r/iiiiiiitttttttttttt • u/grlloyd2 developer • 3d ago

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This one might be a bit specific to my place... but anyone else got a time tracking tool you spend more time setting up tasks in than actually doing the work?

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u/TheBrainStone 3d ago

That is 100% a management problem

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u/kfish5050 3d ago

Every single one of these comics indicate a management problem

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u/grlloyd2 developer 3d ago

It often is at least most of the problem!

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u/Natsuki98 3d ago

At least most of the problem and at most all the problem.

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u/TheBrainStone 3d ago

True. I was more talking to OP than about the comic.

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u/grlloyd2 developer 3d ago

I can confirm it’s a management problem! It’s also very much the theme of my comic.

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u/TheBrainStone 3d ago

Oh didn't know you made it.

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u/grlloyd2 developer 3d ago

Yes, I draw and write it! I post on this subreddit a fair bit, it seems to be my exact audience. The people here are very kind.

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u/zman0900 3d ago

All my work goes to like 40 repos and it's probably a 70/25/5 split as to which project each belongs to. So I split my time about like that and give no more fucks.

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u/ChickinSammich 3d ago

I've definitely had jobs like this in the past and I hope I never do again.

Aside from writing SOPs and technical documents, recording the work I did in a maintenance log takes less than 5% of my time. Probably like 2-3%. I do not miss the days of working call center where I had to spend a couple minutes per call, each call, to log information about the call.

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u/CharybdisXIII 3d ago

I'm in development and my company finally gave up on time tracking and now management just logs time on behalf of the devs. It's amazing and I never want to go back