Role Playbooks / Consultant

Consultant

You do the client work. Prilet counts your hours for you — your job is to keep time off current and give the total a look once a week.

Consulting company About 5 minutes a week No daily time entry

Your rhythm

Every day

Nothing daily — this role runs on a weekly rhythm.

Every week

Read the Weekly Hours Summary email
Ask for an adjustment if the hours are wrong

Every month

Enter time off you already know about
Add anything new to your resume

A typical week

Your hours are counted in Monday-to-Sunday weeks. The days below are the week after one of those ends, because everything on them is about the hours you have already worked.

Most weeks you read one email and move on. The only day with a hard edge is the one your adjustment window closes.

Mon

Tue

Wed

Thu

Fri

Sat

Sun

You

Prilet

Deadline

Nothing due

Mon

Your hours are calculated and emailed to you

“Weekly Hours Summary” lands in your inbox with the total for the week just finished, and shows how it was reached — working days, less time off, less public holidays.

Tue

Give the number one look

That’s the whole task. If it matches what you worked, close the email; the week continues on its own. If it doesn’t, open Hours Review and request an adjustment.

Wed

The adjustment window closes

48 hours after the email went out. Weekends and public holidays don’t count, so a Friday summary gives you until Tuesday.

What each task involves

Record time off before you take it

This is the one habit that matters. Prilet works out your hours from your assignment’s working days and then subtracts time off and public holidays — but only the ones already recorded when the week is calculated. Enter a day off before the week ends and your hours come out right on their own. Enter it after and you’re fixing it by hand.

In the app: My Availability → Time Off About availability and time off →

Check your hours when the summary arrives

Every week you get an email listing what Prilet calculated: the working days on your assignment, less any time off and holidays. Read the total and ask yourself one question — is that what I worked? If it is, you are finished. Do nothing and it flows through to invoicing by itself.

In the app: Hours Review About billing weeks →

Request an adjustment if the number is wrong

Open the week, enter the hours you actually worked and say why. That goes to the client for approval, and you’ll get an email telling you whether they accepted it. You have 48 hours from the summary email — weekends and public holidays don’t count against you, and the exact deadline is on the week. After that the week locks and you’ll need to ask your manager to reopen it.

In the app: Hours Review → the week → Request Adjustment About adjustments →

Keep your resume honest

Your resume is what clients read before they meet you. When you finish a project, pick up a certification, or start working with something new, add it. There’s no schedule for this — a few minutes after each engagement ends is plenty.

In the app: My Resume About resumes →

Your dashboard

My Resume

Update your skills, experience.

My Availability

Set your availability and manage time off.

Hours Review

Review and adjust weekly billing hours.

My Profile

Update your name, email, and password.

Where you spend your time

Visible, but rarely needed

What lands in your email inbox

You don’t need to remember to log in — every task starts with an email. Worth making sure these reach you.

“Weekly Hours Summary: …” Weekly

Your hours for the week just finished. This is the one email you should always open.

“Adjustment Approved: …” When it happens

The client accepted your corrected hours. Nothing further to do.

“Adjustment Rejected: …” When it happens

The client kept the original hours and gave a reason. Take it up with your manager if you disagree.

“Adjustment Auto-Approved: …” When it happens

The client didn’t respond within their own 48 hours, so your figure stood automatically.

“Hours reopened for adjustment: …” Rare

The client reopened a locked week. You can request a change again.

FAQ

Common questions

Do I have to fill in a timesheet?

Not daily, and not weekly either. Your hours are still tracked — they’re calculated from your assignment’s working days and weekly hours, minus time off and public holidays. You only ever type a number when that calculation is wrong and you’re asking to correct it.

What happens if I do nothing at all?

The calculated hours stand. Once the adjustment window closes, the week is locked for invoicing and your company bills the client for it. That is the normal, correct outcome for most weeks — silence means the number was right.

I missed the two days. Now what?

Ask your manager or a company admin. The hiring company can reopen a week for adjustment after the fact, and once they do it goes back to the normal request flow. It’s worth avoiding, because it puts a manual step in someone else’s week.

When exactly does the summary email arrive?

Usually Monday morning, once the week just ended has been calculated. Some weeks are cut short at month end so invoicing can close the month, and in that case the summary arrives the following morning instead. Whenever it lands, your 48 hours start from that email — not from the end of the week.

Why are my hours lower than I expected?

Almost always a public holiday or a piece of time off you recorded. Open the week from Hours Review and you’ll see the working days and each deduction listed. If a deduction is there that shouldn’t be, that’s exactly what an adjustment request is for.

Who sees my rate?

If someone at your company manages your profile, the commercial side — rates and invoices — sits with them, so you won’t find it on your dashboard. That’s deliberate rather than restrictive: what the client is billed is a matter between the two companies, and it isn’t something you need to track week to week. Your own pay is a conversation with your employer, exactly as it would be anywhere else.

My resume looks finished, but it still isn’t live.

Publishing a resume is done by whoever manages your profile, so a finished one waits for them to switch it on — usually a nudge is all it takes. If they say they have and it still isn’t live, the other possibility is your company’s payment account, which has to be verified before any resume there goes live. That one is an admin’s to sort out.

I’m on my own rather than employed by a firm. Is this still my guide?

Only partly. Everything here applies, but you also own the invoicing, payouts and client relationship, which this guide leaves out. Read the Solo Consultant playbook instead.

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