Hours on the pull, not in a group text.

The problem

1. The lead, the pullers, and the person terminating all text their hours, and the bill comes up short.
2. Payroll is a pile of messages because the crew never wrote the day down in one place.
3. Nobody can say whether the labels and the test are done, because the status is in a thread.
4. PTO gets approved in a text and missed on the weekly total.
5. The time app on the phone is branded for a different trade.
6. The office retypes the pull into an invoice after the crew has already left the site.

The solution

1. Every hour is tracked against that work order and billed. Several people can log time on the same order.
2. Payroll takes 15 minutes or less, from the weekly summary.
3. Time, PTO, and work orders all come from the phone, including the site and who is on the crew.
4. PTO requests and hour balances are in the same place the office closes the week.
5. The instance carries your logo and your colors, set up around how you already run a pull.
6. Billing reports are ready to invoice when the work is actually done.

One work order, several people

A data drop or a fiber backbone is rarely one person. The lead, the pullers, and the person terminating all need their hours on the same order, or the bill is short and payroll is a pile of texts. The work order shows the site, who is assigned, who else is on the crew, and the hours already logged.

Techs enter time from the phone against that order. A note can say what got done, such as a material count or which end still needs labels. The office does not retype the day.

Billing waits until the work is actually done

Low-voltage jobs often pause for the other trades. The hours should not disappear during the pause, and they should not get billed before the labels and the test are finished. Finished work stays on the billing list until it is billed. Open work stays on the work order.

Payroll is a separate close

The weekly summary is regular hours, overtime, leave, and total paid hours. That file is for payroll. It does not clear the billing list. PTO is requested from the phone and approved in hours.

This is not a test-equipment log, a labeling printer, or a CRM. It is the time, the work order, the PTO, and the bill. Your instance uses your logo and your colors.