How early are you for work?

[TR Custom Parts]

What a bunch of suck ups. All I know is that I am on call 24/7/365 and don't get anything extra for it so I usually get to work right on time or maybe a tad late. Get in an hour early, really????? BTW, that is the day job, the Buick job I don't mind working weekends, late at night etc.

 

[TexasT]

It's not like your lazy or anything.......It sounds like you just don't care....It's a problem of motivation by the sounds of it! .....I'll bet you even have 8 different bosses!!

Well, peter, I see you've been missing some work.

Well , Bob, I woudnt say I was missing it.

One of the greatest movies of all time.

I get to work when I get there. Usually a little early, 5-10 mins or so. I go to get paid, and if they aren't letting me clock in I'm not showing up early. It ain't a hobby.

 

[tbone87]

That is the truth my old job u had to be there at 7 if u clocked in at 7:01 they took a half a day from u and we only got 2 personal days a year that's all if u did not have any u got wrote up 3 strikes ur out so if ur a minute late mite as well take half a day off

 

[tbone87]

O and u could not clock in before 6:53

 

[turbocop294]

Well, peter, I see you've been missing some work.

Well , Bob, I woudnt say I was missing it.

One of the greatest movies of all time.

I get to work when I get there. Usually a little early, 5-10 mins or so. I go to get paid, and if they aren't letting me clock in I'm not showing up early. It ain't a hobby.

 

[turbocop294]

I agree with you. I'm drawing a blank - what movie is that from?

As for showing up to work, I'm not the last guy in, but I'm never the first. Some people have no lives other than the job.
Mark

 

[6cylboost]

The later i get there, the later i work. The earlier I get there, the later I work. Hvac service is in full swing right now.

 

[regan j]

Office Space is the movie and is a classic. If I am not 15 minutes early, I am late. No one at work cares but I do. I don't have to punch a clock. Never take my full 30 min lunch break either.

 

[novaderrik]

That is the truth my old job u had to be there at 7 if u clocked in at 7:01 they took a half a day from u and we only got 2 personal days a year that's all if u did not have any u got wrote up 3 strikes ur out so if ur a minute late mite as well take half a day off

what did they do if you realized that you were going to be late and just turned around and walked back out the door until lunch?

i don't think they can legally dock half a day's pay for being a minute late.. every place i've ever worked has had the time clocks on either a 10 or 15 minute cycle- so if you were a minute late, you'd lose 10 or 15 minutes of pay..

 

[BobbyBuick]

You need to "FIX THE GLITCH"

 

[charlief1]

What a bunch of suck ups. All I know is that I am on call 24/7/365 and don't get anything extra for it so I usually get to work right on time or maybe a tad late. Get in an hour early, really????? BTW, that is the day job, the Buick job I don't mind working weekends, late at night etc.

Been there done that. Because of it I now have Chronic Fatigue Syndrome. Lost 20% of my body weight from February to late April, got the runs, shakes, fevers, headaches, and a few other issues. If you want to be screwed work for a company that does 24/7 service and doesn't pay any attention to federal law. Since January very seldom did I get any kind of break for food or rest. TA/Petro service "centers" are more interested in profit than anything else. This is a Mariot Hotel run company (corporation) so you know that any theft or lies aren't gonna be public. One of the big BS issues is charge backs when you do some sort of labor. My best guess is that I lost several thousand dollars in the last few months because of "charge backs" that aren't specified or or put on paper. How about a BS charge that I replaced an oil pan on a Detroit Diesel (DD15) and cut the primary wiring to he headlights? Even though the wiring is in a hard cased harness and to cut it would require a chisel or at the very least a sharp saw that's really small. I've been more than screwed in the "diesel" industry so far and if there's someone from TA/Petro that's want to dispute this I'd be more tan happy to teach them more than they want to know.

 

[bogies87]

I dont consider being early as being a suck up or company man or whatever else people want to call it. It may be "old fashioned" or as I call it "good work ethic". I understand that the company doesnt pay you anymore for being early, but as I said before, what happens if there is a detour on the way to work, you get a flat tire or get abducted by aliens. Most companies do not care why but that you are late.
I guess work places may be a little more relaxed now than in the past.

 

[TexasT]

I agree with you. I'm drawing a blank - what movie is that from?

As for showing up to work, I'm not the last guy in, but I'm never the first. Some people have no lives other than the job.
Mark

As far as work ethic goes, I stay as late as needed within reason, but Im not married to the job. If they arent taking care of me Im sure not going to take care of them. I havent called in sick in at least a decade. My vacations usually happen between jobs. If they get their panties bunched up over being late, that obviously isnt the place for me.

My last place called me in onto "the carpet" a friday afternnon. They showed me a video of me and a coworker talking to each other for they said five minutes and wrote me up. A written warning. I just sat there, pretty much thinking WOW, I see where I stand. The manager mentioned a meeting that was had the morning of the video that I was discussing with my coworker. This meeting had a guest speaker that was from corporate and his message was, "if you arent happy, you should find something else." SO I did. I now have a job making more money, that is closer to the house, and has better health insurance.

Sometimes changes MUST be made.

 

[SIXBANGR]

this is Homers work ethic

 

[O SO LO]

I get to work about 15 min early- always have... prior job at aluminum smelter was man to man relief, so they wanted to know who was going to be there or not- gave them time to find someone to stay over. Later, I was a leadman on a 20 person maint. crew and if people were absent I would have to reschedule jobs for the day so the sooner I knew they were there the better (I actually had a computer program I could refresh that would I could see when they scanned there time card in to know if they were there or not)
Currently do maint. work for a city and gives me time to have a cup of coffee and get into mode... I start at 6 am others start at 7 and 8 am- four 10 hr. day schedule

 

[hiboom]

I've worked construction for 32 years usually I commute 60 minutes to job site 5 minutes early is all ill show up.after all it is just a job.i don't live to work.when layoff time comes your just a number no matter how hard you work or how early you show up.and when it's time to retire you look back at all the extra effort you put into your job and heavy material you lifted I instead of waiting a few seconds for a piece of equipment to lift it just to please the boss or company only to be left with a broken down body that you can hardly get out of bed with.or and at lunch time don't bother me by talking work it's my time to eat and talk sh$t .i know what some are thinking and no my attitude would not have changed my work situation because I was union steward on most jobs so I was there start to finish but seen a lot of injuries that could have been prevented

 

[novaderrik]

a few years ago, i was working at a really small company- 7 employees, including the 2 owners- as a painter. the shop was on the one owner's property... i'd get there first- usually about a half hour before work- and sit in my car until about 5 minutes before work started.. i'd go in, clock in, then get to work as soon as it was 7am... then i'd bust my ass all day doing enough work for 2 people all alone in the paint booth all day.. i'd usually get everything done and painted by about 1/2 hour before it was time to go home, so i'd clean everything up, clean myself up, and clock out right at 5:30..

one day the one owner decided that he needed to give me a stern talking to about my "work ethic".. he told me that if i wasn't 10 minutes early the next day, i'd be considered late and if i didn't stay after work to help clean up he'd also consider that a tardy.. so i told him flat out that i'd only do that if he would start paying me to be there 10 minutes early and that i'd only stay late to help the others clean up their messes if i got paid for the extra time, and i also mentioned that maybe he should hire another guy to help me in the paintbooth if he wanted me to have a better attitude.. he didn't want to pay overtime or pay for another employee, so he agreed to let me keep doing things my way.. but he asked if i could at least wait to wash my hands and clean myself up until after i clocked out- i looked right at him and said that i'm clean when i get here in the morning and i get dirty doing my job, so he was going to pay me to get clean again..
i got to keep doing things my way.
he was a pretty good boss.. but very, very demanding... he got that from his dad, who owned a large job shop in the area.. his dad was one of those people that absolutely lived for work, and that rubbed off on him. he just couldn't relate to not living for work- it's all he'd done for his whole life and he just assumed that anyone that doesn't work 16 hours a day, 7 days a week is a slacker..

 

[Instro84]

i'm like the rest of the guys with military backgrounds, on time is late, i show up anywhere from 30 min to an hour early check emails get organnized any plant he day. sometimes show up even earlier if i work past my scheduled 10 hour day i flex the extra hours.

 

[hiboom]

The man in charge of my current employer operation is also retired military.There is 18 of us at the current logistic center none have ever been in the military so it's very hard for any of us to relate to any of the rules he tries to implement. It may work in the military but hasn't worked out for us to well.

 

[fast86gn]

Been on a construction site since January with a start time of 6:30am .. I typically role in between 6:25 - 6:28, the other 10-12 people on my crew are always standing in the parking lot having a circle jerk come to find out they all get there at like 6:00 am! Why would you want to extend your day by 1/2 hour? These are the same types of people that that insist on backing into the parking spot, drives me nuts idk I'm just a wing it kinda guy don't see the need to be over prepared for every little thing...frankly I don't trust anyone whose more than 10 minutes early to work!

Just the opposite of the employees I like. Getting to work at least 10-15 minutes early means you're there in your work station ready to go when it's time to start not running in at the last second trying to do the little things before you are ready to work.

I operate my own business, I'm small I only have 5 employees but it's important to me and I think most employers that employees are there in a timely manner ready to go to work. Lord knows my customers won't wait.

Just my .02