Manual time on Upwork and what should you know about it

I was thinking what article topic to pick today and decided to go with a manual time one.

Agenda

1. Why do you need Manual time
2. How to add manual time
3. Risks
4. Good to know

I recently came to this reddit thread and somehow understood what clients think about manual time:

Let's start why you may need manual time:

1. Your work isn't always typing or clicking something on your computer - maybe you are reading, discovering, learning, thinking, downloading, uploading
2. You work not alone (not allowed officially)
3. You hate screenshots of your screen :)
4. You are working with a sensitive information

How to add it

1. Go to work diary https://www.upwork.com/wd/
2. select day you want
3. Click add manual time
4. select time (hours) and write memo (description of the job)
5. Click Update

You can also do it via your tracking app

1. Choose add manual time
2. Add date, select hours
3. Write memos and update:)

Risks

1. Manual time is not supported by Upwork payment policy. In other words, if the client rejects them, you won't be paid
2. You can submit manual time only for the current week till the Sundaymidnight UTC (3 am Monday, Ukraine)
3. Manual hours can be disputed later for 30 days after payment. Btw, it's a new soft rule, before it was 180 days.

Good to know

1. You can add hours by 10 mins spots, you can't add 1,2,5,7 mins
2. Manual hours should be in a weekly limit too
3. Client should allow manual time so it will be available
4. Don't put more than 12 hours per day on one account totally, you may be banned.

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Hugs,

Tamara