time cards

Hourly work logs

Time cards are documents or digital records employees use to track hours worked.

Traditionally a paper card punched by a machine to stamp arrival and departure times, time cards now often exist as electronic entries in payroll software.

Don't forget to fill out your time card before the end of the pay period.

The practice of "punching in" and "punching out" persists idiomatically even where physical cards have disappeared.

Opposites
work tracking method

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Trust-based compliance without supervision

self-reporting · flexible hours · flexible scheduling · exempt status · autonomy

employment structure

time cardsexempt status

Formal release from obligations

salary · freelance work · gig work · self-employment

employee accountability

time cardsproject milestones

Scheduled progress checkpoints

deliverables · performance metrics · self-management

Family

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Top 10,000
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Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Everyday, not technical · Rated G