumption by probably 50-75%.
That said, it depends on your level of discipline. You don't want to buy a second laptop and then just end up with both on the desk and you still distracted on top of being out a few hundred dollars.
So, knowing yourself, do you think it will really work?
Also, before you do this, look into software blocking tools. There are several designed for this specific purpose, like this one: https://focusme.com/
Years ago I knew someone who had his Internet connection wired through a coupler on his desk. When he found himself wasting too much time online, he'd physically disconnect himself from the Internet...
I totally agree, my teacher back in school told me the same: 15 mins break and you feel refreshed. I leave the workspace for the break and take a short walk in the fresh air- that helps a lot.
Read here why breaks are so important: Take A Break - You Deserve It!
For manual timers like Toggl, check out Timelogger on ios.
For seeing where your time goes on all your iOS devices, check out the app Moment. It has to do a workaround since you can't directly monitor all the time on iOS, it has you do a daily or weekly screenshot of your battery app page and loads that data into the system.
Edit: Adding links to dev pages:
Moment : https://inthemoment.io/ Timelogger : https://timeloggerapp.com
I can suggest you trying Everhour https://everhour.com/. It perfectly integrates into popular project management environment (like Asana, Basecamp, Trello, GitHub or Pivotal) and opens wide range of estimating and reporting options. You can also import the data into preferable format.
I'm saying that you should try to find the best balance for you. After writing so many exams and NBME's you start to figuire out how you learn best, what works for you and how much time you use.
I used an app called Qbserve (they offer a student discount), and it showed me my productive hours in a day.
So if I commit 8 hours a day to "studying" Qbserve would tell me that I actually spent 6 hours studying, 2 hours were spent doing other things throughout your day.
I have ADHD and made one that shows your productivity in real-time. It helps me focus because I can see my poor performance at any moment of the day.
It's only for Mac though.
Is this something that could help you? I’ve thought about buying one to help with billing, but I have more than 8 files I’m routinely working on at any given time.
Thanks, I use Timeular https://timeular.com/ Has 8 sides so you just assign each side an activity and then you flip it to the appropriate side when switching activity (I have two of these, one is just for work.)
I know there exists some knockoff versions that are a bit cheaper (https://timeflip.io for example), have not tried that one and I think I heard it had some sketchiness with tracking (which might have been fixed)
Can you find an alternative method for logging the time that works better for you? What's the standard in your job? Writing it down on spreadsheets?
I've seen things like this that might work better for you? https://timeular.com/
Maybe that's a reasonable accommodation that your workplace can give you.
Bruh it's a way of talking.
You don't need to believe me, you can search for articles and read about the work culture there. It's not like you are unable to google and you're forced to believe me for no reason.
They literally can't leave their job until the boss leaves if they don't want to get fired, even if that implies staying at your chair doing literally nothing for five or six extra hours. Unpaid hours, of course.
They also have to hang out with their coworkers and boss to drink alcohol with them if they don't want to look like assholes (and potentially get fired too). The frequency of these drinking meetings varies from business to business, sometimes it's only once a year, but often it's once a week or even more.
As I said earlier, they tend to not work unless they're explicitly told to work.
Quoting from this article, that puts Japan as the worst country when it comes to productivity:
>In Japan, the expectation #1 is you’re at work for many hours. You show up before your boss arrives and you go home after he leaves.
But when you’re at work you’re not expected to look for things to do. Your boss will tell you when he needs you to do something. If he doesn’t come by and give you a task it’s perfectly reasonable to sit at your desk and do nothing.
play mario kart music😳😳😳
it’s designed to keep to focused on the game you’re playing so it actually helps with getting work done lmao
https://desktime.com/blog/why-you-should-listen-to-video-game-soundtracks-at-work/
The small content marketing company I work for (a team of 4 people) use DeskTime - it automatically tracks everything you do, identifies different projects, productive/vs unproductive apps. Easy to use, yet efficient.
Use the wtforms json extension (dict input might be supported native by now?) in your endpoints. You still need server-side input validation even in a json api. See an example in the "Updating models" section from:
https://wakatime.com/blog/33-flask-part-2-building-a-restful-api
En variant av https://wakatime.com/ hade kunnat vara något. typ flexatime.se :P
Enda gångerna jag inte har flex är då jag loggar tid är som egenföretagare.
Vill man köra ett helt OS för att hålla reda på tiden kan kanske Org-mode i Emacs vara något, kan tycka att där har vi optimala förutsättningar att fixa in flex på något vänster http://orgmode.org/manual/Clocking-work-time.
<rant> Annars tycker jag att logga tid är helt meningslöst, viktigare att göra sin skit och göra det bra, är du anställd så gör rätt för det. Folk loggar tid och surfar istället, det är fan hjärndött på riktigt.
Den här anala idén om att logga tid går många gånger i överstyr, själv som uthyrd konsult nu sitter jag i 4 st olika system so hanterar tid. Och det är tydligen det enda som det görs riktigt uppföljning av, allt annat verkar ovesoväsentligentligt. </rant>
Try Wakatime -- it's relatively new, and I haven't tried it myself, so can't 100% vouch for it, but it looks like it does pretty much exactly what you want. You download the plugin for your editor of choice, and it tracks how long you've spent coding.
Toggl.com and WakaTime (w/Sublime Text)
Both have their pros and cons. Toggl you have to sign in and start, but you can adjust the time as you need to.
WakaTime has a plugin for editors that tracks how long the project is open on and in focus. You can set different time outs, so if you're unfocused from the program for 5 minutes, it stops tracking time. It also emails weekly reports to, and tracks by time spend in each file. It has a free version, but you don't get to look at past data with it, which is sad.
I use Toggl Track for time blocking and tracking. But I don't give every hour a job. I just give jobs to the time I want or need to set aside, while the rest of just left for whatever.
Super Productivity has a web-app that should work on mobile as well as desktop.
It supports WebDAV so if you have a Nextcloud instance you can use that to sync across devices - unfortunately the syncing isn't encrypted so you won't get any privacy if you use Dropbox or any of the other sync methods.
I've enjoyed using Super-Productivity, which was developed by a SWE for task planning and productivity tracking. Here is the repo.
Wakatime It keeps track of how much time you spend in a project in your IDE, and specifies that per branch, file, filetype, and many other options. Free option keeps 14 days of history, paid plan even more. Makes time tracking much easier!
Hehe, you may have a look at WakaTime then. It will log your time spent coding, by Projects, IDE, and languages.
Then you can log the time spent by applications and creating your applications, that's some sort of appception lol
I feel astonished to see I'm actually coding more time than sleeping 😅
EDIT
I managed to find two alternatives that weren't freemium or stuff:
Pendulums
I'm doing some fake testing on them, like adding time entries and stuff. Pendulums is closer to toggltrack in a lot of features, the only one I see lacking is the whole 'billable hours' thing. But either way it's really cool.
super-productivity does not store your data in the cloud, just your browser cache (I think). So you may be more interested in that if you don't want to share your time trackings with anyone. It has fewer features compared to pendulums, but it's way more dev-oriented, so that might be a plus depending on the user.
Only Google Calendar is currently supported:
https://wakatime.com/integrations
We've tried getting OAuth access for Microsoft's Graph API, but it's a mess of forms, verifications, poor docs, etc. Maybe someday if you know someone at Microsoft who can verify our Azure Portal Directory app?
Super Productivity does this. Ish
https://super-productivity.com
I just wish I got on better with the rest of it, but this bit is really good - when you go back to the app and the timer is not running, it will ask you if you want to log the missing time to a task or a break.
maybe a time tracking app would make it easier for you. just have to find a way to get into the habit. once you find a system that works for you, it will make your life so much easier that you'll be glad for it.
Disclaimer: I am the author of the app.
Super Productivity has most of the things you ask for. There is not a classical landing page as such, but using the notes feature creatively (e.g. for your long term goals), you should be able to come very close, to what you ask.
What I personally like a lot is the timeline feature, which combines fixed appointments and events, with the more flexible tasks you want to do during a day. You can even load your appointments from google calendar.
Extending on the idea of putting all this work relevant information together, you can also import/link tasks from Jira, GitHub, GitLab or OpenProject, if your company uses one of these.
Furthermore this is a community driven open source project. If a feature doesn't exist, you always have the option to add it on your own.
This is really ironic given the conversation but... so what exactly is your question? :-)
Are you trying to figure out how to get things done, whether to take medicine, work, home, relationships? If you say all of that, okay but probably better to start with 1-2 areas and build from there.
I don't have any data (important disclaimer) about ADHD and other drugs, but I could see how someone would feel like something's missing after going off ADHD medication. I used to take medicine, and I remember a big difference was that I would decide to go to bed. Now, I feel driven to keep doing stuff even if I'm not really being productive with it. The last two nights, I've sat down to read and there goes 1.5 hours (or 90 minutes, whichever you prefer). I read some, and then feel like I should just keep reading. I can't go to sleep until It's so late that I'm completely exhausted.
For work, sometimes I feel overwhelmed but I keep trying things to help get me on the right track. Today, I wrote down 4 things to do. I have 100s really, but I picked the priorities. I'm using https://super-productivity.com/ to try and help keep me focused; knowing there is a clock counting my time helps keep me on track.
I sit so that I don't face any windows. Seeing people or cars go by would distract me.
Right now, I am finishing lunch and then have one big priority left. I'll ignore emails or calls for an hour to make sure I get that knocked out.
Let me know what else you're looking for and I'll try to fill-in more details.
fine. USA vs Denmark (2019 statistc)
https://everhour.com/blog/average-working-hours/
USA: amount of money made divided by hrs worked per yr = $72
Denmark: amount of money made divided by hrs worked per yr =$75
so denmark slightly more productive...except,
oh that's right Denmark is the most expensive european country and europe is know for being way more expensive than the US.
so, at the end i think the US still wins in terms of purchasing power. i guess more capitalism and less regulations does work better after all
If you live in the US, contact the labor board in your state: https://www.dol.gov/agencies/whd/state/contacts.!
Here’s a list of break laws by state: https://www.deputy.com/blog/meal-and-rest-break-laws-by-state
I don't know if it's as easy to do sub-tasks, but I've found timeular to be a pretty handy tool for tracking hours spent doing different tasks. Once time is logged under a specific task, it's possible to add a note about it, perhaps that's where you can differentiate between sub-tasks? Also, I've noticed you can create separate configurations, so, for instance, you can have a configuration where different sides relate to work tasks, AND a configuration where the sides are related to personal tasks. In this way, you might be able to call each configuration a task, and each side as a sub-task. https://timeular.com/
Try FocusMe app - FocusMe – Official | The Best Website Blocker & Focus App
It works well for Windows, Mac, and Android. Currently has 4.9/5 reviews from Trustpilot. You can try it first and just ask when you have any questions. :)
Hi, apologies as we have only just seen your post. That sounds like a bug, but it might have been fixed by now anyway - we are happy to look into it for you! Can you please reach out to our support team? https://focusme.com/support/
Thanks!
I’m not a porn addict and normally just lurk here enjoying you folks supporting each other. I do have ADHD though and I have huge trouble with impulsive behaviors. One thing that worked for me is FocusMe. https://focusme.com
It’s so comprehensive that when I looked at the tools I had a “holy shit” moment and made a note to be careful because I could lock myself out of my computer forever if I wasn’t careful. It gives you the option to do whatever restriction you decide is needed with a password that changes on a regular basis and is also given to someone else. It’s incredible. Highly recommend.
I use FocusMe occasionally if I'm having a lot of trouble with self-control. It locks down your PC (or phone) in specific ways, like blocking Facebook or limiting your time on it. I've also used Coldturkey. But it's an inelegant solution. Unless you're millennial Jesus you're going to fail a lot because these devices are designed by some of the smartest people to be attractive.
I think you're on the right track with setting boundaries for playtime. I've gotten a lot farther with defining how and when to use my devices rather than just uninstalling things and hoping for the best. And if you fail at your goals just pick back up and don't beat yourself up. It's counter-productive.
If procrastinations a problem, theres programs to block certain sites during certain times of the day. you can look at a few here.
it might help, might not. I find them useful
There are a few options I see on their website. There is a subscription or just buy it once.
Subscription is $30 a year or $7 a month.
Buy it once it's $99.
Here's a link if you want to check it out. Focus Me
Yes! I'm using a program called "FocusMe". I set it up so that it blocks all of reddit (and Facebook and some other sites) except for r/nosurf and r/stopgaming. However, I do have two 10-minute "free access" breaks per day, where I can visit any website. After the time is done, it automatically shuts down that tab.
It's helping me a lot. I did the free trial and then ended up buying it. https://focusme.com
I use MomentMoment . Ita great ij that it allows you to set specific limits for individual apps, as well as an overall max screen time per day. You can also set lock out periods ...so if you want no screens at dinner you can lock it for that period of time.
That's incredible. I've heard that boredom is a breeding ground for creativity/life growth, if taken advantage of. Makes you wonder how people were able to do it before smart tech nowadays. Puts things in perspective when you have so much time in your hands.
On a side note, check out this app! https://inthemoment.io/ I think you can download it on your computer too (desktop version?), it's been featured on a bunch of other resources. It allows to track exactly what you do online and I think it can block sites too after you pass a limit you can place on yourself. Could be interesting to see what you find!
Another student turned me on to the app Moment for the iPhone. It tracks phone usage including "pick-ups" and overall daily use. This could be useful for those of you interested in doing something with technology. Android users please reply to this if you know of a similar app.
It's all about usage, my Iphone 6 can last 48 hours easily and I considerer myself checking social media regularly. There's a difference between checking social media for 5 minutes 4 time a day, and checking social media for 2 hours while commuting or watching a movie.
my SO used to complain about her iphone, thank to https://inthemoment.io/ it turned out she used her phone 5x more than me.
try this one: an app, not a tweak, but should help students anyway
And here the app history witten by the dev
https://medium.com/@kevinholesh/im-addicted-to-my-iphone-4b9601e2776f
Perhaps you need some reading comprehension classes. You're trying really hard to dodge the obvious. Alina may be the game "lead" by title, but that doesn't exclude or erase Artix's role in his own company.
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One of the franchisees in my network swears by Deputy. They can keep track of time and pay. The employees can also swap shifts and the manager can approve them.
Depends on where you live and work...sadly
Here’s a breakdown by state of where it is required, and where it isn’t
Sadly, there is no feseral requirement :-(
To follow up to the other response, about 31 states lack laws requiring employers to allow their employees breaks, Pennsylvania being one of them. When 3/5 of the country has no such laws, I find it somewhat disingenuous to say the country as a whole does. Many of these states do have some laws regarding breaks, but generally only regarding minors.
Yes, I would!! I pulled a lot of information from here https://www.deputy.com/us/blog/valuable-retail-skills-you-want-on-your-resume
A lot of paralegal work is just client management, and customer service which are all skills you can learn in retail too. A lot of small firms do on the job training, and disability attorneys are always looking for people to manage cases and hearings.
Employee management system is one of the most used tools that business owners find useful. It streamlines work and organises team management to a large extent. These systems are highly efficient as they track anything from payroll to performance and makes matters more reliable. The unique part about getting one of these systems is that you need to find one that suits all your companies needs and objectives. Such a system needs to cover all types of employees and thereby make the work function in a manner that promises better results. The factor of time will also be crucial, as it makes the employees spend less time on repetitive tasks. Visit scheduling software for the best employee management software.
9-5 were Banker's hours, which back in the day was the epitome of a dream job for miners, long shoremen, mule skinners etc. Anyone who showed up late for work was teased about "holding Banker's hours", still are in someplaces. lol In time, it evolved into the equivalent of a steady job with regular hours. Here's a link that gives you some of the history.
I'm looking for such software as well. Recently came across with https://www.deputy.com, it's a paid software and seems pretty basic. Anyone has any recommendation for a software that is able to include payroll for employees as well as input daily sales?
I recommend Qbserve [1] — https://qotoqot.com/qbserve/
Development and design is carried by Irina and Ivan, a couple from Chile — https://qotoqot.com/about/
The application is fully native, respects your privacy (all data is kept in your computer), and supports automatic tracking and categorization of more than 7.6k+ websites, applications, and games. It can also differentiate between different browser tabs, Slack channels, YouTube videos, documents, window titles, and more. Invoice generation in 18 languages and data export to JSON and CSV. One time payment, no subscription required.
It has been more than a year since I started using this application, and it works like a charm.
If you use a Mac, I can recommend Qbserve, which tracks your activity automatically and there are ways to automatically tag tasks by project, e.g. setting a Terminal.app title to the project name.
The fact it records everything automatically instead of manual entry is what makes it so powerful.
I made a RescueTime alternative for Mac called Qbserve. It tracks time at subreddits separately, keeps collected data locally, and has many other powerful features: chat tracking, project tracking, invoice generation, etc.
Name: Qbserve
Location: Valdivia, Chile
Pitch: Mac time tracking automation: freelance project tracking, timesheets, invoicing & real-time productivity feedback. Think RescueTime meets Toggl.
More details: Only 2 people on the team. We had a great start on Product Hunt and HackerNews last year but still a ton of marketing efforts is required to become visible in the noisy field of time tracking apps.
Looking for: Customers and reviews. We have 20% off with the "reddit" coupon in June.
I think it's very difficult to find a software that knows the difference between productive use of youtube and non-productive.
The only thing I can think of is this: https://timeular.com
It's basically a cube with eight sides that you can name yourself. Your calendar automatically tracks which side of the cube is up. So you can name them reddit, work, youtube etc., and whenever you do something on your computer, you tilt it to the matching side. At the end of a workday, it tells you exactly how much time you spent on which activity.
I’m going to try https://timeular.com/ out. I’ve used Pomodoro timer app with success before but prefer no app and think Timeular having multiple sides and being physical will help me focus. I also use Remarkable 2 as a notebook or paper and find forcing myself to take notes helps me stay focused in meetings.
I bought a timeular, physical cube that you rotate on your desk. Programmable and comes with a nice API that allows you to build cool features for it.
I programmed mine to update my status on Slack to display what I'm doing at the moment (I also added the current song playing on Spotify as a status - sort of like MSN back in the early 2000's - hehe).
No tips on estimating time, sadly, but I'm saving up for this: Timeular device.
It's not cheap -- the basic option is $89 for the physical tracker and the basic software (lifetime license), I think. But none of the other tracking systems I've tried have worked, and when I'm at a law firm that bills in six-minute increments, I'm really going to need something like this. I think it will more than pay for itself in the long run.
I think the biggest advantage is the tactile aspect. Having the physical "cube" to flip over will be a huge help. And I'm hoping the tracking software will help me figure out patterns and learn how to estimate time in the future! I'm going to make some of the sides track different common distractions, and others track my main types of work, so I should be able to see how much active work time something takes me and how much of my actual day is taken up by distractions instead. Hopefully that will help a little with resisting distractions, but even if it doesn't, at least I'll be better at planning how long something will take.
I use these Time Tracking Cubes: https://timeular.com, I have one for Work and one for Non-Work so I can track 16 different things in total.
It's not completely seamless having two cubes (takes about 5-10 seconds to swap between them), but other than that little piece of friction I think it's the easiest way to track time, as long as you are at home/at the computer at least.
When looking for a Christmas gift for my employees last year I came across this, I didn't end up with it; since we aren't a billable shop, I couldn't really justify the cost, but if you're thinking of getting this dial thing but work on more than one project at a time take a look! Would have saved me so much headache when I was a consultant.
There's plenty of ways that people have suggested - and regardless of how I feel about these types of requests (get them every other year it seems) you still have to answer the question.
For me, I have to log time in Jira when working on project work, so that's an easy csv export.
I also bought a 'timeular' (https://timeular.com/) which is a quick way to log to an app when you context switch.
Maybe not what you are looking for, but it feels vaguely related so figured I would add my 2 cents. I track 24 hours a day, and do this by using Physical Timers ( https://timeular.com is what I use, but there are other cheaper 'off-brand' ones as well.)
Basically I have 1 tracker for work and 1 tracker for non-work, which allows me 16 activities total, only one tracker can be used at the same time so I need to switch between them when I switch in/out of work but that just takes like 5 seconds 2 times a day. Then I just swap the face of the currently active cube whenever I am changing activity and it takes no effort at all. While you can obviously accomplish the same just by having an app I find that having a physical object goes a long way in removing any friction when it comes to time tracking, which is important if you are doing it for every activity basically. This is what a week looks like for me https://www.dropbox.com/s/wf6e7quhkejcu3o/Screenshot%202020-06-30%2014.42.30.png?raw=1
Not having it completely automated is for me also a big positive. I very rarely go back and look at how I Spend my time since I have a pretty good idea of that regardless. So the benefit I gain from timetracking is not the data, it is being more intentional with how I spend my time.
Just for completion, I’ve just had an instagram add for the thing I was talking about...
Do you support timeular?https://timeular.com/?v=dd65ef9a5579
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And how are you able to keep the microservices alive, money wise? Are there paid features?
Here's one dice thingy:
https://timeular.com/?v=7516fd43adaa
Here's the one I was thinking of:
http://www.dudeiwantthat.com/gear/gadgets/zei-time-task-tracking-dice.asp
This is an expense out of pocket though :\
desktime - they have stealth mode for in house employees. For remote workers, they can turn it on and off, but obviously time is tracked when it's on. Cheapest option as well.
No, the Netherlands are doing okay but not the best. Mexico is the second least productive country in the world through. Work smarter not longer.
OP’s friend should have been more careful. The software’s website states that it can track apps and URLs. I am sure that when you are installing, it will be mentioned somewhere in the terms and conditions which we always ‘agree’ to. Sad but true.
You could block by running local DNS and blocking all other DNS at the firewall. It is probably a good idea for security purposes anyway. You should use a blacklist service to block known bad websites.
That's not going to address the root issue however.
If productivity is a concern then management needs to engage with the employees and lay down some guidelines.
That may be enough to correct the behavior from individuals without naming names.
If it is still an big issue I would track time on the PC and forward that data to management for them to deal with.
https://desktime.com/
That is factually incorrect. Be careful when you make such statements. Even if you didn't mean it literally, try better wording.
https://desktime.com/blog/the-most-productive-and-unproductive-countries-of-the-world-in-2017
If this study is related to music while working/studying, there's a good article on video game music in particular. Music in video games is specifically designed to motivate players while staying in the background without distracting the player from the games objectives
https://desktime.com/blog/why-you-should-listen-to-video-game-soundtracks-at-work
Turns out it's one of those things I read about a while ago and didn't do deep research on. Here's what I found from an article, which took the data from a desktime analysis.
"Specifically, the most productive people work for 52 minutes at a time, then break for 17 minutes before getting back to it (similar to the Pomodoro Method [...])."
Quoted Source: https://www.themuse.com/advice/the-rule-of-52-and-17-its-random-but-it-ups-your-productivity Original desktime source: https://desktime.com/blog/17-52-ratio-most-productive-people
Have you tried DeskTime? It's really easy to use - I don't even have to think about it during the day, because it runs in the background of whatever I'm doing that day. Tracks productive/unproductive tasks, tracks projects. And it even has this little Pomodoro timer that reminds you to take breaks. :)