“In 2010 we logged time in Excel at the end of the week. In 2015 — in a dedicated web app where you had to hit ‘start’ and ‘stop’ manually. In 2020 — in a mobile app that sent reminders … Read More
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“The word ‘time study’ sounds like something from the 1920s. Like a stopwatch on a Ford assembly line. I assumed it had no place in the 21st century — until our HR director said: ‘We have no idea how long … Read More
“I asked myself: which app did I spend the most time in last week? I thought: probably the IDE — I’m a developer. I checked my app usage data. IDE — 14 hours. Browser — 31 hours. Slack — 18 … Read More
“I always considered myself a ‘results-driven person.’ I hit deadlines, I get things done. But when my manager asked: ‘How many hours of deep work do you log per week?’ — I froze. Not for five seconds. For a full … Read More
“We had Jira for tasks. Trello for product. Asana for marketing. Salesforce for sales. And we were trying to track hours… in Google Sheets. Four systems whose data had to be manually consolidated into a fifth. Every month the accountant … Read More
«У нас є вимога: 40 годин на тиждень. Раніше це означало “з 9 до 18 з понеділка по п’ятницю”. Усі. Завжди. Потім ми встановили програму для обліку часу роботи і запитали команду: а що якби вони самі розпоряджалися цими 40 … Read More
«A partner asked: “Do you count every dollar leaving the company?” I said: “Of course.” “And time?” A pause. “Well… roughly.” He smiled: “So your most valuable resource isn’t counted at all. You can earn money back. Time — never. … Read More
“Our accountant used to spend one full day a month reconciling manual timesheets from 60 employees. We thought this was normal. Then we installed computer time tracking software—an automatic agent. The first report: the system recorded 11% fewer hours than … Read More
“I woke up at 6:30 on a Saturday to check whether Peter had closed the task. On Friday evening I’d messaged him at 10 PM: ‘so where are we with that?’ My wife asked: ‘When did you last actually think … Read More
“I honestly considered myself a disciplined person. I work hard, I work for results. I installed a computer time tracking program — not for reporting purposes, but for myself. The first week was a shock. It turned out that 42% … Read More
“I ran a computer time tracking software for one day. Looked at the results. Shock. My longest uninterrupted work block was 11 minutes. Eleven! I was convinced I’d been working for hours straight. The reality: 72 window switches before lunch, … Read More
“A sales manager left for a competitor — and took a client database worth 10 million in annual revenue. We spent 200,000 on lawyers and got a lesson in ‘we told you so.’ The only documentary proof that he had … Read More
