My job doesn’t care if I’m late, and my productivity has not changed
If you have a meeting first thing, don’t.
If I have a meeting first thing in the morning that’s when I’ll get there. Even if it’s at 10.
No meetings today, guess I won’t be coming in
Showing up early or on time for any meeting, other than a client or outside collaborator , communicates to everyone involved that you have nothing better to do with your time.
I never manage to absorb anything in a pre-0900 meeting. That first chunk of the day is for me to catch up on all the shit that happened since I was last there (personal opinion).
This is cultural appropriation of italian culture
As a german: Also the appropriation of french culture. I love my sisters.
Bosses seem to think being on time means being 15 minutes early.
Thoses bosses can go right to hell. You want me working 15 minutes early, you better begin paying me 15 minutes early. I’m not your friend. We have a transaction going between us; I provide specific work between a specific period of time, and you give me money.
A boss making you clock in early is f’d up. Being a little early to clock in on time is fine. I’m not working for free, though.
Nah, it’s not fine. The time it takes me to clock in and clock out is your time, not mine.
If I need to be ready for work at a certain time, pay me to be there early enough to be ready by that time.
I uses to do help desk; I showed up 15 minutes to have my cups of coffee as I browsed on my phone. End users complained that they saw me not doing anything/assisting them as I was off the clock.
Boss told me to knock it off and work. So I ended up showing 15-30 minutes early to work and clock in that sweet extra time. Near the end of my employment, boss complained to me that I been racking in too much overtime.
Make it make sense.
Depends on the situation. Meeting up with friends? I wouldn’t blink at them being 10 minutes late. Opening shift at a cafe? 10 minutes would put me so far behind I’d be in big trouble.
As a medic, I don’t think being late to work would go over well with the public either. Being 10 minutes late to work would could mean Grandma is going to be dead.
But I guess it don’t mean nothing if you are working at Walmart or answering a phone.
They make new grandmas every day
Good thing that dying grandma waited for your shift to start.
Sure, there is the previous crew still working. But they’ve already completed a 12 hour shift and are exhausted. So let’s just be late and keep them on one last call that will add at least another hour to their day/night. Ain’t no big right?
I agree that it’s unfair with respect to all the coworkers. But if somebody dies just because you are 10 minutes late, this hospital/institutions has some pretty serious issues. Of course that no excuse to be late.
I used to work retail where if I showed up on time, I was late and had customers waiting outside the store.
Then I finally got a desk job and showed up 5 minutes early the first day and had to wait for 15 minutes outside. I then quickly realized most people don’t show up till 8:20-8:45. So that’s my start time now.
I can see it mattering if it’s shift work and someone has to stay late. If it’s office work? Nah. Doesn’t matter.
If there is no buffer for shift changes, they’re doing it wrong. Just in time is a bad model in general, but it’s horrible mismanagement for scheduling shifts.
Exactly. It also matters what type of shift work. If you’re late to a hospital nursing shift, that sucks because you can’t do the changeover stuff and they’ve been there 12 hours. Or if you’re the only one taking phone calls in the morning or something. In sane a world, there would be room for decent folks as well as folks who are always on time.
decent folks as well as folks who are always on time.
Decent folks are always on time, as they value your time the same as theirs.
This is the number one mistakes that dumbfucks make about decent folks, hence why I said it that way.
I haven’t met a decent person that is perpetually late. Nor one that calls me a dumbfuck.
They probably meant descent. As in the fall of society.
I’ve always told my daughter to never show up on time because it sets a bad precedent. No one cars if the person whose always late is late. Everyone freaks if the person whose always on time is late.
African American obviously in a hurry to go somewhere
“This lazy asshole thinks being late to the office is acceptable”
Sorry, feels like my eardrums just burst. Did someone blow a dog whistle really loudly?
Woof! Yum yum
the last 5 jobs I spend the first half an hour fucking around making coffee and stuff
Depends on the job
Depends on the traffic. If the job is that important, the company should pay someone to arrive early.
This. I’m my line of work, the first 10 mins could be insane. When my Co-workers show up 15 mins late, I tell them they might as well have not come in. I’ve gotten in the habit of showing up 10mins early everyday and my job is so much easier. It’s not gone unnoticed and I’ve gotten a major raise this year.
Bruh
Honestly, if I get the job done and do it to spec, managers can shut the fuck up.
Sounds like someone didn’t learn the 80/20 ratio
Got it. You should be 20 minutes late 80% of the time.
I prefer being 80 minutes late 20 days every month.
I come in when I get to work. And leave when I’m done. Not at a time. So happy to work where I do, they don’t care. one of my department comes in at 8 or before and leaves at 4:30 (16:30), I just try to make it in before 10 and usually leave around 6, so I can garden in the morning and yoga in the evening.
Yup. I show up between 9:15 and 9:30 because my first meeting is at 9:30. I leave around 4:30 because if I leave any later, I have to deal with awful traffic.
I WFH 2x/week and catch up on work then.
