Being Late - Prof. Lico Reis
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Dealing With Dealing With Being LateBeing Late
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Introduction• Although 43% of
managers say they don't mind if their employees are late for work, late employees continue to give some very interesting excuses to justify their tardiness.
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American Survey• According to a recent
survey, 15% of workers say they arrive late to work at least once a week, while nearly one-in-four of all workers (24 %) admit to making up fake excuses to explain their tardiness.
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Showing Up Late• Consistently showing
up late can affect how others in the company view your work ethic and discipline, as well as affect your productivity.
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Main Causes of Being Late
• 32% of workers claimed traffic was the culprit
• 17% claimed that falling back asleep was the reason.
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Main Causes of Being Late
• 7% pointed to a long commute.
• Other popular reasons included: getting kids ready for school and day care, forgetting something at home, and feeling sick.
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True Funny Excuses• While rowing across the river to work,
I got lost in the fog.• Someone stole all my daffodils.• I had to go audition for American Idol.• My ex-husband stole my car so I
couldn't drive to work.• My route to work was shut down by a
Presidential motorcade.
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True Funny Excuses
• I wasn't thinking and accidentally went to my old job.
• The line was too long at Starbucks.
• I was trying to get my gun back from the police.
• I didn't have money for gas.
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Main Outcomes• Poor performance.
• Career troubles (repeatedly missing deadlines could lead to get demoted or fired).
• Unnecessary expenses: like having to pay late fees.
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Main Outcomes• Financial difficulties.
• Medical problems (heart attack because the victim kept delaying the start of their personal health program).
• Dissatisfaction about oneself.
• Dissatisfaction of others about one's procrastination.
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How to Deal with Procrastination
• Candidly discuss the tardiness issue.
• The employee may have personal scheduling issues that can be worked around with reasonable schedule adjustments.
• Employees may need help understanding the importance of strong personal discipline.
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How to Deal with Procrastination
• Frequent lateness can sometimes be an indicator of job dissatisfaction.
• Evaluate the current policies and consider trying flextime, which can be implemented with various levels of flexibility.
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Conclusion• Although flexible
schedules are more common in the workplace these days, it is still important for employees to be mindful of their arrival times,