It would depend on how time-critcal the job was. Some jobs, being present at a specific time is crucial and some it makes little difference. Especially on the first day, where someone may not know their way or be used to the traffic patterns or train schedules or whatever, I am more lenient.
I might be too lenient though because, while I've had some amazing workers who couldn't hack stuff like being on time, I've also had workers I suspect I ended up having to fire for bigger things partly because they got complacent getting away with smaller things.
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