How strict is your manager with the late policy? I recently started a new job, and my manager told me last night that I'm already on my last warning for my chronic lateness. It's crazy, I'm only 5, maybe 10 minutes late a shift, max. Isn't it normal for jobs to give a 5 to 15 minute buffer before the start of each shift?

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To be honest, I would fire you to if you were late every shift. You being 5 minutes late may not seem like a lot to you, but it might feel like a lot to your colleagues. You have to think of others.

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Late is late, I have never heard of a buffer. I come 15 minutes early every time myself. If I had a chronicly late employee, I would try and find a replacement after the 3rd shift.

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Well, I hate to say this but it is important that you are on time. I know 5 or 10 minutes isn't a big deal but then it usually ends up being later and later and then others think it is okay to be late. Sounds like they are trying to make an example out of you.

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If you're constantly 5-10 minutes late, its a commitment issue on your side. As the words escape your mouth, do you not see that adjusting your time to correlate to being on time is your responsibility? I agree, I'd probably have done the VWT approach. Be better. Remember, this may not be your "forever job" but you are setting a precedent for being an unreliable teammate for your working identity.
You can do it. Remember, you'll never get put in a bad position for being early.

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I work 12 hr shifts. I have an hr drive to and from home. Ive been with my company for 8 months. And have received 2 promotions in that time as well. Im consistently 10 mins late. I can leave my house 20 mins early. Yet still somehow be 10 mins late. And i dont drive slow. My coworkers and bosses all make it a joke. That im perpetually late. Ive tried many different ways to be on time. Different routes. Different times. Nothing has fixed it.

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look 4 another job that wont stress u at u turn up😩 in the meantime try and get there early.

I let it slide if it 5 minutes or less. There are worse things to worry about.

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