Monitoring at work

ben_reza

Proc... the voice of reason my friend!

It is a wind up isnt it. You arent being monitored. You are late nearly every day. Eventually, your boss is getting a bit p-ed off so when you are late he probably puts a little note in his diary. Now your are having your review and he says: 'btw... you are late nearly every day. Could you sort this out please?'

You burst out crying, its the end of the world.

Monitoring would involve him producing CCTV footage of you, or a long print out, or something else that has taken considerable time and effort to compile. And if your boss was really that bothered you would have been issued a written warning, or some sort of strike on your record.

I have a solution here, its radical, but if you have an open mind you might go for it.....

Get out of bed 10 mins earlier, when you get to work 5 mins early, just spend a moment thinking (because heaven forbid you start actually working before 09:00:00) about all the people who dont even have a job, and cannot feed their family.

maysmummy

ben_reza wrote: »

Proc... the voice of reason my friend!

It is a wind up isnt it. You arent being monitored. You are late nearly every day. Eventually, your boss is getting a bit p-ed off so when you are late he probably puts a little note in his diary. Now your are having your review and he says: 'btw... you are late nearly every day. Could you sort this out please?'

You burst out crying, its the end of the world.

Monitoring would involve him producing CCTV footage of you, or a long print out, or something else that has taken considerable time and effort to compile. And if your boss was really that bothered you would have been issued a written warning, or some sort of strike on your record.

I have a solution here, its radical, but if you have an open mind you might go for it.....

Get out of bed 10 mins earlier, when you get to work 5 mins early, just spend a moment thinking (because heaven forbid you start actually working before 09:00:00) about all the people who dont even have a job, and cannot feed their family.

How is this helpful to the OP? Are you really suggesting that workplace bullying is only an isue when there is 100% employment?

Swans1912

My team worked remote from me so there had to be trust between us and my general view was... if your late I would ask you to work on to make up the hours. If they were going to be more than 30 to 45min then I would expect a phone call and they could either book leave or again make up the hours.

That said... this was not a day to day thing. I would expect my team to be at their desk at their start time but the option was there IF required.

If your being late on a regular basis then it is a problem, with out sounding harsh.... sort yourself out!

olly300

Raksha wrote: »

Things are a little complicated by the fact that my contract has a 'additional hours as my be required etc.' clause. Which basically means I can be asked to work up to 48 hours a week and have no come back. If I refuse, I could be in breach of my contract.

All my contracts have had that however it doesn't stop you working to rule.

You just make sure that you leave on the dot most of the week i.e. 4 days out of 5.

You also take your lunch break away from you desk and out of the building everyday with your mobile phone turned off for the half hour unless you are calling a family member or friend.

biggaz26

maysmummy wrote: »

How is this helpful to the OP? Are you really suggesting that workplace bullying is only an isue when there is 100% employment?

It's attitudes like this that puts this country on it knees.

How is asking someone to turn up on time work place bullying.

Im not saying it doesnt go on and shouldnt be dealt with in the harshest way when it does, but people need to grown thicker skin and a pair of balls. Get to work on time. Do your work. Go home on time. Most people will do a few minutes extra almost daily without complaint and with out feeling appreciated.

Levels of employment/unemployment dont come into it. iF YOU DONT LIKE BEING ASKED TO GO OVER AND ABOVE THEN DONT DO IT. If you boss expects more of you than you are willing to give then find a new job.

How would you feel if someone you worked with turned up 5 minutes late every day regardless of the time they left. Most people would be p****d off by it.

Get over it or move on everyone. It doesnt get more complicated than that.

supermonkey

paulofessex wrote: »

Remember....Nobody notices what you do until you do something wrong

I have experienced this in a number of jobs. Used to get me very down.

olly300 wrote: »

Are you customer facing? Do they have another specific reason why you have to be in exactly on the dot? Do you have specific reason why you are late i.e. dropping off children at school?

If not, then start looking for another job and ask at interview general chitchat questions on the working environment i.e what hours people work.

Plenty of employers just feel that everyone should be in on time every day regardless of whether there are implications of doing so.

I think punctuality is important, but if being late is infrequent and the time is made up it is slightly different.

Perhaps they are worried that other staff will decide it's ok to be late and these others may not notice the extra time you put in?

Zazen999

supermonkey wrote: »

I have experienced this in a number of jobs. Used to get me very down.



Plenty of employers just feel that everyone should be in on time every day regardless of whether there are implications of doing so.

I think punctuality is important, but if being late is infrequent and the time is made up it is slightly different.

Perhaps they are worried that other staff will decide it's ok to be late and these others may not notice the extra time you put in?

And so they should, otherwise why have a start and end time?

Seriously, the OP has a 10 minute journey.

Get to work on time. Take your allocated breaks. Go home on time.

Job done.

Pete111

Zazen999 wrote: »

And so they should, otherwise why have a start and end time?

Seriously, the OP has a 10 minute journey.

Get to work on time. Take your allocated breaks. Go home on time.

Job done.

And herein lies the crux of the matter. I imagine that means the OP could feasibly (subject to having kids etc) crawl out of bed 30 mins of so before they had to be at their desk. Most people would rightly be delighted with such an easy commute. There is no good excuse for the OP to be regularly late so my advice is simply:

Don't be