Dealing With Dealing With Being LateBeing Late

Task 3507

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.

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.

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.

Main Causes of Being Late

• 32% of workers claimed traffic was the culprit

• 17% claimed that falling back asleep was the reason.

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.

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.

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.

Main Outcomes• Poor performance.

• Career troubles (repeatedly missing deadlines could lead to get demoted or fired).

• Unnecessary expenses: like having to pay late fees.

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.

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.

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.

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,

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