How do I approve or reject manual time?

Open Timesheets › Requests (Manual Time Requests). Review each request and choose Approve or Reject. If you reject a request, you can add a reason, which the person can see.

Tabs

Pending, Approved, Rejected and All. The number next to Requests in the sidebar shows what's waiting.

Approve or reject in bulk

Tick several requests. The bar shows how many you've selected and their total time, with Approve selected and Reject selected.

Reviewing well

Open the person's timeline for that day. A work note, a meeting or the screenshots often explain the gap.
Changed your mind? Use Undo on an approved or rejected request to send it back to Pending.

Who approves

Set this in Settings › Time & productivity › Manual time under Approver: Admin, Manager, Self, or a mix.

Written by Adithyan RK

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Published on: 3 Mar 2026Last updated: 20 Oct 2026

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Adithyan RK

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CEO & Co-founder, Hyring

18+ years of experience

Adithyan RK is the Co-Founder and CEO of Hyring, an AI-native recruitment platform that has run over 900,000 AI interviews for companies ranging from early-stage startups to the Fortune 500. He has spent 18 years building technology businesses, starting with a digital consultancy in 2008 and a staff augmentation firm in 2017, before founding Hyring in 2022 to rebuild hiring around evidence instead of guesswork.

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AI RecruitmentAI InterviewsRecruitment AutomationHR TechnologyHiring AnalyticsApplicant TrackingRecruiter Operations

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CTO & Co-founder, Hyring

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Surya N is the Co-Founder and CTO of Hyring, where he architected the AI interviewing engine that has now conducted over 900,000 interviews for companies ranging from early-stage startups to the Fortune 500. A mechanical engineer who moved into artificial intelligence, he spent 6 years building AI applications inside a technology consultancy before co-founding Hyring, and wrote the first version of its AI interviewer from scratch: a system that listens, adapts its questioning in real time, and flags fraud rather than following a fixed script.