The level of punishment varies a lot by employer and role. I only worked for a very short time for a guy like that, who was, well, basically crazy and hated hi

The level of punishment varies a lot by employer and role. I only worked for a very short time for a guy like that, who was, well, basically crazy and hated his wife and assumed everyone else hated their wives too. On the other hand most employers are pretty chill WRT the G-Grand-Ops post if you answer your phone for emergency calls once in awhile, then going to the dentist once in awhile during the day is simply handwaved away. Home with a sick kid is handwaved away as "VPN working from home day". Another interesting strategy if working outside "tech" is to work for an employer with a union, I'm not in the bargaining unit and I'm on salary and if my results and goal metrics are good there is literally no comment to make WRT car repair appointments or something. I'm not on the union timeclock, I have written defined long term goals and metrics, and where I'm sitting at precisely 3:35pm on Tuesday is definitely not one of them. Obviously life is different in ops or hell desk which often has an abusive call center like atmosphere.