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I held a factory job for 11 yrs and I remember in the first year or two I was working 3rd shift and we had a ice storm that night.. I went out to start my car early and all my doors were frozen shut on my 83 honda. I pulled so hard on my door that the plastic door handle snapped in half.. I ended up getting the hatchback open with the help of hot water, but I was late for work. I took the broken handle into the office and they all laughed at it.. Sometimes shit just happens.. |
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It would certainly make me watch that person a bit more, but if it was a, reasonable excuse I'd let it slide to see how he/does after that.
Shit happens and Murphys Law dictates that shit is gonna happen when you are starting a job. I think you would really be pushing the dick head limits if you can someone over that with out giving them a chance. If it's a repetitive thing or he acted like it's no big deal then by all means. Keep in mind if you fire someone over something like that the other employees will take notice and it will make them rethink working for you. |
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Anyone serious about a job would NOT show up even 1 minute late the first day! I say, let them go because you are probably weeding out a problem employee that you will no doubt have to deal with again in the future. You can also put the fear of god into the others so it is a WIN WIN situation. :thumbsup |
It dawns on me that a lot of people here have never had a REAL job. I was surprised at the amount of people that have told me they started working in porn at 18 (some 16 as affiliates..). I wouldn't be late on my 1st day but if I was one of the 5 that showed up on time and you fired the other I'd be looking for a different place to work. While I understand that the workplace is serious business, I'd never work for someone that fired someone before they gave them a chance to see how they worked. We are all human and I'd like to think that people should work for people that run a tight ship while being fair.
I'm not a slacker and as a previous post I pointed out that I worked for the same company/ factory for 11 years until I left to do porn full-time. When I left I was in the top 6 highest paid out of 50-60 doing my same job in my Dept. |
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I'm saying that many people that post here have never had to go to a 3rd shift job 6 days a week. Many of the people here that are saying fire them have worked from their homes all their life. Yes I work a hell of a lot harder and multi task a million times harder working for porn but I don't have to deal with driving to work daily. Things happen when you have to drive or take a bus to get to get to work on a daily basis. No one can tell from a person being late one time if they are or aren't going to be a good worker. 50 Asshole bosses |
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That's what happened in this case. If a person misses a day during the 3 month trial period, especially the first 3 weeks, I take that as a very bad sign. |
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Of course not. You give him a chance and see if he respects that and shows up early from there on out. Sometimes people will do a lot when you do them a favor. Now if they show up 1 minute early the next day and had to haul ass across the parking lot to get there you will probably be getting rid of him for some other reason but shit happens and if you can't accept that I would never want to work for someone like that anyway.
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I worked 12+ years at the post office. Being 1 minute late could get you fired. Happened to a guy who started the same day as me. Sad thing, he'd come to work an hour early and would sleep in the break room. Unfortunately, he kept not hearing the alarm on his watch and would be 30 minutes late.
Another job, the receptionist had a large board you wrote in your starting time. At 8:05, she turned the board around an wrote your time in with a red pen. Such childishness. She looked just like the school secretary in Ferris Buehler's Day Off. All I could do to keep from laughing. My last job, was flexible hours. They expected 7 3/4 hours, 5 days a week. Several started later as they had to take kids to school and couldn't drop them off, before a certain time. At one point my boss allowed me to start mid-day and work late. I was doing research for a $30,000,000 tax write-off and needed copy machines that weren't clogged with other workers. As long as I got the write-off he didn't care what time I worked. |
I'm of two minds...
on the one hand being late on the first day is crazy unprofessional and could be a huge red flag On the other hand ish happens, and sometimes insanely talented and creative people aren't the best at keeping on the clock but prove their worth in the hours/efforts they do invest. But yeah...sometimes ish just happens. Quote:
I don't see being late once as a character issue necessarily, it could be but why cut off something that could be a good thing for both parties involved (assuming there's an upside if the person was hired in the first place)? I think everyone deserves one chance, costs nothing to grant one and if anything provides notice to pay closer attention, and then axe if issues of (un)professionalism persist. I would def speak to the person though, and let them know that ish is unacceptable. Reason would matter here, not for the content of the reply but more to see how the person handles it. That is always key Are they genuinely embarrassed and do they arrive early every day for the next week? if so you know they know they fucked up and are trying to redeem your assessment of them tl;dr, would def not fire. would speak to and not let the issue persist, but humans are fallible and we miss out on a lot if we cut peeps out too quickly. |
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