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Originally Posted by J. Falcon
About 8 years ago I ran a company with about 30 - 40 employees. It was phone sales and worker turnover rate was very high - we'd hire people in groups of 5 - 10. After moving to a new office, we did our first big hire: 14 new sales reps all starting on the same day. Monday morning, their training (which lasted at least a month) was all set up for them to get started as soon as they arrived. Everyone was on time, or early, except for one dude who showed up exactly 15 minutes late. Fuck it, I thought, and told the HR person to not let him in. To this day I still wonder if I was too rash.
Some great responses. But if I want to make a good impression at my new job, I'll try to at least be on time. Then again, I was taught being late is extremely rude.
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I think you probably made the right move. Being late on your first day is generally more often than not a sign of what is to come with that employee. I may have reprimanded him/her with a warning and let them earn your trust back, but now that you say it was a entry level high turnover position, I think you made the right move.