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Not everyone is a programmer in the Valley or East Coast that can just Slack their manager "will be an hour late today because X!" and everything is fine. For t
by sotojuan 9y ago
Not everyone is a programmer in the Valley or East Coast that can just Slack their manager "will be an hour late today because X!" and everything is fine. For the vast majority of people, even white collar employees, not being at work at 9 a few times may mean termination.
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- burfog 9y agoIt seems that such people can't possibly deal with legal problems, medical problems, car problems... It's not as if you can schedule such things. Well, you could add more problems on a schedule I guess! You can't avoid the bad surprises.
- fwip 9y agoThat's very true. Many workers have to go to work with medical problems, take desperate measures if they have car issues, and lose their job if they get arrested. If you've already missed 1 day for "my car broke down" and another for "I was vomiting", that one time you need to get the kid to school might be your 3rd strike.
- iovrthoughtthis 9y agoI can't help but think American work culture / expectations are pretty toxic.
- chris_va 9y agoIt can be this bad, but it's not very common. Usually it happens in a job with fixed hours. Are you opening up the store in the morning? You'd better be there on time.
- jjeaff 9y agoExactly. Or even production line workers. You can cost the company big money if they have to stop the line for you. There are lots of jobs where it is not unreasonable to require punctuality on a pretty regular basis.
- bosie 9y ago> It seems that such people can't possibly deal with legal problems, medical problems, car problems... 230 times a year? they probably can't.