Phil: You need to work on your timesheets, kid, or you’re not going to make it in this place.
Theo: But I wrote down what I did …?
Phil: Well that was your first mistake. Bring up your first entry on screen.
03/09/2025 Reading 0.5
Phil: You can’t spend half an hour reading in, it’s killing my write-off stats. Make it sound like you added value.
03/09/2025 Review and analyse previous correspondence and consider next steps 0.5
Phil: Better! How much correspondence?
03/09/2025 Review and analyse core correspondence over 12-month sample period with key parties and consider next steps 0.5
Phil: Better! Did you have any ideas for next steps?
Theo: Not really.
Phil: Excellent, put that down.
03/09/2025 Review and analyse core correspondence over 12-month sample period with key parties and consider next steps, then discuss with supervisor 0.6
Phil: This conversation took way longer than six minutes.
03/09/2025 Review and analyse core correspondence over 12-month sample period with key parties and consider next steps, then discuss with supervisor 1.0
Phil: Great, now add some of your other tasks from today into the same entry so no one can tell how long you spent on each thing.
03/09/025 Review and analyse core correspondence over 12-month sample period with key parties and consider next steps, then discuss with supervisor; check files for confidential material; attend court to file application; place copy of stamped application on file. 7.0
Phil: Excellent. But you can’t have a round number of hours or it looks like you made it up.
03/09/025 Review and analyse core correspondence over 12-month sample period with key parties and consider next steps, then discuss with supervisor; check files for confidential material; attend court to file application; place copy of stamped application on file. 6.8
Phil: You’ll go far, kid. You’ll go far.
