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Re:The billable hour is a trap into which more and more of u... by tyingq on Thursday May 26, 2022 @11:28PM (#31525744)
Mechanics aren't shy about charging "hours" from a reference book that have little to do with how long the task actually took.
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Re:The billable hour is a trap into which more and more of u... by willcipriano on Thursday May 26, 2022 @11:37PM (#31525785)
That's really just a guide for mechanics to figure out what to charge, it's a fixed fee deal with the estimated man hours on the invoice for reference purposes. You could call them work units or story points and arrive at the same number.
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Re:The billable hour is a trap into which more and more of u... by tyingq on Friday May 27, 2022 @08:37PM (#31536516)
The invoice, though, almost always says "hours x rate/hour = total labor".
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