How the check works

Last checked 4 October 2026

How your answers become a ranked plan, what the check never suggests and where your answers go.

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The check ranks the office jobs you pick by the hours they take each month, prices those hours at your rate, and flags what to settle before a trial. It doesn't estimate savings. A short trial on your own documents measures those.

  1. How often8reports a month
  2. How long each time3.75hours, half a day
  3. Hours a month30.0hours
  4. Your rate£19.67an hour
  5. Cost a month£590a month

The sum for one job: the monthly project reports from the example plan, an illustrative fit-out firm. The check does this for each job you pick, then ranks them.

  1. How are the hours worked out?

    The check multiplies how often you do a job by how long it takes each time. Weekly answers are multiplied by 4.33, the average number of weeks in a month. So 8 reports a month at half a day (3.75 hours) each comes to 30 hours a month.

    How each answer counts

    • 15 minutes0.25 h
    • 30 minutes0.5 h
    • 1 hour1 h
    • 2 hours2 h
    • Half a day3.75 h
    • A day7.5 h
    • Two days or more15 h

  2. How is the cost worked out?

    The check multiplies the hours a month by your hourly rate. It starts at £19.67, the ONS median hourly pay for full-time employees in April 2025, before employer costs. Your own figure will usually be higher once employer National Insurance and pension are included, so use it if you know it.

    For 2026/27, employer National Insurance is 15% of pay above £5,000 a year.

  3. How are jobs ranked?

    By the hours they take each month, so the biggest drain on your team's time comes first. A job moves down if your answers mean it can't start yet, for example when it needs project documents and those can't go into AI. The plan says why.

  4. What does it never suggest?

    It never suggests pricing from old quotes, contract positions or legal drafting as a first job, because those carry commercial and legal weight. It never offers a safety document without a competent person checking and signing it. And it never promises a saving; a trial on your own documents measures that.

    • Pricing from old quotes as a first job
    • Contract positions or legal drafting as a first job
    • A safety document without a competent person checking and signing it
    • A promised saving or percentage

  5. What happens to my answers?

    They stay in this browser tab, and closing the tab clears them. Nothing is sent anywhere unless you request a review and choose to include your plan. You don't need an account or an email address to use the check.

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