It happens every time.
A new joinee opens the timesheet. Stares at it. Looks around. “Sir, I only worked 5 hours today. Should I still put 8?”
The old lot chuckles. “Abeyyy, Just put 7 hrs. Ideal hai aur real bhi lagega.”

We’ve seen it everywhere—
– The person filling the timesheet and approving it knows it’s not exact 8 hours.

Yet, the cycle continues. A near perfect 8-hour day. Every single day.

At Yuktee, we decided to do it differently. No pressure. No questions. No “ideal” timesheet.

Timesheets are compulsory.
8 hours a day, 160 hours a month? NOT.

Because it doesn’t happen.

Some days it’s 14 hours, some days it’s 2. And that’s okay. The problem isn’t the timesheet. The problem is the obsession with looking “ideal” over being real.

What happens when you stop forcing the ‘ideal’ script:
– People become more mindful of their actual work.
– They own their productive days and their slow ones.
– Managers get real visibility into workload—who’s stretched, who’s underutilized.
– The team sees the big picture, not just a log of fake 8-hour entries.

On the first day, we make it a point to tell this to new joinees:
“You are not your timesheet.”

The way an ideal 8-hour day is faked is the same way to pretend to have ideal lives.
Always busy. Always productive. Always “on.”

But real work? Real life? It’s messy. It has highs and lows. And it’s only valuable if we’re honest about it.

Because if you start lying about your time, you start lying to yourself about what really matters, everytime.