Are You On Time To Work?

gravitie asks: "I'm a developer in my local area. I'm on what is supposed to be 'flex time', so I can work the hours that my boss and I see fit for me to fullfil the number of hours I'm required to get a week. Besides this I must clock in at 7:30 AM every day I am at work. If I clock in at 7:31 I am late, no questions asked. If I am late 3 times in one quarter I get a verbal warning. Next time I get a written warning, then it just goes down hill from there (docked pay, etc..). Is this standard in todays business world? Should 1 minute late really be considered 'late'?"

Comments

Make the best of it...

[anthony_dipierro]

If I clock in at 7:31 I am late, no questions asked. If I am late 3 times in one quarter I get a verbal warning.

Well, at least if you're running one minute late you can make the best of it and go out for breakfast, coming in 3 or 4 hours late.

Re:Why a fixed time to come in for work?

[Brandybuck]

At my job, my boss tells people that "he's usually in between 8 an 8:30". I try to be in by 8

I've got flex time. My boss comes in at 8:00. I come in at 10:00. No problem. My boss leaves at 5:00, I leave at 5:01. No problem...