Timeline for What to do with a good employee who comes late and leaves early?
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| Jun 23, 2018 at 6:23 | comment | added | wilson0x4d | without a metric to gauge the success of the employee (vs. their peers) it's hard to quantify whether the behavior is desired, i say this as a software engineer that can typically produce entire solutions from rote knowledge in a fraction of the time it takes a 3-5 year working professional, and requiring me to be present in a building for 8+ hours a day does not make me more productive (on the contrary, I become less productive, I burn out, and your business loses something significant.) being inflexible in the face of success is an absurd notion. | |
| Jun 21, 2018 at 16:48 | comment | added | shadowtalker | But I've also owned a fast food restaurant. There, time and attendance was critical. In my mind this is just an extension of the as long as the work got done on time principle. If you are physically absent from your job at a fast food restaurant, it is impossible for you to be getting the work done. | |
| Jun 20, 2018 at 19:49 | comment | added | Evan Steinbrenner | I agree. In an ideal world you'd talk to her and she'd stop having issues showing up late/leaving early and life would be grand but it's also quite possible that that isn't a realistic scenario. Then you need to decide which situation you'd prefer. Keep her and accept that her attendance will continue as it currently is or end up replacing her with someone else who can reliably be in on time and not have to leave early. Once you've decided between those two options you can then follow a path that leads to that if she can't fix her attendance. | |
| Jun 19, 2018 at 13:09 | comment | added | StephenG - Help Ukraine | I'd also suggest that job employees (in the sense of people who you can trust to do the work and do it well) are harder to find than to lose and it's worth considering if this employee is valuable enough to make an exception for. Finding a good replacement is a real cost worth factoring in. | |
| Jun 19, 2018 at 12:32 | comment | added | Kevin | "First you have to be clear in your own mind how important attendance is" I think this is crucial. JonH doesn't seem too sure how important it is. If he doesn't know, why would the employee think it's important | |
| Jun 19, 2018 at 11:46 | history | edited | Joe Strazzere | CC BY-SA 4.0 |
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| Jun 19, 2018 at 11:44 | vote | accept | JonH | ||
| Jun 19, 2018 at 11:44 | comment | added | JonH | I really like this answer because it puts the basics into my mind. By Joe mentioning fast food I remember when I was 15-17 I worked at a local fast food joint and he's right it was required to be on time and not to leave early. Customers needed us there...but this role is not much customer facing...and I'd hate to discipline someone harshly when I actually like her work. Believe it or not I am accepting this answer because it puts a reminder into my head on the differences in roles and it brings back old memories. It also lets me stop and think to answer the first question. | |
| Jun 19, 2018 at 11:33 | history | edited | Joe Strazzere | CC BY-SA 4.0 |
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| Jun 19, 2018 at 11:26 | history | answered | Joe Strazzere | CC BY-SA 4.0 |