Depends... at my company (financial/legal services, multinational, quite a corporate environment but... in the EU) nobody would ever make an issue out of taking

Depends... at my company (financial/legal services, multinational, quite a corporate environment but... in the EU) nobody would ever make an issue out of taking your dog to the vet. Dentist? No problem. Any medical thing, anything with family... hell, even getting a package delivered early, not a problem. Think once or twice a month, missing 2 hours in the morning or late afternoon. Unless it's structural. Take your kids to school every morning and come in late? That has to be talked through properly. And if you go home early every week because your fashion items are going to be delivered, that's not okay. Other people take vacation hours for this kind of stuff. (we get 25 days a year). Others will work an hour unpaid overtime here and there, and compensate by going home or getting in early at other times. In general it's just not an issue really, you just notify upfront and not be there, and make sure not to do it more than twice or so a month. It really helps that working from home 1 day a week is becoming more of a thing though. You're more flexible that way.