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Time tracking for professional services

Staff ask for time off in TimeOff Manager instead of by email. Approvals, the team calendar, and hourly staff hours are all in one account.

From $15/mo billed annually. Starter $15/mo · Growth $25/mo · Scale $49.99/mo.

How a professional services firm uses it

TimeOff Manager Pro leave screen for professional services staff

Asking for time off from the phone

Staff ask for time off in the app, not by email

Vacation requests sit in someone’s inbox, and they are easy to miss or forget.

Staff send a time-off request in TimeOff Manager. A manager approves or declines it from one list of pending requests.

Team time off list of approved and pending requests at a professional services firm

Every request and its status

Check the team calendar before you plan the week

Two people take the same Friday off, and you only find out on Monday.

Once time off is approved, it shows on the team calendar. You can see who is out before you plan meetings or client work.

Employee list for a professional services firm

Each person on the team

Days off left are kept for each person

The office manager tracks vacation days in a private spreadsheet that no one else can see.

Vacation, sick, and personal day balances are saved on each employee’s record, so anyone who approves time off sees the same numbers.

Employee schedules for professional services staff

Everyone’s regular hours

Work schedules for staff who track hours

Associates and admin staff work different hours, so one office schedule doesn’t fit everyone.

Set a regular work schedule for each person. If you turn it on, staff can only clock in when they have a schedule.

Holidays screen for a professional services firm

Public holidays, already loaded

US and Canadian holidays are already loaded

Someone has to type next year’s public holidays in by hand every December.

US and Canadian public holidays are already in TimeOff Manager. Holidays for other countries are not included.

Approved hours, ready for payroll

TimeOff Manager tracks hours. It doesn’t pay anyone. At the end of the pay period, a manager reviews and approves the hours. Then you download them as an Excel or CSV file and send it to whoever runs payroll: your bookkeeper, your accountant, or your payroll software.

  • Hours are approved first

    A manager checks the hours before they go anywhere, so payroll gets real numbers, not guesses from a group text.

  • Overtime is flagged

    Extra hours show up on the timesheet, so you can see overtime before you pay it.

  • Excel or CSV

    One download your bookkeeper or payroll software can open.

  • Payroll happens elsewhere

    TimeOff Manager does not calculate pay, print checks, or file taxes.

Hours report for professional services, ready to export

The hours report, ready to download

See it on the real product

These are real TimeOff Manager screens. Open the live demo to click around them yourself.

Manage Requests screen for approving time off at a professional services firm
Approve or decline time off
Shared team calendar of time off for an office team
Who is out this week
Leave summary showing remaining days off for firm staff before a vacation is approved
Days off left, before you say yes

A typical day

  1. 1

    Staff start the day

    Hourly staff clock in. Salaried staff use the same account to request time off.

  2. 2

    A request comes in

    Someone asks for three days off. The request waits in Manage Requests instead of a side email.

  3. 3

    Check the calendar at midday

    Before you book a client meeting, you check who is already out.

  4. 4

    Approve and send hours on Friday

    Approve the time off, and download the hours for hourly staff to send to payroll.

This is not billing software for your firm

TimeOff Manager does not track client matters, staff utilization, or client invoices. It tracks time off, work schedules, clock-ins for staff who clock in, and hours you can download for payroll.

Also see time tracking software, TimeOff Kiosk, PTO software, and pricing.

Approved time off can sync to Google Calendar and Microsoft Outlook. Approved hours can go to QuickBooks Online or FreshBooks.

  • Google Calendar
  • Microsoft Outlook
  • FreshBooks
  • QuickBooks

You can also ask ChatGPT, Claude, or Cursor questions about your account, like who is out next week, through Model Context Protocol.

Model Context Protocol

Simple pricing

From $15/mo billed annually. Starter $15/mo · Growth $25/mo · Scale $49.99/mo. Every plan includes time off, clock-in, GPS, a shared-tablet kiosk, mileage, and hour downloads.

Common questions from professional services firms

Can attorneys and accountants request time off here?

Yes. Everyone can request time off, get approvals, see their days off left, and use the shared calendar. Staff who also clock in use the same login.

Does it replace our billing software?

No. It does not bill clients or measure staff utilization.

Which holidays are included?

US and Canadian public holidays are already loaded. Holidays for other countries are not included.

What does a 30-person firm pay?

Growth is $25/mo billed annually for 21–50 people, after a 14-day trial. Starter is $15/mo for up to 20 people. Scale is $49.99/mo for larger teams.

Keep time off on one calendar, not in email

From $15/mo billed annually after a 14-day trial. Starter $180/year (1–20 users), Growth $300/year (21–50), Scale $49.99/mo or $479.90/year (51–1,000).