Track
Know what the work is costing you, week by week.
Tracking a contractor is not a time clock, and it should not be. It is caps agreed in the contract, proof attached to the invoice, and a period by period record of what was billed and what it was for.
Bring a freelancer you already work with.
What stays visible
Billing caps that hold
Set a maximum hours per week or deliverables per period in the contract and the system refuses anything over it. The cap is enforced, not just written down.
Proof of work
Require evidence attached to each invoice and read it before you approve. You are deciding with the work in front of you.
Work by period
See every engagement broken down by billing period, with hours or deliverables and the amount alongside, so spend never arrives as a surprise.
Engagement activity
Every meaningful event on an engagement is appended to a record you can read back, from the first interview to the last invoice.
Put caps and proof behind every invoice.
Agreed in the contract, enforced by the system.
Bring a freelancer you already work with.