Get clean hours from your crew. Get invoices your customers don't fight. Here are seven things to check in any app before you pick one, and how FieldTimesheet answers each.
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An app the crew skips gives you no hours at all. Look for a punch that takes seconds, on the phone they already carry, with nothing to install from an app store.
FieldTimesheet: Crews clock in from their own phones in the browser, on iPhone or Android. They pick the job and tap clock in. At clock-out they leave one line about what got done, and can reuse a recent note when the work carries over.
02
Hours tell you what to pay. They do not tell a customer what they are paying for. A note written at clock-out is the explanation behind every line on a T&M invoice.
FieldTimesheet: Every entry carries the electrician's work note. It shows on the weekly timesheet, the CSV, the QuickBooks time activity and the customer billing packet.
03
The report you hand a customer should never carry what you pay your electricians, your labor cost or your margin.
FieldTimesheet: The billing packet lists date, who worked, what was done, hours, your bill rate and the amount. Bill rate and pay rate are separate fields, and the customer packet cannot show the pay rate.
04
Electrical work happens in mechanical rooms, basements and steel buildings. Ask exactly what happens to a punch tapped with no bars.
FieldTimesheet: The punch is saved on the phone with the time it was tapped and uploads the next time the clock page is open with signal. Nothing uploads while the app is closed, and a punch saved more than 24 hours earlier is refused and shown to the worker so the office can add the time.
05
Retyping hours into accounting is where errors creep in. Ask what is sent, when, and whether it is one way or two.
FieldTimesheet: An admin connects QuickBooks Online and clicks Sync on the Time page. Each completed entry goes as a time activity with the date, worker, hours and minutes, and the work note. Without QuickBooks, the CSV export and printed reports work on their own.
06
Someone will forget to clock out. The office needs to correct it before payroll or an invoice goes out, without asking the electrician to redo the day.
FieldTimesheet: An admin can edit any entry or add a manual one on the Time page, then print the weekly timesheet with signature lines for the electrician to sign.
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Per-user pricing adds up fast on a growing crew. Check the price at your crew size today and at the size you expect next year.
FieldTimesheet: Starter is $39 per month for up to 3 workers. Crew is $99 per month for up to 10 workers, then $8 per month for each additional worker. Both start with a 14-day free trial with no credit card.
During any trial, print what your customer would see for one day of work. If it reads like the first line, the app tracks time. If it reads like the second, it also explains the invoice.
8.77 hrs
Thu 7:02a to 3:48p. Pulled and terminated circuits 12 to 18, second-floor east wing.
Example entry for illustration.
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Side-by-side comparisons: FieldTimesheet vs QuickBooks Time, vs TSheets, vs Clockify.
Starter is $39 per month for up to 3 workers. Crew is $99 per month for up to 10 workers, then $8 per month for each additional worker. Billing packets, reports, the CSV export and the QuickBooks Online sync are included in both.
The one your crew will use every day and that answers the questions your customers ask about the invoice. Check the seven points on this page against every app you try, at your crew size, during a free trial.
Yes. It is built for electrical contractors who bill time and materials: the electrician's note about what got done travels with the hours to the timesheet, QuickBooks Online and the customer billing packet.
No. They open the clock page in the browser on their phone and can add it to the home screen. It works on iPhone and Android.
No. GPS is recorded with the clock-in and clock-out punches only, and the billing packet shows it as on-site corroboration. There is no all-day tracking and no geofence.
Yes. Every plan starts with a 14-day free trial with no credit card. Invite one electrician, run a week, and print the billing packet for a real job.
Starter is $39 per month for up to 3 workers. Crew is $99 per month for up to 10 workers, then $8 per month for each additional worker.