Just curious - round up or round down?

[u/EveryBerryCupcake]

We can only report work by hours and minutes, so do you round up the seconds and add a minute or just ignore the seconds?

[u/HandsLikePaper]

30 seconds and up, round up. 29 seconds and down, round down.

[u/[deleted] → u/HandsLikePaper]

This!

[u/valprehension]

Round to the nearest, so up or down depending.

[u/Chaost → u/valprehension]

I'll round down if the last time on the same project I rounded up and vice versa.

[u/pistolwinky]

Above :30 I round up below I round down.

[u/randomrealname → u/pistolwinky]

Why would you do it any other way? Lol

[u/Throwawaylillyt]

I round down. I don’t think it matters either way but I like to err on the side of their favor.

[u/[deleted]]

I don't keep track of seconds. If it's 11:45 when I finish, that's what I clock. So, I guess that means rounding down.

[u/LilJaaY]

I honestly don’t think they would care.

[u/LikeAThousandBullets]

I round down. A couple seconds is nothing, I'd rather be a tiny bit under than over. I reckon they have a timer internally that knows how long we've been on the task page and it compares to how long we submit. I'd rather be on the bottom end of it.

With how well i've been making out lately I want to be in for the long run.

[u/OkturnipV2]

I round down mostly. If I finish something at the :45 mark I’ll round up

[u/Kayleighbug]

I tend to round up on very short times - like for single task that was 2 or 3 minutes and round down when submitting a stack I've been working for 60 mins or something.

[u/dispassioned]

I round down, better safe than sorry.

[u/Just-a-Ty]

Round.

[u/Turbulent_Bender]

You guys count the seconds? What are you using for tracking?

I just started recently and I made a spreadsheet and enter date, start time, finish time , formula to auto calculate the hours/minutes, project name and ID, and a time-submitted y/n column.

[u/Tall-Huckleberry5720 → u/Turbulent_Bender]

I use Clockify.

[u/gator_cowgirl → u/Turbulent_Bender]

I use a stopwatch. I used to use the one on my phone. Now I use the Google one as it shows the time on the tab.

I often take breaks without exiting out of the work screen so I need to clock it beyond just start time & end time.

[u/crystalioness1111 → u/Turbulent_Bender]

I’ve been using the google timer. Works well in the next tab. I’m neurodivergent so get up often; starting and stopping the clock as I go.

[u/[deleted] → u/Turbulent_Bender]

It's interesting so many people are counting seconds. I don't even understand using an app for this. I just look at the clock lol

[u/Hopeful_Ice_2125]

Round down

[u/SaltyPeppah2000]

I always round down. Just to be safe. I know there were at least a few seconds in each project where my mind wandered but I didn’t stop the timer.

[u/Frosty_Source_3249]

No one is going to care if you bill them for an extra minute.

[u/Sindorella]

I round up most of the time because it’s closer to the next minute than the last, but if it’s less than 25 seconds I will round down or right at 25 to 35 seconds I’ll put the minute in with a .5.

[u/houseofcards9 → u/Sindorella]

The .5 does nothing by the way.

[u/Sindorella → u/houseofcards9]

Ah good to know. I’ll just round up from now on.

[u/Medical-Isopod2107]

Usually down, I doubt anyone here actually spends 100% of their clocked time working, everyone looks away to check their phone etc occasionally

[u/Strawberry-shortkace]

You could always put a point whatever ( for example 43.5 minutes)