<p>In our contracts we inform our clients that all work is rounded to 15 minute segments. It is just in a practices section.</p>
<p>Thanks,<br>
Steve</p>
<div class="gmail_quote">On Jun 2, 2011 9:39 AM, "Fred Jones" <<a href="mailto:fredthejonester@gmail.com">fredthejonester@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br type="attribution">> In response to a discussion we had here last year, I now bill by the<br>
> quarter hour, meaning I time all work on my Hamster timer and then I<br>> have a script that (at the end of the month) tallies the total time<br>> for each day and then rounds that up to the nearest quarter hour and<br>
> then adds all the days of the month together.<br>> <br>> My question, aside from if anyone has any feedback on the above, is do<br>> you think I need to explain this clearly to my clients? I used to work<br>
> with a guy whose bill always was rounded daily to the half hour, but I<br>> never asked him how exactly he got those times.<br>> <br>> I have my clients confirm that they understand that all work is being<br>
> billed by the hour for work done, and that estimates are just<br>> estimates, not guarantees, but I never really discuss with them this<br>> quarter hour thing.<br>> <br>> Turns out I do double bill a bit therefore, but due to the reasons<br>
> provided before, rounding up makes sense I think.<br>> <br>> Thanks,<br>> Fred<br>> _______________________________________________<br>> consulting mailing list<br>> <a href="mailto:consulting@drupal.org">consulting@drupal.org</a><br>
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