Written warning re: Timekeeping, suggestions please

Paparika

chika wrote: »

Your post made me smile Reds on Sea, it could so easily have been me who wrote that post. Fortunatly I have a fabulous boss who understands that some people just weren't born to be on time, otherwise I'd be in the dole queue!

I think the "get an alarm clock" brigade just don't realise the difficulties some people have being on time. Its amazing that you can get up, shower, do your hair, put on a face, cook a three course breakfast, iron clothes, make beds and mow the lawn in 20 minutes but not everyone is like that.

OP you have my sympathy. I think your best bet would be to chat to your boss, look really sincere and say that you will try harder. You could try getting up 15 minutes early but if you're like me which i suspect you are then it won't make a bit of difference. Good luck with the job hunting and your band.

What a load of quaddle. I'd bet you'd be the first to complain if the bus was late, the doctor didn't see you on time etc...

time keeping isn't difficult and in some jobs it's essential.

mymatebob

Reds-on-Sea wrote: »

My alarm clock isn't my issue. I have one. When it goes off, I get up - straight away.

I won't be reeling off excuses in my meeting tomorrow, I'll just say I'll be in on time & then stick to my word. That's all I can do.

I got up 25 mins early this morning and was 45 mins early for work. I'll just have to completely change my routine, not just try to steal a few minutes here & there.

I must have missed the glitch in the space/time contiuum that occurs between 7:15 & 7:30 hehe.

oh, and there's an overtime ban at work at the moment, so if I get in early, means I have to leave early too. Several people have been coming in 1 hr early. Shame it doesn't work the other way hey - I'd quite happily stay 15 mins late!

Do you work totally flexible hours then?

You start when you like - do your set number and leave - is that how it works?

Phudge

Well done for getting to work early - keep it up! That's good news!

lemontart

Reds-on-Sea wrote: »

My alarm clock isn't my issue. I have one. When it goes off, I get up - straight away.

I won't be reeling off excuses in my meeting tomorrow, I'll just say I'll be in on time & then stick to my word. That's all I can do.

I got up 25 mins early this morning and was 45 mins early for work. I'll just have to completely change my routine, not just try to steal a few minutes here & there.

I must have missed the glitch in the space/time contiuum that occurs between 7:15 & 7:30 hehe.


oh, and there's an overtime ban at work at the moment, so if I get in early, means I have to leave early too. Several people have been coming in 1 hr early. Shame it doesn't work the other way hey - I'd quite happily stay 15 mins late!

have to leave early if you get in early thats odd, o/t is usually only paid on authorised o/t - get to work premises early have a coffee or do yr makeup in the ladies just be at yr post ready to start at your contracted time - i always get in approx 30 mins early but takes 10 mins to load systems sign on etc to be ready to start at my appt time but I have time to have a cuppa and do anything else I need to do do so at least i know I will start the day stress free. and it looks good in performance reviews too.

Reds-on-Sea

It's usually very relaxed with regards to o/t - everyone just kind of does it as and when it takes their fancy(!!) - not necessarily a policy I agree with as some people blatantly take the mick.

There was uproar from the factory floor when the ban came into effect, a lot of people relied on it. Personally I only do it if I need to, and never because I'm short of cash, though I'm happy to do it and the cash is a bonus.

I wouldn't say timekeeping is essential to my job, I'm a Creative Artworker, I manage my own workload to a large extent and am not client facing, just sit at my computer making things look pretty. I'm really not keen on getting to work early and doing "my thing" for 30mins before I clock in, although that would solve the timekeeping issue. I stayed till the end of what would have been my working day today and so probably won't get paid any overtime anyways! 30 mins a day is too much of my time to be giving away for free! And over a year, that adds up to a LOT!

Mymatebob, it's not flexible hours unfortunately, not quite sure to be honest. At the moment can start early & leave early, but not late (obv!) also this only applies to hourly & not salary staff.

Horace

I found your excuses rather pathetic to be honest - to say that you are a woman and that is why you are nearly always late for work is complete and utter tosh. Really, what you are saying is that you are a lazy bint:rolleyes:

Despite the name I use on this forum, I am also a woman and in the not to distant past used to spend a lot of time in London in fact, I used to drive there after work just to go to the theatre (I live and work in Birmingham), I would stay over at my boyfriend's house and set my alarm for 5.00am and I could be at my desk at 8.00am ready to start work, I also used to get up at 4.30am to be at my desk at 7.30am when that was my start time - in case you didn't know London is 120 miles from Birmingham. Many a time there were incidents in London which meant that my route out was often diverted - the police weren't helpful, they just closed roads so I had to get my map out and find a way out, I was still never late for work.

Your persistent lateness is stealing time from your employer and I feel sure that after 5 years' they are getting fed up of it as are your colleagues. I wonder if you want your employer to sack you as that will leave you free to laze at home all day thinking about the new job that you want.

So what if your hair is long - other people also have long hair but it doesnt make them late for work. I think that you should perhaps grow up and have some consideration for your colleagues who have to cover your absences.

Get yourself a decent alarm clock and don't put it beside the bed where you can roll over, switch it off and carry on sleeping - put the thing on the opposite side of the room so you have to get up to switch it off. It is also utter nonsense that you have to wash your hair each day - stop using Pantene and use a different shampoo (over washing makes it overly greasy), wash your hair every other day or even every 3 days. Stop making excuses.

DCFC79

I always thought woman were better than men at getting up in the mornings and getting themselves ready. You just need to keep at it.

Callisto

Reds-on-Sea wrote: »

I don't dry my hair in the morning, even though it's very long and thick, and I can't wash it the night before because A) i'd have to blow dry it every night before bed which isn't practical, (takes at least 20 minutes and I'm not always in at a reasonable time/thinking about keeping OH awake with the noise) and B. it would be yucky by early evening and I have band rehearsals & gigs & other activities etc.

I have long hair and no way would I wash it every day - I'm sure that just encourages it to get more greasy! I wash mine every other evening and if too late to blowdry it, I just put it in a ponytail, so it drys without sticking up! Then I can just hop in the shower in the morning and not have to worry about washing and drying hair as well.

I used to be abysmal with timekeeping, but I have made several changes to ensure I improve my chances of getting to work on time. I prepare my lunch and pick out what I'm wearing the night before. If I don't have time for breakfast, I just grab a cereal bar - some colleagues keep cereal and milk at work. I also don't bother with any household chores before leaving - I just get up, washed, dressed, grab lunch from fridge and go to work, otherwise I get distracted.

seven-day-weekend

SandC wrote: »

Sorry but that is just making excuses. Some people weren't born to be on time? Rubbish. Aside from working issues I find people who are constantly late to be just plain rude. Like they can't be bothered to organise themselves properly to be somewhere when they are meant to be. It's damn rude and yes, I've had friends over the years who can't understand how much it bothers us to be standing in a bar on our own waiting, or sitting at a restaurant table alone, waiting, or hanging around in their sitting room, waiting because they haven't even dried their hair or picked out an outfit yet.

To them it's funny. To me, it's selfish and rude.

That really is how I feel about it.

I agree, I think it's rude too.

One memorable time I remember; we'd invited friends round for 7.30 for a barbecue, at about twenty to eight we put the barbecue on, they still hadn't come but we assumed they would be there at any minute.

At 8.45 (barbecue out again), they rang to say they'd just got to have showers and they would be on their way.:mad::eek:

We didn't light the barbecue again.

As regards the OP's timekeeping, agree with others- get up half an hour earlier and start out twenty minutes earlier.

I would have no sympathy at all if I was your boss, especially if you did as one poster suggested and tried to tell me you were 'made that way'. I'd think you were taking the pi$$.

Good luck anyway - you seem to want to do something about it.

minnie123

I totally understand because I am exactly the same, I think I get to work on time once a week the other days it's like 2 mins past 9 etc etc... It seems no matter what time I get up I can never be on time. It's hard for early birds to understand this is just how some people are built. Although when I go back after my maternity leave I am really going to try to make an extra extra special effort to get their. My plan is to not aim to get their for 9am but to aim to get their for 8.50am - whether it works is a different story. :rotfl: