[idontlikemyjob]

Understood. I did not mean to imply that I'm productive the entire time. In fact, I don't believe in working 12 hours days specifically because I agree that virtually no person can put in 12 hours of productive work in a single day.

I take time to eat breakfast, lunch, and sometimes dinner while at work. I also take off at 5:00 some days to exercise, not to mention the fact that I take a 20 minute nap every day directly after lunch.

We use a system similar to Jira called Phabricator. I'm also interested in how our team can use Phabricator better, because I don't think it paints an accurate picture of the amount of work anyone at the company puts in.

[RogerL]

Do your check ins in the morning - 7, 8, 9 am. You will build a body of work that no one can dispute.

Though it doesn't sound like this place is for you, so perhaps that is just rearranging the deck chairs on the titanic.

[idontlikemyjob]

That is a very interesting (and kind of dark) metaphor. Haha. :)

[Gigablah]

If it makes you feel better, we used JIRA extensively at my previous employer and it didn't come close to painting an accurate picture either.

[idontlikemyjob]

It is all about how you use the tool. For instance, our "tasks" (similar to bugs, perhaps) are generally large and not well defined. This makes it hard to break a large task down into smaller tasks. Without smaller tasks, it appears as if you're doing nothing at work all day.