Episode 19: What Is It Like Managing R&D Timesheets in Excel? Old A Tells All
2026/9/21
Old A's new company started with just 8 people in the R&D project team, and everything ran smoothly—they used AceTimesheet, timesheet entry was easy, and data was summarized automatically. But the good times didn't last. After signing a big project, the team quickly grew to 20 people. AceTimesheet's 10-user free limit shut them out. Overnight, the team went back to the Stone Age of Excel timesheets. Data was often deleted or altered by mistake, and missing or wrong entries piled up. At month-end the boss wanted project hours and labor cost data, finance chased them daily, and work was interrupted in every possible way. Old A proposed buying a system, but the boss replied: the project isn't profitable now—cut costs, save where you can.