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Time Tracking

Recording the hours spent on work or tasks, used for billing, payroll or productivity monitoring.

Time tracking logs how long you spend working or on specific tasks. Freelancers use it to bill clients accurately; some employers use it for hourly payroll or, more controversially, to monitor remote staff.

There is a real divide here: output-focused companies rarely track time, trusting results instead, while surveillance-heavy ones lean on it. A job's stance on time tracking says a lot about how much it trusts its people.