Depends on how things are run. My wife works at the hospital and works 12 hour shifts, rotating days and nights. You’re expected to show up 15 mins early so the previous shift can hand off their patients to you.

I’m not sure how you’d do 12 hour shifts with overlap unless the overlap was considerable or shift times were all over the place. The hospital here gets a certain budget and it makes sense to have it running as optimal and efficient as possible. You also get paid from punch in to punch out so coming in early gets you paid more. Realistically her shifts are 12 hours 15 mins.

To overlap the next shift would have to come in early or the first would stay late.

So either you make it even harder to come in on time or you permanently institute the issue of running late.

Not to mention that would absolutely just become another dumbass all Hands-On meeting to waste everyone's time with.

Nah people should just be there when they agreed to, being flaky is not and should not be everyone else's problem.

That doesn't make any sense. If you're supposed to be there at 5:00, the shift should change so you're supposed be there at 4:50, so that you'll be there at 5:00 when you're ten minutes late?

And what am I supposed to do if you do get there at 4:50? Clock out early? Feel you awkwardly hovering behind me?

Yeah... better to get there on time and then slack off at work.

You'd be super wrong there, at least in my case: I'm late all the time, not only do I still have my job, I get great reviews and token raises every time I'm up for review. If I left, they'd be in trouble, they definitely won't fire me. I don't bust my ass and they understand I won't be taking calls outside of designated hours, doing anything heroic, etc. but I am still very valuable to my employer.

I joked about having a job interview once during a meeting with leadership and it was one of the most awkward silences I'd ever heard until I told them I was just kidding: They thought I was serious and their terror was palpable. My manager once told me I'd have to commit multiple crimes to get fired when I made a joke about getting fired because there was an end of day meeting on a Friday.

I stay because it's a chill job and I like most of the people I work with even though the pay isn't amazing, but I could probably go somewhere else and make at least 30-50% more, though at the possible cost of more stress and less job security. My commute is pretty great too, 2 miles away and sometimes I even walk to work.

Depends on the coworker. I’m going to have to all Jeff’s side work anyway. He can wait until after my coffee.

You never get a raise (above inflation) by doing your current work "better" or "harder". You get a raise by changing roles completely or adding on responsibilities that expressly is worth some extra pay. Or changing company.

But as an employee, I've come to realize that I don't value my pay as what I do, but how much time per day I dedicate towards my work. Time is all we have, really.

Ive come to learn that employers are not paying you for your labor but for your time.

Commuting time should be salaried.

Sounds like poor management to me tbh.

No meetings today, guess I won't be coming in

Swipe keyboard and laziness. At least I showed up on time.

“ If your work isn’t extremely time sensitive, nobody should give a fuck…”

Except if Im staying to cover for you and I have other things I need to do or want to do I might give a fuck. The “no one should really care” POV overlooks how being late can impact others.