Job Forms (Checklists) Not Good Enough For Tracking Job Status
Jobber advertises being able to track the progress/completion of Jobs using the Forms (checklist) function. Where it is attached to the Job when creating it. But it seems very deficient and does not really work as advertised or implied. If you have multiple visits or follow-ups to a Job, especially if its because something wasn't complete on an initial visit, that the checklist form wouldn't have been completed... but when you schedule a new visit for crew to go back to that Job to complete the prior visit, you are presented with a whole new Form attached to that visit... the form is blank. Filling out a whole new version of the same form already partially filled out makes no sense to me, we would want the Form/Checklist to show the items that were already completed. Then we easily know what we have left to do on this follow-up visit. And, the only place to view the Job Form status info is either directly in the form, or in Reports. Reports is a great view, and feels like actual Project Management, you can view the status of the Job essentially based on Form data... but again, you end up with multiples of the same form showing up on that screen, one for every time there is a new visit. This makes that view messy, hard to track the true status, making the Report faulty data, and again makes no sense. This in no way is a Job form to me, its a Visit form. And that is NOT the same thing. All of this data input across all Forms should be collective, and ideally we should see the Completion Status of that form on the JOB level view and pop-ups, this would give all users the ability to see the status of the Job and whats left to do at a glance. In short, you should only ever have 1 instance of the specific Form, or Forms, associated with the Job (or atleast the option to make it so) and it follows every subsequent visit showing the prior checked off items. We often have multiple checklists associated with a single Job, as each form is needed for 1 of multiple phases of that Job, which is completed over months. We are already lacking 'Project' level management for handling large multi-phase Jobs, if the Forms function was linked properly it would make it feel less lacking overall, as these Forms could act more like project management and status tracking. Or, am I missing something? Or could we get tight integration with an App/3rd Party service that could fill that Project Management gap?Solved14Views0likes2CommentsInstalls (one off job) vs Monthly Invoicing (reoccuring job)
Hi All, We are a equipment rental company and adopted Jobber a couple of months ago. Our work flow has been sales guy creates quote for equipment rental which requires a deposit. Once the quote is signed and paid, we create a one off job for the install of our equipment. After the install is complete, we create a completely different reoccurring job for charging the client via jobber payments a monthly fee for service. This seems so clunky. It would easier if we could add a reoccurring invoice that is tied to the original job or edit a one off job to a reoccurring job. The installer rarely needs to go back out to the job once installed. Does anyone have a work around out side the one we are currently using? I'm considering going to another payment platform but it would be so much easier to keep everything in jobber. Any advice or suggestions are welcome. Thank youSolved22Views0likes5CommentsFinding out when a client profile was created?
So I took a call from a customer on a Friday afternoon after a busy day, he wanted service for the next week so I put in his name and address in a job booking, but forgot to take down his number! It is in my call log on my phone, but I had so many calls that day and I don't remember which number was his. I was wondering if there was a way to see what day/time a client/job was entered in Jobber so I can cross reference my call log?11Views0likes2CommentsJob Templates for repeat work
There should be an ability to create job templates for repeat types of work. Many business have some core services they offer and having to type out the titles every time and set the number of hours every time and then having to add the line items each time is a real hassle. There should be an ability to create a template where the title can be autogenerated by certain fields or criteria and times for those jobs can be preset with the default line items loaded. Then you would only need to select a client and property. Having templates like this would take a lot of the time consuming administrative burden off.17Views0likes3CommentsMass Scheduling with Line items
Is there a quick and simple way to upload visits that include line items, rather than having to create each one individually? I'm new to Jobber, so any guidance would be appreciated. It seems strange to me that I can create a job but not add the other details. It would be really helpful if we could upload line items as well for better automation and efficiency during the invoicing process after the visit.13Views0likes1CommentRouting
I run a pest control company, i only have 75 monthly maintenance customers, I only take on a certain type of client. I'm having trouble with routing the customers, I want to take the 75 clients and split them in to daily groups, 4-6 per day, but the problem im having is seeing all the customers on the map at the same time without a bunch of other customers that are not monthly maintenance customers, it would be great if I could just see the maintenance customers and then select the groups closes to each other. the other night i spent 5 hours figuring out the routing, i'm only talking 70 customers, if I had the normal amount of maintenance customers like 500 - 1000, I would not be able to use Jobber. Is there a workaround for this! Please jobber fix this, if not at some point Im gonna have to find another crm and I really like jobberSolved19Views0likes1CommentOut of cell service area access
Wondering how many of us work in areas that have poor or no cell coverage? In my area that is quite frequent and we can't access jobber online or the app so no job time tracking or marking it as completed, etc. Is there any way around it beside waiting to have cell/data service? Thank you,Solved10Views1like2CommentsCreating route efficiency for scheduling
Hello all, I'm looking for tips on how to adjust our schedule to create the most efficient route for our technicians. As it stands, we have an online booking system that allows customers to book appointments for the following windows: morning (8:00AM-12:30PM) or afternoon (12:30PM-5:00PM). We do allow for multiple bookings in the same window and this is where the route efficiency can get messed up. In the past, we would adjust the appointment start time to create the efficient route. Now we have email automations setup and we do not want to confuse the customer by sending them an email with an arrival window different from what they originally booked. Is there a way to rearrange the appointments for route efficiency without changing the appointment start time?30Views2likes4CommentsJobber needs an Audit Trail feature
Is there anything in the works for an audit trail to be released in Jobber? It would be extremely helpful to me to be able to see WHO created a job or invoice or who took payment, etc. It may seem trivial to many, but I spend too much time tracking down who created a job, etc. Many times the job/invoice, etc are duplicates or created incorrectly. I don't know who I need to educate on that if I don't know who created it. The current activity feed does not go back far enough. It seems that since Jobber knows who is signed in, it would be fairly easy to create a function that simply says 'this job was closed by **bleep**' or at the bottom of the invoice (like where the internal notes are) have listed whose account created it. Jobber also needs a Quote Decline option. This probably isn't the correct place to add these requests, but I have been requesting them through the chat for the last 2 years. I just thought I would add it here as well. Am I the only person that thinks this would be beneficial?29Views2likes6Comments