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ilnjscb · 01-09-2022, 07:10 AM

Let's turn this around:

I only hire people with special skills that require verification and extensive reference checks. So if someone makes it through that, they're special, and I wouldn't care if they were 15 minutes late. If I needed them to be somewhere on time, I would tell them, "be there on time, and text me if for ANY REASON you are going to be late". Then they are never late. Further, anyone can be 15 minutes late on their first day for a variety of real reasons.

If, on the other hand, you hire large groups of poor schlubs with no skills only because they are breathing, then I suppose you could fire them for any trivial reason without consequence.

THEREFORE, if you are in a job where being 15 minutes late on the first day is an offense resulting in termination, you know you have been classified by your employer as a useless drone who is just filling a spot and waiting to die. Quit immediately and take stock of your life, is my advice. Never, ever work for an organization or person who would fire you on the first day for so minor a mistake.

01-09-2022, 07:10 AM
ilnjscb Confirmed User Industry Role: Join Date: Jun 2009 Posts: 8,802	Let's turn this around: I only hire people with special skills that require verification and extensive reference checks. So if someone makes it through that, they're special, and I wouldn't care if they were 15 minutes late. If I needed them to be somewhere on time, I would tell them, "be there on time, and text me if for ANY REASON you are going to be late". Then they are never late. Further, anyone can be 15 minutes late on their first day for a variety of real reasons. If, on the other hand, you hire large groups of poor schlubs with no skills only because they are breathing, then I suppose you could fire them for any trivial reason without consequence. THEREFORE, if you are in a job where being 15 minutes late on the first day is an offense resulting in termination, you know you have been classified by your employer as a useless drone who is just filling a spot and waiting to die. Quit immediately and take stock of your life, is my advice. Never, ever work for an organization or person who would fire you on the first day for so minor a mistake.