We've been using Harvest and it performs the rounding automagically for us. <div><br></div><div>My $.02,</div><div><br></div><div>c.b.<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Thu, Jun 2, 2011 at 9:28 AM, fgm <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:fgm@osinet.fr">fgm@osinet.fr</a>></span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex;">FWIW, I normally bill rounded to 5 minutes, up or down.<br>
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Date d'envoi : jeudi 2 juin 2011 17:39<br>
À : A list for Drupal consultants and Drupal service/hosting providers<br>
Objet : [consulting] Billing Increments<br>
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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>
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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>
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