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Let staff clock in and out on their phone

Hours are written on a scrap of paper or remembered at the end of the week, and pay is always a debate. Set up a 10-second phone form that records times into a spreadsheet and totals the week.

Updated 17 Oct 2026

The prompt · ChatGPT

Help me set up a simple phone timesheet for staff.

Team: [number of staff, shifts]
How I pay: [weekly or monthly, hourly]
What I need to record: [start, finish, breaks, site or job]
How staff will access it: [link on their phone, QR code by the door]

First ask me up to 4 short questions. Wait for my answers.

Then:
1. Form questions: name (dropdown), in or out, break minutes, notes.
2. A sheet layout that pairs each in with the next out and works out hours, with formulas.
3. A weekly total per person for payroll.
4. A 5-minute weekly check and how to handle a forgotten clock-out.
5. A short note to staff explaining why and how.

Only use what I've told you, leave blanks for anything I haven't given, and don't invent facts or figures. UK English.

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A short example

Fill the blanks, then paste. number of staff, shifts: a short note you already have. weekly or monthly, hourly: a short note you already have. Leave the rest of the prompt as written.

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