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[–] Nomad 2 points 3 days ago

Employer here (yes, I know right?! Sigh). Being on time and punctuality is about respect of other people time not about suppressing workers freedoms. We have no time to arrive for anyone. You can use the office if you like or work remotely from wherever you chose. But being late for a meeting with anyone relayed to the firm (customer or coworker including me) has to stay a seldom occurrence. Having multiple people wait for you 10 min is a pain point for everybody involved. It happens, I get it, but it everybody does not keep it to once in a long while everybody waits at every meeting which is not respectful of their time and its wasting quite some money too (Yes my people earn well above average). Is it too much to ask some basic respectful handling of each other?

BTW: there are employees that can't handle that much autonomy yet. They specifically ask me to check their working hours and be at the office present for them to help them get their hours in and help with technical problems. But that's usually new staff which has not learned to keep a routine. With time they usually get it together sooner or later. Surprisingly most make use of the office pretty regularly and just don't come in if they travel to visit family or need to be at home for family reasons. Its a win all around as far as i am concerned.

[–] DupaCycki@lemmy.world 6 points 6 days ago

It's a very good day when I show up just 10 minutes late.

[–] jagungal@aussie.zone 6 points 6 days ago (1 children)

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.

[–] Bluewing@lemmy.world 2 points 6 days ago (2 children)

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.

[–] wischi@programming.dev 3 points 6 days ago (1 children)

Good thing that dying grandma waited for your shift to start.

[–] Bluewing@lemmy.world 2 points 5 days ago (1 children)

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?

[–] wischi@programming.dev 1 points 5 days ago

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.

[–] slaneesh_is_right@lemmy.org 1 points 6 days ago (1 children)

They make new grandmas every day

[–] Bluewing@lemmy.world 1 points 5 days ago

Good thing to know we won't need to be punctual to your emergency. I'll let fire know too.

[–] Ceruleum@lemmy.wtf 1 points 6 days ago

Still too early.

[–] Lenny@lemmy.zip 109 points 1 week ago (14 children)

Betty can show up ‘on time’ and spend 40 min making coffee and shit talking with her neighbors, but I show up 10 min late and start working right away but I’m the bad employee somehow.

[–] Shirasho@lemmings.world 72 points 1 week ago (4 children)

Ive come to learn that employers are not paying you for your labor but for your time. They care more about your availability than how much you actually work. It is also why how hard you work never factors into how much you get paid.

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[–] Duamerthrax@lemmy.world 50 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (7 children)

I can see it mattering if it's shift work and someone else has to stay late. If it's office work? Nah. Doesn't matter.

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[–] DudeImMacGyver@kbin.earth 41 points 1 week ago (6 children)

Keep pretending to pay a fair wage and I'll pretend to give a shit about being on time.

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Stay late 10 minutes: that's as good as leaving on time. I can't be expected to pay you more.

Arrive 10 minutes late: how could you? 10 minutes of my time is an eternity!

[–] chiliedogg@lemmy.world 34 points 1 week ago (4 children)

Like most statements about work, it really depends on the job.

For shift work without overlapping shifts, being late keeps someone else on duty after their shift is up.

But if you're working an office gig and your work is getting done, it's fine. There's a reason I don't schedule any meetings within an hour of the start or end of the day.

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[–] Frostbeard@lemmy.world 33 points 1 week ago (4 children)

Really depends what you are 10 minutes late for. A meeting with other participants, ok if your role is to sit and listen. Not OK if people are waiting for you to start. It's not OK to be late to relieve a co worker either

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