Career builder did a survey of how often people are late to work. They found over the last couple of years tardiness has dropped to 15% from 20% in 2008.
So what does this tell us it could be 2 things as I see it the article implied that people are wising up because of the recession. My thinking is that the perpetually late got laid off in far higher numbers and are not back in the work force yet.
One of the keys to keeping the boss happy is dependability. Most employers may act as though they care about their employees personally but for the most part what they care about is profitability.
This to me is the reason that employers whether public or private are at odds with unions.Unions don't tend to be about promoting the business they are about the workers and what they want.
It doesn't mean that employers and employees can't coexist it means that as an employee your worth to the company is based on how you can make it more profitable. An employee that can help the company run efficiently will generally be rewarded or the company will fail for lack of competent workers.
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Working for a non-profit, I have a slightly different perspective, but more or less on the same page. "Profitability" doesn't enter into it, really, but nonetheless we have a mission, a purpose, a thing that we're trying to accomplish. We're a human services agency, and I take that pretty seriously. I also care about my employees-- they are, after all, just as "human" as the people to whom we provide service. I like the people who work for me (well, usually; I've hired a few who were just intolerable, but they're the exception, not the rule). I care about their happiness, I like them as people, I want them to succeed, I'm glad to know them. That's genuine. For the most part, people who come to work for me are good people who want to serve others...
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Over the years, I've had to fire people that I really, really like. That I cared about. That I wanted the best for. Because, in the end, it's about the mission. The agency exists to accomplish certain things. The people who work for me have tough jobs and some are just not cut out for it. Good people or not, if they can't do it, I can't continue to pay them and continue to bring my department and the rest of the agency down. I have to let them go. I give chances. I work with people to get them where they need to be. I take unusual circumstances into account, I give the bonus points for effort and integrity and the like, but if in the end they can't cut it, I have to give the hard "goodbye."
Tardiness is a sign of disrespect. Sure, accidents happen and being late once every other decade is understandable. However, if it happens more regularly than that it is a sign the person just doesn't care. If something is important to you then you show how important you feel it is by being there on time. When I see people drifting into Mass as the priest is starting the Gospel it is pretty obvious that being there on time wasn't very important to them.
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