£10 Fine for Being Late

surreysaver

James_B. wrote: »

Or, if you aspire to something more, you could take the radical decision to not be late.

It' amusing and depressing to see how many people on here are unable to arrive at work on time. If someone can't even get this bit right, it's not likely that they excel in other areas.

Ideally - I hate to be late. Only ever been late twice - once I was ill, and it was either go sick or wait till I could get off the toilet, and the other due to a fire closing down the town I have to travel through to get to work (even then I was only 10 mins late) - and that is in 20 years.

But some jobs it doesn't matter if you're late, other jobs it is vitally important. On the other hand, some jobs can cope with incompetent staff, other jobs need to have people who know what they are doing. It all depends on the type of work. But if I was going to be docked £10, like another poster has stated, I would begin work when my wages begin.

EmmaHerts

Undervalued wrote: »

Of course one can be delayed. However the point is that it is the employee's responsibility to get to work on time. Most employers will show some flexibility in difficult circumstances but it is perfectly reasonable to expect an employee to turn up as contracted.

I got a disciplinary for having trouble getting to work on time when my town was flooded and transport was difficult for a few weeks. Employers aren't always flexible or reasonable.

timbo58

IME employers will generally judge your lateness based on others attendance.

i.e. recently when there was a bad crash on one of the main routes into our office, 8 people were late by 5-10 minutes, one by 20 minutes.
Normally those 8 are at least 10 minutes early every day, the 1 is normally on time (just), so it made sense to over look the lateness which was unavoidable.

We probably all have colleagues who leave little 'wriggle room' time-wise when coming to work, yet are the 1st away come the end of the working day and never work a minute of lunch, IMHO they do themselves no favours if they are late at any point, since they've build no 'goodwill' factor into managements timekeeping regime.

tgon

In the Navy, lateness, or being "adrift" was a hefty fine and punishment, usually extra unpaid work depending on the severity.

James_B.

lucy03 wrote: »

I have lived in London and Manchester, use public transport and I haven't been late for work in 15 years.

I can well believe it, it's really not that hard, is it?

Those complaining that it's "not my fault" are quite likely the ones who often leave it to the last minute, assume that everything will work perfectly, and then, of course come unstuck. I doubt if someone is "fined" once a year that they'd be complaining on here so loudly.

I used to have a colleague when I worked in the US who was like this. He was late every single day. He'd take the last train that got him in on time, leave at the last minute to get it, go and buy a coffee if he was five minutes early for it, and so on.

If he got to the office ahead of time, he'd then sit in a coffee shop until two minutes before his start time, and then still be late, as he'd gambled on the pedestrian crossing being on "Walk", and on a lift being available and ope on the ground floor.

Every day there'd be an excuse, until we let him go.