Time tracking for contractors
Business Genie includes time tracking for contractors: your crews record their hours from the iOS or Android app, with GPS, in the same software that schedules, routes and invoices the work.
What time tracking is for
It takes the place of the paper timesheet filled in on Friday: hours are recorded as the day happens, on the phone the crew already carries.
Crew hours recorded from the field, with GPS.
Recorded where the work is
Crews record time from the phone they carry, not on a paper timesheet filled in on Friday.
With GPS
Business Genie’s time tracking is GPS time tracking: the hours come with the location they were recorded at.
Why track time by job?
Hours tracked against each job show what the job took, not just what the week took. That is what tells you whether a job type is priced right.
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Monday, job by job
Sample data: a technician’s Monday. The paper timesheet, written Friday at 4:40 PM, has one line for the day: 7:30 AM to 3:30 PM, 8h 00m. Recorded from the phone: in at 7:41 AM at Shop, out at 4:32 PM at Chen, 8h 51m, +51m against the paper. The jobs: Nair, No-cool call, 1h 15m; Ortiz, AC tune-up, 1h 00m; Mesa Grande, Duct cleaning, 2h 00m; Bluth, Furnace repair, 1h 30m; Chen, No-cool call, 1h 15m; drives and the minutes around them, 1h 51m.
Turn the hours into a price with the labor cost calculator and the hourly rate calculator.
Monday, job by job
Sample data: a technician’s Monday. The paper timesheet, written Friday at 4:40 PM, has one line for the day: 7:30 AM to 3:30 PM, 8h 00m. Recorded from the phone: in at 7:41 AM at Shop, out at 4:32 PM at Chen, 8h 51m, +51m against the paper. The jobs: Nair, No-cool call, 1h 15m; Ortiz, AC tune-up, 1h 00m; Mesa Grande, Duct cleaning, 2h 00m; Bluth, Furnace repair, 1h 30m; Chen, No-cool call, 1h 15m; drives and the minutes around them, 1h 51m.
Where time tracking sits in a job
Time tracking belongs to the stop where the work is: the day's hours are recorded on the job, not at the end of the week. Every stage on this route is part of the same software, on the web and in the app. Time tracking works with GPS time tracking, job costing, the dashboard and the mobile app.
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- Mobile app
- GPS time tracking
- Time tracking
Can crews track time from their phones?
Business Genie runs in the iOS and Android app, and its time tracking uses GPS.
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Try time tracking free for a month
Business Genie is free for a month, with no credit card to start. The Business Genie team sets up your account and moves your existing data over for free. Plans start at $50 a month.