Being on time for your shift

[Bouncing Bettys]

of those who are required to be early to get prepped for your shift, are you on the clock, earning money?

[Great68]

Originally Posted by Obsideon

I work in the restaurant industry and I firmly believe in B.
Type A people won't get very far in life if that's their attitude towards everything.

I'll take your example up a notch, I've had waitresses that are suppose to start at 6:00pm but they come strolling through the door at 5:58 and clock-in, and then go to the back and proceed to change their clothes, tie their hair and apply make-up only to come out of the change room and get on the floor sometime between 6:10 to 6:20, depending on if they were having a bad hair day or not. Once of twice is "ok", but almost constantly every shift? Needless to say those people no longer work for me.

I would agree that someone should be in uniform and have their personal appearance ready before work starts, however in my example the employees were performing work related duties without getting paid.

[TheKingdom2000]

It depends on what type of job you have.
If you're opening then you have to be ready to go by 8am.

Though, most jobs i will get there by 8am. These are like part time jobs that doesn't matter, ie. retail, or restaurant, etc.

Managers do notice the people who get in at 8am and people who get in at 7;45. So if you're in a job where you want to go further I would get there a little early. If it's mcdix and you don't care to be a "team leader" who cares.

[jasonturbo]

Reading this thread made me realize how great it is to have a "career" as opposed to a "job".

[LUUUUUUUU]

5 min early is still a gamble

[behben]

I personally would always be 10 minutes early for work and suck up to the managers aha! It sucks but whatever, i gotta do what i gotta do to make the money pile haha!

[asahai69]

i get to work whenever i deem necessary. the employees however must be "B"

[BlackV62K2]

Originally Posted by jasonturbo

Reading this thread made me realize how great it is to have a "career" as opposed to a "job".

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[drunkrussian]

Originally Posted by Presto

It's 'B'. It's 'B' for most jobs. Encore performances of 'A' will get your ass fired. Especially, if you're in the probationary period. I've worked those gigs. Now, I get in at 8-ish, and leave a bit early, if i can.

"most jobs" is the key here. For regular office jobs, you can come on time, a bit late, whatever...it's about the work you put in.

a call centre however, is front-line service staff. people calling are your clients, and your workday is based on meetings with those clients. If a doctor has appointments 8-5 he will be ready to go at 8. even more so with you as a call centre agent - if a company says that they have agents ready at 8, so they damn sure be ready at 8. So in your particular case, due to the nature of the job, i would say you have to be ready to go at 8, not just arriving to work at 8.

[dinamix]

I'll always come in to work 15 min early. I noticed my day will go much smoother. I don't feel so rushed in case there is traffic or whatever. Your boss will love u for it.
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[RiceIntegraRS]

I think ive been on time for work 12 times out of the whole year

[optiblue]

I'm definately B... you would get fired in the real world if you kept doing A

[Ferra]

Originally Posted by drunkrussian

If a doctor has appointments 8-5 he will be ready to go at 8. even more so with you as a call centre agent.

are you sure?? I've had 3 family doctors in my life, EVERYONE SINGLE ONE OF THEM seems to think it is okay for them to be late

I alway ask the nurse for the earliest appt (8am) when I go see the doctor, but these guys are never on time, alway 15-20 mins late even for their earliest appt.

bottom line, jobs dependent
sales guy, no one cares if you don't show up, as long as you get those numbers in
reception, service counter, call center...etc should be ready to work on time tho

Also one observation i've had over the years.... 99% of the new guys (0-6 months) are on time and early, while 50%+ of the older employees (2-3years+) are usually late and leave early

[Alatar]

A for me. If I show up right at 7:30, odds are, I end up waiting 5 minutes for my boss anyway.

[hotjoint]

B for sure. I get to work 15 minutes early everyday. I'm a salaried employee so I don't get paid for coming early or staying late and sometimes don't take my lunch breaks. Sometimes I'll take a longer lunch or leave earlier, my boss doesn't care because she knows the effort I put in the other days.

[ilvtofu]

We had a few A's at the restaurant I used to work at, this is because people would have to change etc before their shifts. Then the rule was you needed to be changed before you signed in on the POS. Then again the restaurant was super chill so you could take 10 mins to take a smoke etc. and it'd be fine, this was only because the PM shift started at 4 or 5 and there was never anyone outside

[Drow]

C : you come to work 15 minutes before your scheduled time. This will show your superiors that you are responsible and show that you "try".
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[Gh0stRider]

B is what i go by

i hate how my co workers go by "A"

[dachinesedude]

office job FTW

im a B everyday, but i have to stay later too sometimes, no OT pay, cancels out i guess

[|<e|_]

Originally Posted by Drow

C : you come to work 15 minutes before your scheduled time. This will show your superiors that you are responsible and show that you "try".
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C too LOL!: I start work 1hr 30mins early than my shift...cause work still pays me for those extra hrs of doing nothing but play crossword and sudoku on the 24hr newspaper everyday...

[Ronin]

Depends on the job.

[CorneringArtist]

Really depends, but I'm a B-type. I show up 5-15 minutes early, clock in, and start setting up for the day. Because there's no work for some time (I'm a service lot attendant at a dealership), I might find myself doing actual work around 9 rather than at my start time of 8:30. In that half-hour window, I'd be cleaning, shuttling customers, or reading yesterday's 24 Hours while we wait for a tech to finish working on a car.

[pastarocket]

It's "B" for most jobs. If the boss expects you to start work at 8, you're at your cubicle/workstation/desk to work at 8 sharp. Especially those micro managing bosses who watch you like a hawk. No websurfing or Revscene when the micro managers are behind your back.

[JdmProbe]

"C" is how its done! Makes you look a lot better as most people go for option A.

plus if you sleep in a bit you wont actually arrive to work late.

[Vansterdam]

i show up 30 minutes early and start 15 minutes late