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Self-billing and rounding

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    #11
    <post rescinded in recognition of NAT's honourable amendment of his post>
    Last edited by NickFitz; 25 February 2008, 13:49.

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      #12
      That's me... now edited in the cold light of day.
      Down with racism. Long live miscegenation!

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        #13
        Sorted.

        If a system is broken ... abuse it. Basic principle of hacking.

        In this case, make the rounding work my way.

        Last two weeks I submitted timesheets totalling x hours and 40 minutes. 40 minutes got rounded to .67 (from .66666666 etc.)

        So MyLtdCo got 25p too much!

        So, every month, I shall do 10 or 40 minutes over the hour and let them diddle themselves for 25p each time. £3 to MyLtdCo over a year.

        Possibly one of the smallest victories in the world, ever. But I shall do it by abusing their crappiness.

        One to me, methinks.

        Thinks ... after taking off VAT and tax, it works out to about £1.53 take-home. If I make it to 12 months, I shall have to go to Wetherspoons and buy myself a pint, paid for out of recruitment agency incompetence!
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          #14
          That's a better attitude.
          Or you could just bill to the nearest 15 minutes - or 6 minutes if you prefer. That way you'd get to spend more time doing chargeable work than timesheeting it.

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            #15
            At ClientCo I get paid for a full day no matter how many days I work. I regularly take a half day - I still get paid for a full day.

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              #16
              Originally posted by BrowneIssue View Post
              Sorted.

              If a system is broken ... abuse it. Basic principle of hacking.

              In this case, make the rounding work my way.

              Last two weeks I submitted timesheets totalling x hours and 40 minutes. 40 minutes got rounded to .67 (from .66666666 etc.)

              So MyLtdCo got 25p too much!

              So, every month, I shall do 10 or 40 minutes over the hour and let them diddle themselves for 25p each time. £3 to MyLtdCo over a year.

              Possibly one of the smallest victories in the world, ever. But I shall do it by abusing their crappiness.

              One to me, methinks.

              Thinks ... after taking off VAT and tax, it works out to about £1.53 take-home. If I make it to 12 months, I shall have to go to Wetherspoons and buy myself a pint, paid for out of recruitment agency incompetence!
              I like the thinking.

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