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Getting started5 articles
Open the invitation, sign in with the invited email address, and join the Company with the access it assigned to you.
Company or My business: where should I work?Use a Company for shared contractor operations. Use My business for your own independent work, clients, and invoices.
Create a CompanySet up the Company that will organize contractors, time, reviews, amounts owed, and payment status.
Create your Friday Falcon accountCreate an account with your email address, then choose whether to set up a Company or continue with an invitation.
Friday Falcon Company subscription and included reviewComplete one genuine contractor amount review without a card, then choose a $59 monthly or $590 annual Company subscription where paid billing is enabled.
Company setup4 articles
Start with the few records Friday Falcon needs before contractors can record work and amounts can be reviewed.
Set Company details, currency, and time zoneKeep the Company name and operating defaults accurate before recording time or financial details.
Set the Timesheet period scheduleChoose the cadence Friday Falcon uses when creating new Timesheet periods for the Company.
Switch between a Company and My businessMove between shared Company work and your private My business records without mixing the two contexts.
Contractors6 articles
Keep the Contractor’s identity, contact details, relationship dates, team, and manager information current.
Find a Contractor's agreements, documents, and onboardingUse the Contractor record to find the terms, documents, and setup items you are allowed to see.
Invite a ContractorAdd a Contractor to the Company and send or share a secure invitation to join Friday Falcon.
Pause, end, archive, or reactivate a Contractor relationshipChange a Contractor relationship deliberately while preserving the records and dates already connected to it.
Resend or revoke an invitationManage a pending Contractor invitation without creating a second person record.
Understand Contractor statusSee whether a Contractor relationship is current, paused, scheduled to end, ended, or archived.
Teams & access9 articles
Assign a Contractor to a team so the right Team Lead can see the permitted operational work.
Choose what a Team Lead can see and doStart with operational visibility, then add review or financial Permissions only when the Team Lead needs them.
Choose who a Team Lead leadsUse team assignments to define the Contractors a Team Lead is responsible for.
Give access to specific recordsUse Advanced access when a person needs a narrowly defined record beyond their ordinary role or team.
Keep compensation and invoice information privateGive financial visibility explicitly; team membership and operational review do not include it automatically.
Owner, Administrator, Finance, and Team Lead accessUse an Access role as a clear starting point, then narrow or extend access only where the person’s work requires it.
Remove access without deleting historyEnd a person's Company access while preserving the relationship and records already connected to them.
Set up Team Lead accessChoose who the Team Lead leads, then give only the operational and financial access that person needs.
Why can’t someone see this?Friday Falcon shows each person only the Companies, people, records, and actions included in their current access.
Time & work categories11 articles
Add time worked earlier or request a traceable correction when a saved Time Entry is wrong.
Add, edit, archive, or restore a Work categoryKeep the list of work labels useful without changing the history on earlier Time Entries.
Fix a long or open timerStop a forgotten timer and find the right correction path when its saved end time is wrong.
How Work categories workUse optional labels such as Design or Support to group time or apply different rates.
Record time without a Work categoryA Work category is optional. Choose No Work Category or leave it unselected when the time does not need a label.
Request a correction to recorded timePropose accurate replacement details and explain the reason without changing the saved Time Entry yourself.
Review a Time Entry correctionCompare the saved and proposed time, then approve or decline the correction with a clear reason.
Start and end a breakRecord a break during a running timer and choose whether it counts in worked time.
Start and stop the timerStart the timer when work begins, stop it when work ends, and review the saved Time Entry.
Use a different rate for a Work categoryWhere configured, a category-specific rate can value approved time differently from the Contractor’s general rate.
View Team timeSee the Time Entries allowed by your team and Permissions without receiving unrelated private or financial information.
Timesheets6 articles
Choose the decision that matches the evidence: approve it, send it back for correction, or reject it as submitted.
Correct and resubmit after Changes requestedRead the reviewer’s reason, correct the underlying time, and submit a new Timesheet version.
Download a Timesheet recordDownload the authorized Timesheet submission as a CSV record for review or an external workflow.
Reopen an approved or rejected TimesheetAllow a new submission while preserving the original Timesheet decision and its reason.
Submit a TimesheetReview the Time Entries in the date range, then submit the Timesheet for Company review.
Understand Timesheet statusesSee whether a Timesheet is being prepared, waiting for review, approved, returned for changes, rejected, or reopened.
Calendar & time away6 articles
Mark a date or time when Company work is not expected, without creating worked time or compensation.
Add or change Time awayAdd dates when you do not expect to work. Time away does not create worked time or compensation.
Expected schedule, Time away, or Company closure?Expected schedule shows normal plans, Time away records Contractor availability, and a Company closure marks when Company work is not expected.
Set an Expected scheduleRecord when work is normally expected so the Company can plan without treating the schedule as attendance evidence.
What a Company closure changesA closure changes Company calendar expectations for its date range; it does not by itself change worked time or money.
Who can see Time away?Time away appears to the Contractor and to Company users whose team and Permissions include that availability.
Attention & reviews3 articles
See the items that need you now, with the reason and next action in one place.
What “all caught up” meansYou are all caught up only when no actionable Attention item remains for your current access.
Why an item appears in AttentionAn Attention item identifies a record you can act on, explains why it matters, and points to the next step.
Expenses4 articles
Upload a supported receipt file and keep unnecessary private information out of the expense record.
Add and submit an expenseCreate the expense record, attach available evidence, and submit the saved version for Company review.
Review an expenseReview the submitted amount, currency, description, receipt evidence, and version before recording a decision.
Understand expense statusesSee whether an expense is still a draft, waiting for review, approved, or rejected.
Agreements, documents & onboarding8 articles
Build a versioned checklist, assign it to a Contractor, and follow the recorded item status.
Document review and agreement acceptanceThese actions record different evidence. Use the label that matches what the person actually confirmed.
Review and accept an assigned agreementReview the exact assigned version, download a copy, and record your acceptance if you choose to accept it.
Upload a new agreement version or retire a versionChange future agreement use through a new version or retirement without rewriting earlier assignments and acceptances.
Upload and share a documentAdd a supported private file and choose the people or teams who should be able to access it.
Upload, finalize, and assign an agreementUpload the finished PDF, finalize the exact version for use, and assign it to the Contractor who should review it.
What finalizing an agreement doesFinalizing preserves the exact agreement version and makes it Ready to assign. It does not assign or accept the agreement.
What marking a document as reviewed meansA review record confirms that you reviewed the document. It is not agreement acceptance or a signature.
Review what you owe4 articles
Bring approved work, expenses, invoices and other records that affect the amount together, then confirm what the Company owes. No payment is sent.
What gets included when you review amountsFriday Falcon uses the approved live records supported for the date range and keeps each amount connected to its source evidence.
What Ready to pay meansReady to pay means the amount has been finalized. It does not mean a payment was sent or received.
Why you cannot confirm amounts yetResolve each item in Needs attention, then review the amounts again before confirming what the Company owes.
Payments4 articles
Record enough evidence to identify a payment made elsewhere without adding unnecessary financial or personal data.
Enter a full or partial paymentRecord the amount paid outside Friday Falcon and see whether any amount remains owed.
Enter and correct a payment made elsewhereRecord a payment made elsewhere, see what remains owed, and correct the details if needed.
See your approved amounts and payment statusA Contractor can see the approved amount and the payment evidence the Company has recorded for their own work.
My business & invoices3 articles
Set the business details shown on your invoices and create the client record you plan to bill.
Create an invoice for a clientCreate and finalize a client invoice, download or email the PDF, then keep its delivery and payment status up to date.
Finalize, download, or email an invoiceCreate the fixed invoice PDF, then download it, email it through a connected mailbox when available, or record delivery another way.