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Originally Posted by Sliver
There's a way to penalize your employees for being late.
You have to break their pay out into a base pay and an hourly performance bonus. So if you want to pay them $15 an hour, pay them $10/hour base pay and a $5/hour performance bonus. Clearly lay out your expectations for them to receive their performance bonus (e.g. no more than 15 late minutes within a pay period, no theft, no quitting without notice, no drugs, etc.). If they don't meet your criteria, dock them all or some of their performance bonus.
Dock that bonus once and you'll whip everybody into shape. Or they'll quit. Either way, the problem will be taken care of.
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we have discussed how an employee being late theoretically "adds up" to money lots due to time they are being paid, and not working...but how much time would an employer have to spend monkeying around with this garbage, in order to prevent employees from being late?
id be curious to know the turnover rate of the job these people are performing. And for anyone who says they "were always 15 minutes early for every shift with their little pads of paper and pants on tight with their little uniform all pressed" is either a) lying or b) has zero grasp of the impact their job has.
i think keeping this a pet peeve and loosening your collar a bit might be more beneficial in the long run. Would you rather have employees who feel they have a bit of wiggle room, or two employees who loath you because your an asshat about 5 minutes? Likewise, pissing THEM off and having them quit will cost you time training, finding a replacement, doing the job yourself for a period of time if need-be etc etc
i should say, this is all in terms of an hourly based "job" for a young person...not an actual career...