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    Why are they all so cack?
    And what exactly is wrong with an "ad hominem" argument? Dodgy Agent, 16-5-2014

    #2
    Originally posted by Mich the Tester View Post
    Why are they all so cack?
    Because they are written for business bean counters by IT professionals who hate business bean counters.
    When money ceases to be the tool by which men deal with one another, then men become the tools of men. Blood, whips and guns--or dollars. Take your choice - Ayn Rand, Atlas.

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      #3
      Originally posted by Mich the Tester View Post
      Why are they all so cack?
      they were made by contractors who wanted them to be overly complicated in order to make a small project into a big project - perhaps?
      "Condoms should come with a free pack of earplugs."

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        #4
        Mines great. Quick email to the client contact saying 'I'm billing x days'. Then he sends one back saying 'OK'.

        Older and ...well, just older!!

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          #5
          Originally posted by ratewhore View Post
          Mines great. Quick email to the client contact saying 'I'm billing x days'. Then he sends one back saying 'OK'.

          please name ClientCo and ask him if he wants a tester.
          And what exactly is wrong with an "ad hominem" argument? Dodgy Agent, 16-5-2014

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            #6
            My theory is that the writers of time reporting systems hate people. Perhaps they were badly treated as children, who knows.

            "I know, let's force the user to enter each day on separate web page, make them hit enter, then hit another button to go to the next page."

            "Oh, and let's host everything on an old Pentium 1 machine somewhere"

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              #7
              Originally posted by Mich the Tester View Post
              please name ClientCo and ask him if he wants a tester.
              +1
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                #8
                Originally posted by Mich the Tester View Post
                Why are they all so cack?
                5 different ones here, for extra giggles 2 start the week on a Sunday and the other 3 on a Monday, and just for the extra fun 2 are directly tied into the project planning systems, 1 of that pair and another one go to the HR, and 2 and a combo go to accounts, one weekly, one monthly and some weirdness that obeys dates, not days or weeks for quarters.

                There are three spread-sheets for translating project names and codes across the various systems. These are maintained on an ad-hoc basis so are often out of date, such that the current work package is not listed, and older ones are just wrong.

                Invariably nothing adds up, and so managers start swapping stuff about, by altering peoples registrations. The next month some functionary sends a snotty emails about booking to the wrong projects where for tulips and giggles one can point out you don't even have an account on that project so there is no way you could have booked time to it. They'll then have a series of meetings ...

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                  #9
                  Originally posted by bobhope View Post
                  My theory is that the writers of time reporting systems hate people.

                  "Oh, and let's host everything on an old Pentium 1 machine somewhere"
                  Yes, and one of them here really is on an old laptop with a dead screen in a cupboard, which gets unplugged by the cleaners every so often and no one notices until its battery goes flat sometime later.

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                    #10
                    Originally posted by Mich the Tester View Post
                    Why are they all so cack?

                    Because although bean counters, HR and other oxygen wasters like to spout on that they (and thier proceses, procedures and time wasting/management tools) are crucial to the business - in reality no body really gives a toss........... and the bean counters etc KNOW they are worthless so don't want to draw attention to it by having anyone really look at whats going on........

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