Chronic late to work

[Jennasis]

The lateness almost always includes coming back late from lunch too.

 

[luvsJack]

Gotta love people like that. My experience with those is they typically come in 45 minutes late, stretch lunch an extra 30 minutes, then snicker when you head out at 5:01.

Funny part is, on those nights I stay until 5:30, chronic late person is nowhere to be found

Ain't it the truth!!! 3 times a year we have registration. Everyone is there sometimes until 6 or later (we normally get off at 4). Somehow she is never there with us?? I just have to laugh about it because it simply isn't going to change.

 

[JanaDee]

Yes, I had a flaky, unprofessional, disorganized, always-late boss. The best part is she is the owner of the business.

I have little tolerance for any of those qualities, especially in a business owner. She isn't my boss anymore.

 

[Art 1]

I can't stand people who are late.

They seems to always be late the same amount of time, say 10 mins.

I could never figure out why the didn't set their alarm 15 mins early and solve the problem.

 

[Squirlz]

Yes, the CEO at my last job. He'd wander in anywhere between 9 and 10. He would also leave the coffee pot nearly empty without making another.

 

[DopeyDame]

I never minded people who were late as long as they got their work done. If they were behind or unproductive, we would talk and their lateness would be included. Come in late, work late or do your share and more...no problem that you are late.

That really depends on the job, though. What you wrote is totally the philosophy at my job as well. We have lots of flexibility timewise, as long as you do your job and get your time in (even if it's at 2am). But there are lots of jobs when you really do need to be around to interact with coworkers or customers.

 

[JennaDeeDooDah]

I can't stand people who are late.

They seems to always be late the same amount of time, say 10 mins.

I could never figure out why the didn't set their alarm 15 mins early and solve the problem.

Ugh. My high school best friend was always 15 minutes late for everything. I asked her why she didn't get just up 15 minutes earlier and she said that wouldn't do her any good because she would just think that meant she had an extra 15 minutes and would get ready slower. I told her how much it frustrated me that she was always late and how rude it was and she countered that that was just a part of who she was and that me not accepting this about her was the rude thing.

 

[skylizard]

I never minded people who were late as long as they got their work done. If they were behind or unproductive, we would talk and their lateness would be included. Come in late, work late or do your share and more...no problem that you are late.

 

[cluvsdisney]

There was a guy who used to work here that was like that - he just couldn't get it together in the morning. One day he came in, late, practically panting saying he didn't even shave to save time so he could get here early but it didn't work out anyway. So now he was upset he was late and unshaven. LOL

He eventually left on his own accord but I loved hearing the excuses. They got crazier.

 

[Mkrop]

I never minded people who were late as long as they got their work done. If they were behind or unproductive, we would talk and their lateness would be included. Come in late, work late or do your share and more...no problem that you are late.

well that is ok if the job is flexible...but I would be annoyed if I was waiting in a parking lot waiting for a store to open bc the key holder was always running late, I would be annoyed if I called somewhere and the receptionist wasnt there to take my call, I would be annoyed if my child's teacher was not on time.

 

[JanaDee]

I never minded people who were late as long as they got their work done. If they were behind or unproductive, we would talk and their lateness would be included. Come in late, work late or do your share and more...no problem that you are late.

That's a great philosophy ~ if you don't work with the public and don't have other people depending on you to get there on time.

 

[Gumbo4x4]

That's a great philosophy ~ if you don't work with the public and don't have other people depending on you to get there on time.

It's also a pretty rare chronic late person that actually puts in a solid effort. If you're too disorganized to get to work in time, odds are not good that you have your act together at work either

 

[eliza61]

It's also a pretty rare chronic late person that actually puts in a solid effort. If you're too disorganized to get to work in time, odds are not good that you have your act together at work either

Ding, ding.

what's laughable is that the chronically late usually don't want to stay late. We have flex hours here at my job and no matter how many times we tried to give our chronic late girl flexibility, she always had to get out on time.

We even told her we'd let her work 6 hours and adjust her salary accordingly. Well that worked for 1 Day LOL. She was late even after having 2 extra hours.

 

[eliza61]

I never minded people who were late as long as they got their work done. If they were behind or unproductive, we would talk and their lateness would be included. Come in late, work late or do your share and more...no problem that you are late.

That's pretty much an improbability. remember we're talking Chronic lateness. yes most people can be late a time or two and just work harder to get their work done.

But if you are chronically 1,2,3 hours late and you still can do all your work that signifies that your task isn't one that I need you for a full 40 hours a week.

If you are chronically late and can still roll out the door at quitting time, we're reevaluating your work load.

Nope, I'm not paying some one 8 hour work for 5 hours time consistently.

 

[shortbun]

That's a great philosophy ~ if you don't work with the public and don't have other people depending on you to get there on time.

Well, I did and have always worked with the public and I was a manager for years. It's all in how you treat your workers and what you expect of them. Having a good relationship-not friendship but trust-with ones' employees usually corrects even the hardest troubles. Eh, I understand why you all might be outraged but I choose to be outraged about more serious things. As far as chronically late-I think the OP said the girl was 20 minutes late, not several hours. I'd take that over someone who was chronically absent anyday. And I did have two employees who came in 'late' but worked late into the night. Offically, those were not their work hours but because they were big producers, their tardiness was overlooked and their clients learned to leave a message if they called too early.

 

[jennylyn_b]

Yes but the thing is, here, none of the managers seem to care. I know A LOT of people who are chronically late and nothing ever happens to them. Theyre still here after so many years.

Well that's not fair to the rest of you! Managers need to do their jobs and that includes discipline.

 

[JanaDee]

Well, I did and have always worked with the public and I was a manager for years. It's all in how you treat your workers and what you expect of them. Having a good relationship-not friendship but trust-with ones' employees usually corrects even the hardest troubles. Eh, I understand why you all might be outraged but I choose to be outraged about more serious things. As far as chronically late-I think the OP said the girl was 20 minutes late, not several hours. I'd take that over someone who was chronically absent anyday. And I did have two employees who came in 'late' but worked late into the night. Offically, those were not their work hours but because they were big producers, their tardiness was overlooked and their clients learned to leave a message if they called too early.

"Outraged"? I think you're reading way too much into my comment.

 

[luvsJack]

Ding, ding.

what's laughable is that the chronically late usually don't want to stay late. We have flex hours here at my job and no matter how many times we tried to give our chronic late girl flexibility, she always had to get out on time.

We even told her we'd let her work 6 hours and adjust her salary accordingly. Well that worked for 1 Day LOL. She was late even after having 2 extra hours.

Oh, we have one like that too! A counselor that is forever 45 minutes are so late. Students started complaining and so did the others in her department. So the president had a meeting with her and changed her hours from 8-4 to 9-5 which would have been good for the students who couldn't get there by 4 and would give her an extra hour in the am.

She still comes in late and complains that "she works an hour longer than everyone else" We just look at her like, REALLY?

 

[dawnhaze]

Ugh, chronic lateness drives me freaking nuts. At my last job (retail/customer service, so the schedule mattered), I was late twice in three years - once because I wrote my schedule down wrong, and once because of traffic when a train derailed. Meanwhile, people who were 30-45 minutes late twice a week for the same stupid reasons every time (if your alarm clock never goes off, buy a new one) got promotions. I wanted to strangle some of the managers for letting it go on.

 

[leebee]

I'm probably 5-10 minutes late a couple of days a week, but it's pretty irrelevant as I always stay 15-30 minutes later at the end of the day than I am scheduled for. School support staff is paid for 7 hours (8am-3pm) but there's NEVER enough time at the end of the day, after the kids are gone and the room's straightened up, to plan for the next day and still leave by 3. My co-teacher and I stay as long as we need to, to be ready for the next day, and my boss is thankful that we do, as we do it "unpaid." She'd WAY rather have us 5 minutes late in the morning and stay until the work is done, than show up for the strict seven hours and dump all the unfinished work in her lap (she's salaried).

I sometimes try to analyze why I am late, and I really think I just estimate time poorly. I always think there's enough time to put in a load of laundry, or iron DH's shirt while I am doing mine, or make a second pot of coffee, etc. Of course, there's also traffic in our small, rural town. All three schools are on Main St, and it's also one of two possible ways to get to the University, so going through downtown in the morning (and seriously, it's only one main drag with three feeder streets!) can be congested, especially with 3 crosswalks in the center of town. And then there are the mornings when I spend a couple of minutes watching the turkeys and deer feed, or the bald eagle who is soaring overhead. Oh well… it really is irrelevant, because if I was on time all the time, I'd still have to work extra in the afternoon. However, I don't like being chronically a few minutes late and am trying to be better about it.