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Originally Posted by Rhettzky
As pointed out above, it's not okay in some lines of work. But here's a hypothetical situation in a job where being there at an exact time isn't necessarily the end of the world... the Employee works hard each day for his employer, they get their work done, represent the employer very professionally and are a positive influence in the work place. At the end of the week the employer calls the employee into his office and reams the employee out for being 5 or 10 minutes late each day. The message being sent is, I am more concerned with you being in a chair at a certain time of day then I am with what you do once you are in it.
There is a shift in mentality in a lot of businesses that provide for more flexibility in the hours worked. I'm not endorsing cheating the company out of hours worked by any means, just pointing out that there are more important things to consider when it comes to employee performance than the 1-2% of the day that 5 to 10 minutes represents.
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I would agree with this in certain positions, for example I get paid a salary, I get paid a commission on deals I make, and if I make quotas and don't screw around with the customers then its livable, I can make up my time later if I need to.
But if the job is customer based or tardiness is inconvieniencing co-workers or for example production schedules then no late is not acceptable.
And instead of continually showing up late then being upset because they got lectured on it, its up to the employee to go to their boss, and ask for that flexibility instead of putting a manager or employer into a position that they come out as the bad guy because the employee isn't living up to their agreed upon working conditions.