Personally I, on the worker side of this relationship, enjoy the tracker - but I seem to be part of a tiny minority.

That being said, I've been involved with the hiring side of IT contracting before, and I can say without nuance that it would be a train wreck without some form of tracker.

Is the above just a personal squeak of disapproval or do you know of a way to avoid it while hiring strangers from around the world?

Hey, I totally understand your perspective, and I get that time tracking isn’t for everyone. For me and my company, for example, they don’t even require me to track my hours. It’s really more of a tool that I’ll personally use to see how much time I spend on each task or ticket. It’s mostly for my own personal organization, not something imposed by anyone else.

Thanks for sharing your thoughts!