Six frames an hour, out of three thousand six hundred seconds. The dotted spans are what nobody sees.
Screenshot monitoring and proof of work
All notes
Everything here, grouped by subject.
No platforms, tools or vendors named. No figures for how common this is, because those surveys come from the platforms. This collection explains what proof of work proves and how to negotiate it; it does not explain how to defeat time tracking, and the closing note says why. Nothing here is legal advice.
01 of 08 · 7 notes
What it is
A single frame from a working hour, interpreted by somebody who was not there. It establishes presence and nothing else.
02 of 08 · 8 notes
The contractor's side
A monitoring requirement is a commercial term, and it can be accepted, negotiated or declined like any other.
03 of 08 · 7 notes
The client's side
Requiring proof of work looks free. It is not, and three of the four costs appear on no invoice.
04 of 08 · 6 notes
The platform
The marketplace is a third party with its own interests, and its interest is in the arrangement existing rather than being accurate.
05 of 08 · 7 notes
Running the engagement
Most disputes are disagreements about things nobody agreed, and settling seven of them takes one exchange of messages.
06 of 08 · 6 notes
Evidence of work
Several things can evidence work, and the ranking is not what the prevalence of screenshots would suggest.
07 of 08 · 6 notes
Obligations
With no statutory floor, the agreement is the whole of the protection.
The short version
One exchange of messages beats a year of frames
Agree how reading, calls and blocked time are billed. Send three written lines a week without being asked. Keep your own record of what each block achieved. Warn before the estimate is exceeded. That prevents almost every dispute the monitoring was introduced to settle.