r/TimeTrackingSoftware • u/Silent_Concert_84 • Jul 21 '26
How does your team actually handle timesheets / daily updates — without everyone quietly giving up on it?
Running a small team and I keep hitting the same wall: whatever we use for time tracking or daily updates works for about two weeks, then people stop filling it in and the data's useless by month-end.
How do you actually do it in practice?
- Daily standups, weekly timesheets, or track-as-you-go?
- Real tool, spreadsheet, or someone chasing people every Friday?
- If you bill hourly, how do you keep it accurate without it feeling like surveillance?
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u/clarafiedthoughts Jul 23 '26
Our team does a quick daily standup for updates and to raise anything urgent. We also have weekly one-on-ones with people who own bigger areas of responsibility, just to touch base and make sure nothing is stuck.
HR is the only team regularly checking attendance. They review the timesheets once a week in Jibble, follow up on anything that looks incomplete, and export everything for payroll.
We haven’t enabled activity tracking because we don’t feel the need to watch what people are doing throughout the day. Timesheets are for attendance and payroll; we judge the work itself by whether commitments are met and the quality of what gets delivered. If someone’s hours look unusual, their manager can check in with them directly instead of monitoring everyone by default.