I worked somewhere that had multiple time keeping systems but only one counted for getting paid and they didn’t talk to each other.
So you’d have to open one or more of the others, figure out the hours for each day - because it just showed start and end times, not total hours - and copy that into the getting-paid one. They made a little app to do the math for you that showed you what to copy into the other program.
I pointed out that this is literally what computers are for and it could be entirely automated and was told something like “you can’t trust computers to do it right”.
And don’t get me started on “If you submit your timecard on Wednesday, HR can process it by Xday so you get paid ‘a day early’”
At the place I work at, the time logs are used as line items on invoices. Basically, if we don’t have the logs, the company can’t charge clients for our time. But I’m guessing that’s not typical?
I’m salaried exempt and I still have to fill one out. It makes no sense.
The craziest part is that our time sheets are actually automated. I don’t even have to fill anything out most of the time, just hit “submit” lol
I worked somewhere that had multiple time keeping systems but only one counted for getting paid and they didn’t talk to each other.
So you’d have to open one or more of the others, figure out the hours for each day - because it just showed start and end times, not total hours - and copy that into the getting-paid one. They made a little app to do the math for you that showed you what to copy into the other program.
I pointed out that this is literally what computers are for and it could be entirely automated and was told something like “you can’t trust computers to do it right”.
And don’t get me started on “If you submit your timecard on Wednesday, HR can process it by Xday so you get paid ‘a day early’”
There may actually be some legal or procedural requirement to leave a paper trail. These things are pretty weird and full of old relics sometimes.
They say it’s so they know when to hire more people
At the place I work at, the time logs are used as line items on invoices. Basically, if we don’t have the logs, the company can’t charge clients for our time. But I’m guessing that’s not typical?