[consulting] RE : Billing Increments

[Cort Buchholz]

We've been using Harvest and it performs the rounding automagically for us.


My $.02,

c.b.

On Thu, Jun 2, 2011 at 9:28 AM, fgm <fgm at osinet.fr> wrote:

> FWIW, I normally bill rounded to 5 minutes, up or down.
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> part de Fred Jones [fredthejonester at gmail.com]
> Date d'envoi : jeudi 2 juin 2011 17:39
> À : A list for Drupal consultants and Drupal service/hosting providers
> Objet : [consulting] Billing Increments
>
> In response to a discussion we had here last year, I now bill by the
> quarter hour, meaning I time all work on my Hamster timer and then I
> have a script that (at the end of the month) tallies the total time
> for each day and then rounds that up to the nearest quarter hour and
> then adds all the days of the month together.
>
> My question, aside from if anyone has any feedback on the above, is do
> you think I need to explain this clearly to my clients? I used to work
> with a guy whose bill always was rounded daily to the half hour, but I
> never asked him how exactly he got those times.
>
> I have my clients confirm that they understand that all work is being
> billed by the hour for work done, and that estimates are just
> estimates, not guarantees, but I never really discuss with them this
> quarter hour thing.
>
> Turns out I do double bill a bit therefore, but due to the reasons
> provided before, rounding up makes sense I think.
>
> Thanks,
> Fred
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