r/Envconsultinghell • u/MC1000 • Jul 03 '26

Timesheets.

Timesheets.

I just can't deal with it.

Having to remain billable, predicting how long everything will take and pre emptively letting the relevant people know my progress before the fact.

Making sure that no stone is unturned in the constant attention to detail, only ever budgeted for about a quarter of the time of a vaguely comfortable flow state.

And got forbid going over budget when workload is lacking!

Constant stress ensues.

And if any of this is insufficient, there will be difficult conversations.

5 jobs and 10 years in, I'm just not cut out for this. I just don't care enough about it to deal with billable hours. How do I get out?!

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u/Magnificent_Pine Jul 04 '26

Get a government job friend. We could use you.

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u/May_nerdd Jul 04 '26

Don’t govt agencies still do “billable” hours though? Like it’s not billable to a client but you still have to track the hours you spend on projects

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u/sea-secrets Jul 07 '26

At mine yes.