Have You Ever Left Work Early & Got Caught?

[Huckleberry3911948]

the way u say it it sounds cute. but of course it is not. u took his money but not give him what he paid for.

[Hemlock140]

For those of us that are exempt, coming and going without scrutiny is normal.

When we are paying hourly employees $25-35/hour, half an hour here and there adds up. That's what PTO is for.

[North Beach Person]

Yep. Of course I have "additional duties as assigned" which entail me reporting 1/2 hour before the scheduled start time. Which, if I didn't do them, would have to be done by a VP. None of them are ever on time, usually roughly 45 minutes to 2 hours late every day.

One did mention to it this year about leaving early. I just said "Fine. You'll be in tomorrow then at 6:45 when the first bus comes in so you can supervise the kids.". Nothing has been said since.

[davebarnes]

Have You Ever Left Work Early & Got Caught?
No.
Never had that kind of job.
Have gone to lunch and not returned that day.

[canadian citizen]

One of my ex military friends has a business here in Toronto.

His business is a simple one. He contracts with companies that have large corporate fleets, that are driven by employees, to go out and do business, on behalf of their employer. One example is a company that services heating and air conditioning equipment. If the company thinks that a employee is goofing off and is a time waster, they call him to put a tracker device on the vehicle, so he can find it, during the working day. He follows the signal and keeps track of the movements and uses a video camera to record the actions of the employee.

Lunch at a strip club, for three hours, with five beers, or using the company vehicle to do a "moving job " for a relative, involving furniture and boxes. Or sleeping in a city park, for three hours, with the phone turned off. All of that and more, has been seen and reported to the client .

What he charges, by the hour, is nothing compared to a situation where a employee, driving a company vehicle, has a vehicle accident while impaired, and hurts or kills somebody else. Or the public sees a company vehicle , with it's name and logo all over the truck, parked outside a bar, in the middle of the day.

Jim B.

Toronto.

[mdovell]

Maybe it's just me but for the most part I find there's *ALWAYS* something to do. If you think there is nothing to do how about train others on what you know? How about find if there's anything people need assistance with?

Some might not like to hear this but you work for the organization, not the department.

[Ringo1]

Originally Posted by Velvet Jones

I'm not sure what you mean by that. Most "Middle age professionals" do not have set hours or a time clock, so what exactly are you catching them doing? I know most of the time I put in 60 hours a week or more. So if I need to leave an hour or two early to take care of something I'm not going to go and ask my boss like I'm a little child. By the time you are in middle of your career you should have built up enough respect to be able to manage your own time.

Originally Posted by Moby Hick

This.

Because people expect me to get stuff done regardless of the clock when it needs to be done, I'm not about to live by whether or not I blow out early on a Friday.

^^^^^ This right here. I've given countless hours of unpaid time, worked and/or traveled on my vacation days, etc so no one really cares when arrive or depart. IF I were blowing out really early, I would probably let my boss know so that if something came up ~ he wouldn't look bad by having no clue where I was.

When I started one of my first (and fondly remembered jobs) ~ we had a very young office and our boss traveled a LOT. We used to take turns leaving early on the days she was gone and would cover for each other. We also wore jeans on the days she wasn't there - we got caught on that one! We worked hard and enjoyed each other's company and had so much fun - including our boss.

Alas, corporate America is NOTHING like it was 'back in the good old days'. Now, it's like a brain surgeon has more room for mistakes than the every day worker.