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Yeah, I'm wondering. Our headquarters is in another city in the region, so it's possible it was conducted there. For the record, dude strolls in today 1.5 hours late. *clap*
On day 2 the HM should have talked to this guy and told him this was unacceptable. On day three, I would issue the final zero tolerance warning. One more lateness of more than 10 minutes in the next 30 days leads to immediate dismissal. A pattern of lateness of less than 10 minutes would also lead to dismissal.
For years I used to show up late for work 1 hour to 90 minutes tardy. Thing is, I'm 3X more productive than my colleagues so my lateness was tolerated. When i got a manager that enforced employees being on time I slowed down my production to LESS than my colleagues. You got to look at the whole picture.
For years I used to show up late for work 1 hour to 90 minutes tardy. Thing is, I'm 3X more productive than my colleagues so my lateness was tolerated. When i got a manager that enforced employees being on time I slowed down my production to LESS than my colleagues. You got to look at the whole picture.
Every employee that I have had who claimed to be a super performer was actually substandard. Plus, at this point we have zero evidence that he will be productive, while we have olenty of evidence that he is a flake who cannot plan and is inconsiderate of his coworkers and employer.
Part of the entire picture is understanding the impact of one employees actions on the company as a whole. Allowing one person to have a flexible schedule while not allowing this for the rest of the workplace is going to seriously effect morale.
I have already taken into account the fact that the employee in question is an IT person. Many roles in IT are flexible in regards to time worked, so I would be willing to give the guy in the OP some allowance for misunderstanding attendance requirements. This is reflected in my theoretical tolerance for his being late a third day, rather than simply firing him on day two.
Yeah, I'm wondering. Our headquarters is in another city in the region, so it's possible it was conducted there. For the record, dude strolls in today 1.5 hours late. *clap*
I would guess he has deeper problems to not have the common sense and decency to show up to his new job very late, 3 days in a row. Please keep us updated as it would be interesting to see if your company is the type of organization to allow this type of unprofessional behavior.
For years I used to show up late for work 1 hour to 90 minutes tardy. Thing is, I'm 3X more productive than my colleagues so my lateness was tolerated. When i got a manager that enforced employees being on time I slowed down my production to LESS than my colleagues. You got to look at the whole picture.
True, but that whole picture shows signs of immaturity, so you may have won the battle but you would have lost the war.
It makes me wonder about hiring managers when I hear stories like the ones from Unixfed and Veuvegirl. Surely they didn't begin their attendance issues and poor attitudes with this job. I would have thought in both cases they would have been let go at least once.
For years I used to show up late for work 1 hour to 90 minutes tardy. Thing is, I'm 3X more productive than my colleagues so my lateness was tolerated. When i got a manager that enforced employees being on time I slowed down my production to LESS than my colleagues. You got to look at the whole picture.
You did this from Day One?
Or did you feel things out first and see what the working norm for your working environment is or what your manager will tolerate?
You did this from Day One?
Or did you feel things out first and see what the working norm for your working environment is or what your manager will tolerate?
good point.
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