At What Point Are You At Work?

liney

Annoy the boss because he dares expect you in a meeting room, instead of at your desk at 9am.

Don't start playing games like this that you won't win. Go through the proper proceedure for reporting bullying if you belive it to be taking place, but deliberatly failing to follow instructions could lead to a disciplinary for you. He hasn't told you to be at work at 9am, he's told you to be in his meeting room, so your origional question is actually irrelavent.

sequence

Just for a differen't perspective I work on site we are expected to be changed and ready for 8 am. I usually arrive 7.55 get changed quick, hat on on site I can't stand the saddos' that arrive at 7:25 and sit around at work for 30 mins then have the cheek to say "you'r late!" Er no im not!
Finish at 4:50 and get 10 mins to change.

seadee

Zazen999 wrote: »

I'm confused....

The OP says she is deliberately going to be walking through the door at 9am, when she has been called to a meeting for 9 and is doing this because the boss is a bully.

Why are you quoting me and telling me that i need procedures for staff being late?

Apologies - I now understand your post.
I had misread it.
Obviously too late a night and lack of sleep on my part!

What I was suggesting is that if staff are late then there should be procedures for dealing with that as well, and the OP should be aware of that.

Zazen999

seadee wrote: »

Apologies - I now understand your post.
I had misread it.
Obviously too late a night and lack of sleep on my part!

What I was suggesting is that if staff are late then there should be procedures for dealing with that as well, and the OP should be aware of that.

No prob...

olias

I have always been of the opinion that if you are employed from, say, 9am, then you should get there just in time - ie get there at 8.55am, coat off and ready to work at 9.

It really annoys me as stated by 'sequence', when staff who have arrived at 8.30 or 8.45 look down on you as a shirker.

HOWEVER....It has been my experience in every job I have had, that those who get in early and 'show willing', are looked upon far more favourably. Even though I have always been ready for work 'on time', I have been looked upon as not caring about my job. I am not saying that this is right. It is NOT! Unfortunately though, I have learned that in this day and age you have to 'play the game'. Even if you are good at your job, little things like not getting in early, leaving work 'on the dot', taking your full entitlement of breaks etc, can lead to your employer seeing you as not being committed - particularly if you are the only one doing it. This in turn can lead to bad performance revues, being passed over for promotion etc etc.

I must emphasise again that I do not think this is right, it is NOT, however the sad fact of (working) life is that it does happen.

Olias

CCFC_80

A very good initial question as with some companies it would vary. I worked once for a well known high street telecommunications company and the hours were 8.00 am to 4.00 pm. The 8.00 Am start meant that I had a 10 minute walk from car park to workplace,then 5 minute change into work clothing and a further walk to my workstation to log into my PC a further 10 minutes to start at 8.00 am. If I had not logged in by 8.00 am I faced disciplinery action. So my contract hours were 8.00 to 4.00 PM -it was in affect 7.35 AM to 4.00 PM as I had to reach the company car park at least 25 minutes before my scheduled work time.

cattie

andy46 wrote: »

A So my contract hours were 8.00 to 4.00 PM -it was in affect 7.35 AM to 4.00 PM as I had to reach the company car park at least 25 minutes before my scheduled work time.

But is this really any different to anybody who has to travel to work by public transport? ie, train pulls into station at 7.35 & you have to walk from station to place of work which takes approx. 25mins?

In such circumstaces a person can't claim that their arrival at work was at 7.35 because that was the time they actually stepped off the train that they had taken to get them to work.

hundredk

cattie wrote: »

But is this really any different to anybody who has to travel to work by public transport? ie, train pulls into station at 7.35 & you have to walk from station to place of work which takes approx. 25mins?

Yes it's different. The walk from car park to place of work is all on the companies premises, train station is not.

dmg24

hundredk wrote: »

Yes it's different. The walk from car park to place of work is all on the companies premises, train station is not.

But the company car park is not where you do your work!

Your argument falls down when you consider worksites such as Boots HQ. On that site the public bus drops you off onsite, but you could still have a twenty minute walk to your place of work. Are you suggesting that the person should only be 'onsite' at their start time, and not at their desk?

Blackpool_Saver

Ninja_Seb wrote: »

I consider myself to be at work when I arrive at my desk.

Anyone who comes in early to 'log on' is pretty sad

No, that is mature and responsible.