I am required to bill in 15 minute increments for public sector work and 1 hour increments for private sector work. I don't bill for time I am actively concertedly doing something else. But if I am so much as reading a research paper that touches tangentially on their work, I bill them for that.
When my client roster is heavy, I bill about 32-36 hours a week. The other 4-8 hours is mentor, team building, personal development, networking, etc.
I only bill 40 hours when I'm overbooked or I have a big dedicated project and I can drop a lot of the other activities because I don't need to be branching out and maintaining awareness so much of various projects.
I have colleagues who bill 40 hours almost every week. I believe most of these people are being honest and they're working nmore hours and pushing their non-project work into their personal lives/time. I'm pretty strict about containing my work schedule so I bill less. It has never been a problem at my work.
When my client roster is heavy, I bill about 32-36 hours a week. The other 4-8 hours is mentor, team building, personal development, networking, etc.
I only bill 40 hours when I'm overbooked or I have a big dedicated project and I can drop a lot of the other activities because I don't need to be branching out and maintaining awareness so much of various projects.
I have colleagues who bill 40 hours almost every week. I believe most of these people are being honest and they're working nmore hours and pushing their non-project work into their personal lives/time. I'm pretty strict about containing my work schedule so I bill less. It has never been a problem at my work.