Lady in call center wants me to be written up

[Rainsford]

Originally posted by: Patt
I am the one person in our department that is on time every day for work. I can't stand being late. Actually, I prefer getting in early when it is quiet to get caught up on things. However, at 4:30 I'm out the door, every single day, barring emergencies. I get flak for this like you wouldn't believe. Even had to sit down with an HR person a few months back because there was the idea I was skipping out early :roll:

Talked to my boss about it, and he doesn't care, and I told him about the early times. He didn't really believe it, so I send him the occasional email now and again right when I get in asking a question so he can see the times. Being late is laziness IMO. Sure, things happen from time to time, but on my commute, barring a major snowstorm, or hitting a deer or moose, there is nothing to slow us down. The next time someone questions me popping out the door at 4:30 ... well, suffice it to say I put in more hours than they do, and I won't take an flak

Meanwhile, someone in your department is worrying about how good of a job they do and how hard they work...not when they show up or leave.

Edit: There is nothing wrong with wanting to be professional and do a good job, but it seems like you time Nazis are worrying about the wrong thing.

 

[BobDaMenkey]

I hate being late personally. I call in to whoever is working if I think I'm going to be even 5 minutes late. But I work retail, and it's getting closer and closer to christmas, so punctuallity is VERY important. It annoys the hell out of me that my assistant manager is consistently late, and when he's not he makes a point to wait to clock in after he was suppost to be there. Fight the man Adam, fight that clock monitoring man :roll:

 

[jadinolf]

Originally posted by: mitmot
I come in late and leave work early all the time. But then again, I get my stuff done and I'm salaried so it makes no difference

Seems like the work ethic has changed considerably since I was in the work force.

I envy you.

 

[JeffreyLebowski]

Originally posted by: mitmot
I come in late and leave work early all the time. But then again, I get my stuff done and I'm salaried so it makes no difference

Isn't it nice.

 

[mitmot]

Originally posted by: jadinolf

Originally posted by: mitmot
I come in late and leave work early all the time. But then again, I get my stuff done and I'm salaried so it makes no difference

Seems like the work ethic has changed considerably since I was in the work force.

I envy you.

It helps when your boss is located in an office 900 miles away.

 

[randomlinh]

Originally posted by: jadinolf

Originally posted by: mitmot
I come in late and leave work early all the time. But then again, I get my stuff done and I'm salaried so it makes no difference

Seems like the work ethic has changed considerably since I was in the work force.

I envy you.

until you have to put in overtime to get your stuff done. (no overtime for salaried employees here.. heh)

 

[mitmot]

Originally posted by: lnguyen

Originally posted by: jadinolf

Originally posted by: mitmot
I come in late and leave work early all the time. But then again, I get my stuff done and I'm salaried so it makes no difference

Seems like the work ethic has changed considerably since I was in the work force.

I envy you.

until you have to put in overtime to get your stuff done. (no overtime for salaried employees here.. heh)

I've stayed late a few times but it's no big deal. I can't really complain with the flexibility that I have.

 

[CVSiN]

Originally posted by: Gibson486
AT my job, they do not care as long as I work a 40 hour week. That said, I have never seen an employer bust your balls for being 5 minutes lates.

never worked here before then... 5 minutes late is a write up..
they want ya here 15-10 mins early...

 

[ahurtt]

I come in late a lot but I always leave early to make up for it

 

[Adul]

my boss doest care if i am late, as long as someone is covering is all that matters. with that said I was promoted up a rank and got more pay

 

[fbrdphreak]

Originally posted by: tami
you are a master of run-on sentences.

keep up the good work!

Seriously, that was painful to read.

 

[daweeze02]

Originally posted by: vi_edit
Those are the rules she more than likely has to apply to. Or is she in Ops and watching the punch ins and outs?

If it's her job to make sure you are there on time, then she's just doing what she's supposed to.

She's in a call center. Call centers have next to zero excuses or exceptions for people being late. They expect you to be there when shift starts and you leave when your shift ends assuming you aren't on a phone call at the time.

It's a high turnover place where they can, and will fire people without much remorse for consistently being late, even if they do stay a couple minutes late.

ya but im not in the call center, i work in the corporate end of the building, i have nothing to do with sales or admin i make sure the servers, computers, and voice recording software is runnings well, and sometimes have to disables phones lines etc.

Also my dept is very laid back and I think she is getting jealous of how laid back and stress free we are in here. BTW this is all new to me, from the time i was in college i worked for a guy out of my home buying 20-30 cars through manheim auctions(4 years total - Im 22 now). So people bitching about being a few minutes late is just weird to me i guess.


One more thing if i was in the callcenter dept i would have never made this thread b/c we/I give them almost no internet access.

 

[eelw]

Originally posted by: daweeze02
ya but im not in the call center, i work in the corporate end of the building, i have nothing to do with sales or admin i make sure the servers, computers, and voice recording software is runnings well, and sometimes have to disables phones lines etc.

Also my dept is very laid back and I think she is getting jealous of how laid back and stress free we are in here. BTW this is all new to me, from the time i was in college i worked for a guy out of my home buying 20-30 cars through manheim auctions(4 years total - Im 22 now). So people bitching about being a few minutes late is just weird to me i guess.

But she most likely doesn't know schedule adherence is not so strict for your department. All she knows is that she must be on time everyday. So if she notices you coming late every day, of course she is going to rat you out. Cut her some slack.

 

[daweeze02]

Originally posted by: eelw

Originally posted by: daweeze02
ya but im not in the call center, i work in the corporate end of the building, i have nothing to do with sales or admin i make sure the servers, computers, and voice recording software is runnings well, and sometimes have to disables phones lines etc.

Also my dept is very laid back and I think she is getting jealous of how laid back and stress free we are in here. BTW this is all new to me, from the time i was in college i worked for a guy out of my home buying 20-30 cars through manheim auctions(4 years total - Im 22 now). So people bitching about being a few minutes late is just weird to me i guess.

But she most likely doesn't know schedule adherence is not so strict for your department. All she knows is that she must be on time everyday. So if she notices you coming late every day, of course she is going to rat you out. Cut her some slack.

I understand, funny thing is i just got an email from here asking if i wanted to participate in the gift exchange at work with all the managers, i said no b/c im bad at picking out gifts for people i dont know and i dont feel like stressing about it.