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Is this post serious or just making shit up? Ive never heard anyone claim that 10 minutes late is on time. Late and on time are mutually exclusive words. Whether your work punishes it or not is a different question, im permitted to be 5 minutes late and it counts as on time for example.
This seems more like a post designed to piss people off and make them fight over a position noone had before reading it.
Yes it is very weird. When I worked IT, there was a period where I was often 10m late in the morning, we had Flex hours so I didn't think too much of it, my hours were 40+ every week anyhow.
It was noticed and I was politely asked to make sure I'm on location at 8 since others might have issues when starting their computers. My bad, I'll do better. And that was that
I also worked IT, being late was the usual and no one cared cuz I made sure all problems where handled as the manuals I created. Even so, unless your job is saving lifes and not creating economic value for the shareholders. No amount of late really matters. Get the job done, time is whatever.
You sound awful to work with, but I'm not basing that on much!
I keep to myself unless it's about unionizing or other big values of mine. The job gets done and its above standards, no one ever complains about my time because its mine, so I'll never complain about their time because its theirs.
On a similar note, when you get to the gas station, do you care if the gas reservoir was filled on time, or do you care that there is enough gas to pump? Same with your phone bill, does it matter if you get it 4h before you get home or 15min but in the end its there when you get there.
Both in IT and creative contracts that I do, I'm the one that sets the deadlines and I'm 99% on time, for years. And it works for my bosses/contractors and partners. The 1% will tell you that if you are not on time for work your work is less valuable, when 99.99% of the time, absolutely no one with 2 braincells really cares.
Again, this is not regarding lifesaving situations. I was a lifeguard and a paramedic & I always arrived 1h early for those gigs. No matter the location or my Sun allergy. Lives are lives. Work is just fucking work.