Person Sticks To Schedule After Being Reprimanded For Being Late, Company Has To Hire 3 New People

Although it’s crucial to avoid personal biases – sometimes life gets the best of us, and we do regretful things!

Take this Redditor, for instance; he’d been a top-tier employee for over five years – however, as soon as his boss promoted his so-called “favorite” to VP, things went south and essentially cost the company a very dedicated addition.

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Boss’s pet gets promoted to vice president and head of HR

Person Sticks To Schedule After Being Reprimanded For Being Late, Company Has To Hire 3 New People

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The woman then writes up an occasionally late but very dedicated employee for “insubordination”

Person Sticks To Schedule After Being Reprimanded For Being Late, Company Has To Hire 3 New People

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Person Sticks To Schedule After Being Reprimanded For Being Late, Company Has To Hire 3 New People

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“Written up for being chronically late… but wait!” – this internet user took to one of Reddit’s communities to tell its members a tale of how he maliciously complied with the company’s owner’s favorite, who was put in charge of HR. The post managed to garner over 4.5K upvotes as well as 128 comments discussing the situation.

Now, did you know that according to Zippia’s fairly recent report, “29% of employees admit to being late to work at least once per month”?

Nobody likes chronically unpunctual people – it’s a fact! But why does it happen?

Perhaps they struggle to manage their time effectively, procrastinate, overestimate how quickly they can get to a place, get easily distracted, are unmotivated, or simply are poor at planning – whatever the excuse is, it’s still not OK because, well, there’s a limit to everything.

Don’t get me wrong – we all run late occasionally; there’s traffic, oversleeping, public transport issues, personal emergencies, weather conditions, childcare, etc.

But when it’s a constant thing – it’s only natural to have consequences, especially when it impacts your job!

Just think about it: tardiness makes you seem unreliable, it may cause you to miss important things like meetings and deadlines, it disrupts the workflow, and quite frankly, just damages your professional image.

So, if you do find yourself in such a position, consider following these steps:

Adjust your morning routine,
Plan your day,
Prepare the night before,
Minimize morning distractions,
Explore alternative routes and/or transportation options.

And remember, just like Shakespeare said: “Better three hours too soon than a minute too late”!

He stops overworking and gets told to “correct his attitude,” which prompts him to quit

Person Sticks To Schedule After Being Reprimanded For Being Late, Company Has To Hire 3 New People

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Today’s tale, though, has a tad of a different focus.

It took place in the ’80s and involved a very committed employee – u/jones_ro, the OP – who would not hesitate to stay late just to finish any outstanding tasks; in short, the guy was a key worker until the boss’s pet was promoted to vice president and put in charge of HR.

The Redditor admitted that, occasionally, he would run late – however, it was all compensated for by his stellar performance.

But! The new VP was not going to let that go and eventually wrote the man up for “insubordination,” which prompted his malicious compliance.

The guy decided to ditch the overworking and stick strictly to the schedule, which – surprise, surprise – got him another remark from the VP for “correcting his attitude.”

Naturally, such shenanigans drove the man to hand in his notice, but as a sort of cherry on top, it was said that the company had to hire three people to do his job!

What do you think about the story, Pandas? Did the Redditor handle it well?

Fellow online community members shared their thoughts and opinions

Person Sticks To Schedule After Being Reprimanded For Being Late, Company Has To Hire 3 New People

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Person Sticks To Schedule After Being Reprimanded For Being Late, Company Has To Hire 3 New People

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Libstak 1 year ago (edited)

I had some rotten co workers complain about my being late, it was all whataboutism when they were berated for extended lunches and leaving early. Boss decided on an electronic sign in and out key card, I think to try and get me. Funnily, co workers all got Called into the office for their hours and persistent misuse of the key card. They would forget to log in or out, forget the card at home, leave it in the car and therefore not their fault because they had to waste time to go get it but they were originally on site on time. I never got called up for anything, ain't Karma a b***h eh?

3points

Seadog 1 year ago

Owner hired a guy to be GM at one of the stores. He said he'd give them 3 years. The job kind of went to his head and he quickly became the executioner. Started going to each store and demanding everyone do things his way. As in, his way or the highway. Several walked immediately. Turns out, that's what the owners really wanted so all was good. Until he got to me. The owner brought me back after being gone for 8 years and she wasn't about to watch me walk because of his arrogance. In the end though he did say he expected me to be here 15 minutes before the riggers and mechanics arrive so they wouldn't be waiting on any parts. What he forgot was, I'm admin in the BMS and servers. So on day one I log in and pull up the user interface and watch who logs in and when. Sure enough, my counterpart at HIS store didn't log in until 8:30 or later every day where he should've been there at 7:45. The other store guy got there by 8. I gave it 10 days and I pointed out the 2 faced rules.

1point

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CatLady 1 year ago

I left my last job because of severe stress (PTSD). In part, the stress was from dealing with b******e supervisors who had far less experience than me but thought they knew better than me how to do what I was doing and constantly gaslit and threatened me. They literally couldn't find someone to replace me. My supervisors who had been calling me insubordinate and incompetent couldn't even do my job. They had to reconfigure how that part of the company worked.

3points

Cyber Returns 1 year ago (edited)

I had a similar problem but, being the cheeky little sh*t I am, said "Show me how to do it then" I never got bothered again after that. I left a few months later because it was a horrible place to work

4points

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